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Glasgow's Maryhill area now has its own official flag recognised in a letters patent by the Lord Lyon, Dr Joe Morrow CBE KC. Selected in 2021 after a public competition, the flag represents a narrowboat on the Forth & Clyde Canal with two blue bands representing the canal and the river Kelvin, r

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is gathering feedback from users to improve its services. As part of its commitment to providing an inclusive and accessible service, SCTS would like to speak with people who work in the legal profession who have a disability or accessibility needs.

The US capital has said it can no longer afford to pay lawyers representing poor defendants on Wednesdays. As a result of a budget crisis, all 120 public defenders in Washington DC will be forced to take an unpaid day off once per week, normally a Wednesday, NBC Washington reports.

Average selling prices have experienced a small overall rise, with variation across the regions. The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders during February-April 2024 was £269,963, which is 1.5 per cent higher than the same time the previous year

TLT has recruited banking partner Euan Cluness to help lead the growth of its banking offering in Scotland. Joining TLT from Addleshaw Goddard, Mr Cluness, who will be based in the firm's Edinburgh office, brings over a decade of experience advising banks and borrowers on some of the most complex an

Kennedys has appointed Anne Kentish as a partner in Scotland, based in Edinburgh. She will be joined by legal director, Colette Finnieston. Ms Kentish qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and joins Kennedys having spent 10 years at Clyde & Co, where she latterly led the professional indemnity team i

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has welcomed the ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) on an appeal from Join the Triboo Limited. The online recruitment firm appealed a fine of £130,000 and an enforcement notice issued by the ICO in April 2023 for s

Blackadders LLP is to support the Digital Xtra Fund to help young people in Scotland gain access to innovative and digitally creative activities. Funds raised by the charity Digital Xtra are awarded to schools and community groups across the country, providing kit and extracurricular activites to in

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged Scottish ministers to "get serious" over the challenges facing policing as new figures reveal that police officer numbers are now at their lowest level in more than a decade and a half. The Scottish government’s Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statis

A GMB union judge member’s challenge in a ‘secret soundings’ case is to take place next month. A member of GMB union’s J25 Judicial Branch has received a date for their legal challenge to the use of ‘secret soundings’ when deciding on the appointment of judges in

A solicitor has been fined £2,000 after he was found guilty of professional misconduct by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT). Kevin John Boyd, 62, of Mathie Morton Limited, in Alloway Place, Ayr, was found to have delayed an executry for a man’s estate by more than four-

Lorna Christine has joined Blackadders LLP as a partner in the private client team. Specialising in private client work since 2003, she was previously a partner at Thorntons in Dundee.

A criminal defence lawyer who repeatedly made off without paying her restaurant bills has been struck off. English solicitor Kerry Ann Stevens was convicted of fraud last year in connection with two incidents, one where she left a restaurant with an unpaid £60.91 bill and another where she lie

At least 56 miscarriages of justice have occurred in England and Wales in which the jury was split, according to a charity that wants jury unanimity reintroduced. A report by Appeal found that majority verdicts “arguably dilute the principle of reasonable doubt” and have enabled miscarri

The climate action plan devised by the UK government is unlawful, the English High Court has ruled. There is not enough evidence of policies in place that would actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the court said.