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Shared Parenting Scotland pays tribute to solicitor Billy Finlayson, who passed away this month. The family lawyers who attend the local meetings of Shared Parenting Scotland all provide valuable support to the parents who attend these meetings.

A man who stole more than a dozen cans of Pringles told police "once you pop, you can't stop". Adam Spencer, 40, was arrested in Nottinghamshire following a string of burglaries and shop thefts.

The Law Society of Scotland’s commitment to its people and workplace culture has been recognised with an Investors in People Gold accreditation. The rating from the global workplace assessment organisation recognises improvements in company culture, engagement and workplace practices and build

Following the announcement that the Lord President, Lord Carloway is to retire next year, senior lawyers have wished him well.

Dentons has joined the Lawscot Foundation’s family of sponsors, affirming its commitment to social mobility in the Scottish legal sector. Dentons has committed to a minimum three-year sponsorship to help fund the legal charity’s mission to support aspiring Scottish lawyers from less-adva

Blackadders LLP has promoted Claire Ogston to partner and head of the firm’s residential property unit. Ms Ogston joined the firm’s Aberdeen team earlier this year after having had more than 17 years’ experience in residential property. She brought her expertise as an authority in

A bench of nine High Court judges is considering the Lord Advocate’s References No.2 and No.3 today and tomorrow on whether de recenti statements absent distress are capable of corroborating a complainer's evidence. Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC seeks the court’s opinion on points of law

TikTok is facing a lawsuit from a new group of French parents who believe the video-sharing platform is not doing enough to protect children online. The Algos Victima collective, backed by lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion, aims to bring together the greatest number of families to bring TikTok before the

Last Friday Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace said farewell to Bruce Robertson, partner in the commercial property team. Having studied at Aberdeen University, Mr Robertson joined the then firm of Clark and Wallace on the 1 August 1978 and has spent his whole career, from trainee, assistant

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged first notices with the sheriff court to begin the court process for a conjoined fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of David Donnelly and Robert Thomson. David Donnelly, aged 83, died at Hairmyres Hospital on 14 January 2019. Rober

A police force has told of its success in discouraging young people from partying at the beach by blasting classical music at the shore. The likes of Strauss' The Blue Danube, Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Schubert's Ave Maria have now been used by police in the Finnish city of Espoo to disperse end-of

Defence solicitors have begun their first week of industrial action over domestic abuse cases after a collapse in talks with the Scottish government over reform to legal aid. They will also decline to act where an accused has no solicitor and cannot represent themselves – and will not take par

The Lord President, Lord Carloway has written to His Majesty The King to inform him of his intention to retire in early 2025. He has also written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister John Swinney to notify them of his decision. Lord Carloway was appointed as lord president of the Cou

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions and raised proceedings for judicial review in the Court of Session on behalf of a client of the Renfrewshire Head Injury Service (RHIS). In February 2024, Renfrewshire Council (RC) and the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (Renfrewshire

A piece of land can be a ‘land-locked’ enclave, so as to have a right of way over a neighbour’s property on the basis of necessity, despite the enclave being on the coast and adjoining the foreshore and the sea. Such public rights as there may be over the foreshore and the sea do n