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Scots lawyers are bringing in lower annual fees than their counterparts around the UK but are getting more optimistic according to new research. The Royal Bank of Scotland’s 2015 Financial Benchmarking Report on law firms found that for a Scottish equity partner the median fee income was £334,000

Discipline tribunals involving solicitors are becoming increasingly complex according to the latest annual report from the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT). The tribunal, which has 12 solicitor and 12 non-solicitor members, heard and made decisions on 40 cases and there were 24 find

Following SLN’s news on the increasing number of women entering the legal profession Audrey Dishington (pictured) discusses female representation at Pagan Osborne. It has been widely reported that women are under-represented at senior levels throughout industry and this is particularly prevalent i

A Holyrood committee has called for assurances that the NHS and other public services in Scotland would not be adversely affected by a trade deal being negotiated between the European Union and USA. In a report published today, the European and external relations committee has backed a call from the

Three judges have been removed from office while a fourth has resigned following allegations they viewed pornography on court computers. A spokesperson for the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said: "Three judges: district judge Timothy Bowles; immigration judge Warren Grant; and, deputy distr

Aberdein Considine has completed a year of fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support and donated more than £32,000 to the charity.

Around 340 school students from throughout the UK – and some distinguished legal figures – will descend on Edinburgh’s Parliament House for the 2015 final of the Bar National Mock Trial Competition. Eighteen schools have qualified through regional heats to contest the final on Saturday 28 Marc

Scotland Yard is facing allegations of a cover up following reports that an undercover police investigation found evidence of child abuse at Westminster in the 1980s but scrapped it soon after detectives were ready to make arrests. BBC Newsnight said it was told that during a secret, three-month inq

A man who was found guilty of attempting to smuggle drugs into a prison on the basis of DNA evidence which prosecutors claimed to show that the accused had licked the seal to an envelope containing the illegal substance has had his conviction quashed on appeal. Judges in the Criminal Appeal Court ru

A union has called plans for Police Scotland to take control of law and order on trains from British Transport Police(BTP) “ill-conceived and dangerous”. The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said specialist skills developed over years would be lost in the transfer which was announced las

Drivers and passengers who abuse the blue badge scheme could have their badges confiscated through new legislation coming into force at the end of this month. The blue badge scheme provides an essential service for disabled people by allowing access to parking bays which are normally closer to work,

Back row from left: Susie Henderson, Craig McKerracher and Julie Doncaster. Front row: Fiona Pask and Jacqueline Leslie.

The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon (pictured), has welcomed Scottish Legal News’ findings on the growing number of women entering the legal profession. We found that 62 per cent of the 589 current Diploma in Legal Practice students are women with only 223 males taking the qualification necessary

In response to the publication of the Scottish Court Service's Evidence and Procedure Review Report, Ian Cruickshank convener of the Law Society of Scotland criminal law committee, said: “This review presents an important opportunity to examine current trial procedure and consider the best present