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James Wolffe QC Advocates are to help young people to gain an insight into human rights, at an event by the Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR).

The Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) has announced its final event to conclude 2015. Members are invited to gather at Indigo Yard in Edinburgh for the final social of the year.

The Faculty of Advocates’ Choir will be performing its 20th consecutive Christmas carol concert this week, raising funds for the homeless. The concert is in St Andrew’s and St George’s West Church, George Street, Edinburgh, on Friday, 11 December, and has an earlier than usual starting time of

Alasdair Cummings Lindsays has said it has no intention of merging with an English firm but is nevertheless open to opportunities as the Scottish legal sector continues to consolidate.

The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into last December's bin lorry crash in Glasgow that left six people dead has concluded the tragedy could have been avoided if the driver had not lied about his medical history. Harry Clarke, 58, fell unconscious at the wheel of his bin lorry on 22 December 2014, cau

A judge’s decision not to make a finding of contempt of court against a company which allegedly failed to comply with court orders allowing the recovery of certain documents has been successfully challenged on appeal. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session held that the Lord Ordinary �

Alan Miller Human rights campaigners are calling for consistency in the interpretation of “solitary confinement” for prisons, detention centres and children's secure accommodation.

Lord Keen of Elie QC Disputes under the major UK government services contract can now be resolved in Scotland, the Advocate General for Scotland Lord Keen of Elie QC announced today.

Robin Mitchell Shoosmiths’ real estate team has advised long-standing client, global doughnut company, Krispy Kreme UK, on the opening of its largest UK store at Braehead, just outside Glasgow.

The Scottish government’s Land Reform Bill requires strengthening in key areas to deliver on its radical ambitions, according to a report by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment committee (RACCE). The committee highlighted a range of issues in its report on the

Harper Macleod has continued its strategy of developing its own talent by announcing the promotion of two new associates. Donna Cooper (pictured right), who is based in the firm’s Edinburgh office, has been promoted to associate in the firm’s energy & natural resources team, while Glasgow-ba

Council enforcement officers are due to fell a hedge which neighbours have been feuding over for three decades after the owner refused to cut it down herself. Residents in the village of Buchylvie, near Stirling, won their battle in June this year when government officials ordered that the excessive

A man who complained about blanket interception of communications in Russia has won his article 8 case at the European Court of Human Rights. The Grand Chamber held unanimously there had been a violation of article 8 – the right to respect for private life and correspondence.

India's highest court is to hear an appeal next year seeking to ban jokes about the country's minority Sikh community. Harvinder Chowdhury, a Sikh lawyer, said thousands of websites ridicule Sikhs, who number some 25 million, as “stupid, naive and foolish”.

Simon Allison Simon Allison discusses the perils of the office Christmas party including the alcohol-induced Public Display of (office) Affection.