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Lord Doherty Charles Green, the former chief executive of Rangers International Football Club plc who claimed that the company were contractually obliged to pay the costs of his defence to criminal proceedings brought against him, has had his action dismissed by a judge in the Court of Session.

Craig McKerracher Harper Macleod has advised the shareholders ofPowerhouse Fitness on its sale to German firm Sport-Tiedje.

Wayne Lawrence DWF has announced eight promotions across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices, including one new partner, one new director and six new associate-level promotions, reflecting significant investment in the firm’s people and growth in key industry sectors.

Sue Arrowsmith Rodger Pagan Osborne has appointed Sue Arrowsmith Rodger as partner at its St Andrews practice.

Scotland’s chief statistician has released liquor licensing statistics for 2014-15. This figures show information on premises and personal licences in force, applications, reviews/proceedings as well as numbers of licensing standards officers employed and the number of occasional licences issued.

Jonathan Smithers The Law Society has criticised a government plan to raise the small claims threshold for personal injury claims to £5,000 and stop compensation payments for road traffic "minor" soft tissue injuries.

Julius Komorowski Terra Firma's Julius Komorowski was one of the key speakers at the Academy of European Law’s "Seminar on Recent Case Law of The European Court of Human Rights in Criminal Matters" held in Strasbourg this week.

Alison Reid The Faculty of Advocates is hosting the launch of a publication aimed at helping youngsters to maintain contact with siblings after a split in the family.

Margaret Martin Ireland should look to Scotland to help inform its legislative approach to stalking, a major conference in Dublin was told yesterday.

A hospital inpatient who called a German consultant physician a “Nazi b*****d” has had an appeal against his conviction for behaving in a “threatening or abusive manner” which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer “fear and alarm” refused. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that

Kenneth Shand Rumours are circulating that English firm Addleshaw Goddard has negotiated a merger with Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, though both firms have played down the suggestions.

Drink-driving offences in Scotland have plummeted, falling at nearly double the rate of the rest of the UK following the introduction of a new lower limit last December. In the period December 2014 to August 2015, offences fell by 12.5 per cent compared with the same time in the previous year. The f

Calum Steele The general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation has made a plea to the Scottish government to end cuts to the service in the wake of the Paris attacks and to realise Scottish police are under-equipped and ill-prepared for a similar attack on home soil.

Robert Sharp Following calls from over 100 authors last week for reform of Scotland's antiquated defamation laws which not only endanger free speech but could lead to libel tourism, Scottish Legal News spoke to English PEN about the developments south of the border that culminated in the Defamation

Stronachs LLP has strengthened its corporate team with the appointment of Ross Gardner as partner.