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This year’s devils have settled into their nine-month advocacy training at the Faculty of Advocates. The 30 aspiring advocates kicked off their nine-month devilling programme last month.

Scotland’s first local drug-checking service in Glasgow has opened its doors. It will allow people and aged 18 or over who are dependent on illegal drugs to submit drugs samples for checking and receive tailored harm-reduction advice based on the results, such as information on the substance,

One of Scotland's most experienced civil solicitor advocates, Tony Jones KC, has been called to the bar and joined Ampersand Advocates, bringing more than 35 years of disputes experience in professional negligence and construction. Mr Jones joins the bar from Brodies LLP, where he was a partner from

Libya’s religious authority, the Dar al-Ifta, has issued a fatwa prohibiting Muslims from buying, selling or wearing Nike-branded clothing. Approved by Grand Mufti Sadiq al-Gharyani, it argues that the logo invokes the Greek goddess of victory and promotes symbols associated “with polyth

The work of neurons acting as biological computers can be protected by copyright law with “limited” legal reforms, new research shows. The artificial brains are increasingly used for medical research, computer software, art and even quantum computing, but current law ultimately requires

Sir Colin Birss, master of the rolls and lead judge for artificial intelligence in England and Wales, will deliver the University of Glasgow’s annual James Wood Lecture on 20 November. His lecture, entitled AI and Legal Reasoning, will take place from 5pm to 7pm in the Senate Room at the unive

Burges Salmon is expanding its family law offering with the launch of a new specialist team in Edinburgh. The new practice will be led by Rachael Kelsey, who joins the firm as a partner today alongside a team of family law specialists.

A toolkit to help the Scottish legal sector navigate conversations about behavioural change, stress and substance abuse has been launched by the Law Society of Scotland. The Safe Conversations Toolkit has been developed by MCG Consulting, in collaboration with the Law Society and voices from across

The Herald has published an obituary of Lord Cowie, who died on October 23. "Lord Cowie, who has died aged 100, enjoyed the unusual dual distinction of being the oldest surviving member of the Faculty of Advocates and Scotland’s oldest surviving rugby internationalist.

The darkening afternoons preceding All Hallows’ saw the windows of Edinburgh’s Supreme Courts Library arrestingly decorated. The library presented to the world not only floral displays, but what appeared to be replicas of bones, black crows, bloody body-parts, and even the skeleton of a

Shepherd and Wedderburn has broadened its legal offering by establishing a family law practice.  Two specialists will head the team: Alison Edmondson and Robert Gilmour, who have joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as partners and will be supported by five other lawyers who join with them.

Throuples, foursomes and those in polyamorous relationships will be able to register their partnerships in West Hollywood, California following a City Council vote on 3 November.

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Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP and former chief executive of Who Cares Scotland Duncan Dunlop has called on the Scottish government to ensure the independent Scottish inquiry into group-based sexual abuse and exploitation of children not only puts survivors at its centre but ensures they can get mean

Blackadders LLP has promoted Robyn Lee from director to partner in its private client team. Ms Lee started as a trainee at Blackadders in 2017 and has progressed steadily throughout her legal career, operating at every level of the firm. She now mentors a new generation of trainees.