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Former lord justice clerk Lord Ross has passed away at the age of 98. A public memorial service for the late judge is to be held at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, where he was an elder, on Friday 13 June 2025 at 1pm.

McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) Solicitors has appointed Nicola Ker as head of its private client department and to the firm's board of directors. Ms Ker brings a wealth of private client expertise, including on the creation and management of trusts, establishing family investment companies, administe

The Lawscot Foundation has opened applications to provide support for aspiring lawyers facing financial and other barriers to their legal studies and the profession. The charity is accepting applications from pupils who meet the eligibility criteria, including having an offer to begin a Scots law LL

The Scottish government's plans to make misogyny a specific crime have been shelved. Ministers said on Friday that there was not enough time to draft the law in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman in the Equality Act.

The chief justice of Nepal and other members of the judiciary in Nepal paid a visit to the Faculty of Advocates this past weekend. The visit took place after they had spent some time in London, where historic Letters of Goodwill were exchanged between the President of the United Kingdom Supreme Cour

Amazon faces a legal challenge over workers’ rights in the lead up to a vote which took place at the company’s Coventry warehouse. In total, 49.5 per cent of the 2,600 workers who voted backed union recognition at the Midlands facility in July last year, falling short by just 28 votes.

The average selling price of property in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders has risen by nearly seven per cent to £285,684, according to ESPC.

A team of 18 from Dentons' Glasgow office have raised just over £6,000 for Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity after taking part in the annual Kiltwalk. Staff from the firm tackled two challenging routes on Sunday, 27 April: the 22.6-mile Mighty Stride and the 14-mile Big Stroll.

The UK government has lost an appeal over the lawfulness of controversial anti-protest regulations brought in by Suella Braverman. Ms Braverman, then home secretary, introduced regulations in June 2023 which significantly reduced the threshold at which the police could impose almost-unlimited c

A man has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in costs after losing an appeal over a £200 fine for his noisy cockerel. Neighbours of 80-year-old Hampshire man Harold Brown complained of being woken up at 5am by his cockerel crowing, the BBC reports.

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The rector of St Andrews University has won an appeal against her controversial exclusion from the university's governing body after she sent students an email condemning Israel's actions in Gaza as genocide. Stella Maris was dismissed from her roles as president of the university court and charity

An early career solicitor at a global travel company and a trainee specialising in intellectual property and data protection have been crowned the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Rising Stars. Jamila Archibald, senior counsel at Trip.com Group, won in the "Solicitor with up to 5 years' PQE"

Digby Brown partner Innes Laing has raised over £10,000 for a Fife-based childhood cancer charity by running in the 2025 London Marathon.

A nightclub in Peterhead has successfully overturned licence restrictions after instructing TLT partner Stephen McGowan in an appeal before Aberdeen Sheriff Court. Sheriff Principal Pyle allowed the appeal by Clara House Ltd, the operators of the Caley Bar/Bar 57 in Peterhead.