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Andrew John Robertson, managing director of McClure Solicitors McClure Solicitors has teamed up with an Edinburgh charity to produce wills for free.

About one in ten child protection orders (CPOs) handed out in Scotland have come from Dundee over the past two years according to new figures The Courier reports. The Scottish Children's Reporter Administration provided that in 2013/14, 79 children were the subjects of CPOs, while in 2014/15, 59 wer

Pictured: Liina Tulk and Cat MacLean MBM Commercial has been nominated for four awards in the upcoming Law Awards of Scotland.

James Dornan MSP A Scottish Parliament committee has opened consultation on a bill to extend the boundaries of the Pentland Hills Regional Park.

Alison McInnes MSP Police officers in Fife have come under criticism after it emerged they briefed schoolkids on stop and search with no fixed script and only one page of notes.

Pictured from left: Alan Roughead, Brian Jackson, Catherine Greig, Morag Graham The staff at MacRoberts LLP's Glasgow Office are no doubt feeling a little fitter today after accepting a challenge to climb the stairs to their desk rather than taking the lift throughout the month of June.

Former boxer Scott Harrison is to be extradited to Spain to serve a prison sentence for two assault convictions after a sheriff granted a warrant sought by the Lord Advocate. The former WBO Featherweight Champion was sentenced to four years imprisonment by a court in Malaga in 2012 and a European Ar

Elaine Russell, a partner at Irwin Mitchell The families of those who died in an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Edinburgh are suing the firms they believe are responsible.

Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs An "excessive" five-year ban on holding a personal alcohol license for people who failed to undertake refresher training has been scrapped by the Scottish Parliament.

Lady Hale The issue of whether as a matter of EU law the UK may impose a requirement of residence in Great Britain as a condition of entitlement to disability living allowance (DLA) is to be considered by the European Court of Justice.

Ian Messer Scottish solicitors and members of the public are being warned to be on the alert for fraudulent law firms by the Law Society of Scotland.

Frances Crook A teenager who stole sweets and ice cream worth £5, a woman found begging in a car park and a man who kicked a flower pot after being stabbed are among thousands of people who have been ordered to pay a new charge which “penalises the poor and encourages the innocent to plead guilty

Shuna Stirling Brodies' corporate and commercial team has advised on deals with a value of more than £8.2 billion this year so far, the firm has announced.

An employee at the National Museum of Scotland ordered over £14,000 worth of stamps before selling them online and keeping the profits. Joseph McGuire, 46, was found in 2013 afterRoyal Mail's criminal intelligence saw the stamps being sold on eBay.

Julius Komorowski Terra Firma Chambers’ Julius Komorowski features in the first episode of Equality:Online, a series of webcasts by Equality and Human Rights Commission in Scotland designed to provide a more flexible way of delivering training across the country.