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The Faculty of Advocates will be a proud host of the celebratory launch of a Scottish group which has emerged from the wreckage of a GB adoption charity to continue vital work on behalf of children in need. The British Association for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF) had been renowned for promoting goo

Andrew Walker QC Barristers have been warned they must fully brief themselves on the facts of a case before going to court.

Thorntons has pledged its support for Cash for Kids each year through a Charity Wills campaign – and this year the firm’s new Kirkcaldy office will also back the annual appeal this September.

Lord Carloway The Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, has written a practice note on continuity of representation, reproduced below.

Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein The United Nations’ human rights chief has blasted populist politicians in the West, calling them "demagogues and political fantasists" and decrying their tactics of using half-truths and oversimplification, “the two scalpels of the arch propagandist”, in an impass

Donald Trump US presidential hopeful Donald Trump could be sued for breach of privacy by a rambler on his golf course in Aberdeenshire.

A drug dealer from Livingston has been ordered to pay £80,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. At Livingston Sheriff Court, Graham Carroll was made subject of the confiscation order after previously having been found guilty of being involved in the supply of "designer" drugs.

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Pictured (L-R): Laura Flounders, Eilidh Robertson, Amy Gordon and Caroline Millar

Iain McLean, a real estate partner at DWF’s Edinburgh office, is to go the extra mile for the Howard’s Way Walk, a unique fundraising activity launched in 2007 to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund in memory of Howard Kerr, by hiking an extra 7 miles

Sandra McDonald Sandra McDonald, Public Guardian, has changed the threshold relating to when financial guardians should seek independent financial advice when managing an incapable adult’s estate.

Anderson Strathern hosted its charity football tournament on Friday 2 September, organised in aid of Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland, its charity of the year.

Much domestic law derived from Europe will have to remain in force in Scotland after Brexit, the Faculty of Advocates believes. It says a complete inspection exercise in the run–up to leaving the EU is “inconceivable”. In written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s European and External Re

Brian Inkster Crofters should be concerned by the revelation that someone, possibly the Crofting Commission, is potentially questioning their ability as shareholders in a common grazings to be VAT registered, according to crofting law expert Brian Inkster.

The Scottish Property Federation (SPF) has called for the five per cent threshold of residential LBTT to be raised to £500,000 in the light of evidence suggesting a downturn in the value and number of transactions in the first year of LBTT. The call is made in the industry body’s submission to th