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Glen Gilson Law firm Gilson Gray LLP is celebrating its "date with George Clooney" as it gears up for the Scottish Business Awardsceremony on 12 November 2015.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) will host its annual Criminal Day Conference next month in association with the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA). The one-day conference is taking place in the Corinthian, Glasgow on Saturday 7 November 2015.

Peter Gray QC Glasgow City Council spent almost £250,000 in legal fees over the course of the Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the Glasgow bin lorry crash.

A part-time judge who claimed that his pension should be calculated on the basis of his sitting days since he was appointed rather than the date on which an EU law protecting part-time-time workers from being treated less favourably than equivalent full-time workers came into force in the UK has had

The Faculty of Advocates has identified human rights issues relating to parts of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Faculty was invited by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Climate Change and Environment Committee to comment on the Bill from the perspective of the European Convention on H

Frank Mulholland Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland yesterday told MSPs he did not see the need for an inquiry into the process of communication between the Law Society of Scotland and the Crown Office.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has promoted eight solicitors to the position of Associate in its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices.

Lord Neuberger The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger last night addressed an audience at Lincoln's Inn to mark the 150th anniversary of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR).

Solicitors are not being threatened by other will-writing service providers in the wake of deregulation in 2011, new research carried out by Will Aid suggests. Although there are slight year-on-year fluctuations in the percentage of people using a solicitor to write their will, the proportion was hi

Sean Humber Some prisoners in the UK may be able to challenge a blanket ban on prisoner voting after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on the French case Thierry Delvigne v Commune de Lesparre-Médoc and Préfet de la Gironde.

Aileen Campbell The Scottish government has published a report setting out progress made in protecting children from abuse and sexual exploitation over the past year.

Charles McGregor An Edinburgh man who attacked a partner at Clyde & Co with a knife in an attempted robbery in April has been convicted of the attack, according to The Scotsman.

A motorist who was jailed for six years and banned from driving for eight years after being found guilty of causing death of a “close friend” by dangerous driving has had an appeal against sentence refused. The Criminal Appeal Court dismissed claims that the period of imprisonment and the period

Frank Mulholland The Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland will appear before MSPs today to answer questions about the lawyer involved in the Michelle Thomson property row.

The number of people being searched by Police Scotland officers has fallen by more than three-quarters compared to last year, new figures have shown. According to the latest figures, a total of 20,916 people were searched in June-July 2015, down from 84,144 over the same period in 2014.