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Nadine Martin has been appointed as legal director at Gibson Kerr Solicitors. She has an established practice which encompasses all areas of family law and child law, including separation, divorce, financial provision, cohabitation, residence and contact disputes and relocation of children.

Following a selection process, Professor Jo Shaw has been appointed head of school at Edinburgh Law School. Professor Shaw has held the Salvesen Chair of European Institutions since January 2005, as well as the roles of dean of research of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from 200

A 72-year-old man accused of committing sexual offences against five complainers in the 1980s and 1990s has lost an appeal against the refusal of an application under section 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 seeking to lead evidence that one of the complainers was 17 years

A sheriff has been charged in connection with matters which will become public when he appears in court shortly. Alistair Duff, 67, who once represented Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, retired on December 1 last year after a 45-year career. 

Yesterday SLN asked readers for their verdict on 'partygate', the controversy prompted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson's attendance at a gathering of staff in May 2020, the nature of which is disputed.

Weightmans LLP and RadcliffesLeBrasseur LLP are to merge by the end of March. John Schorah, managing partner of Weightmans, which has an office in Glasgow, said: "The two firms share a number of synergies in respect of clients and sectors and above all a passionate commitment to achieving the h

MBM Commercial’s corporate, tax and employment teams recently assisted the senior management team of Highfield Forestry to buy out the business on the retirement of Iain Peddie, who was the managing director at the company for over 20 years. Highfield Forestry is a woodland management company

Crown Estate Scotland is offering two tenant farmers the opportunity to buy their farms. Tenants on Auchindoun Estate in Moray and Applegirth Estate in Dumfriesshire are being made the offer as part of a pilot which may be extended.

A cat has been taken into custody after a woman called police because her cats were fighting. The 52-year-old woman in Omaha, Nebraska said she tried to break up the fight and verbally told the aggressor she would "put it in its room".

Dawn Robertson has joined BTO Solicitors' Edinburgh office. An experienced tribunal practitioner who has appeared in the EAT, her arrival brings BTO’s total number of accredited specialists to four. Her fellow partners Caroline Carr, Laura Salmond and Jacqueline McCluskey are also specialists

Do you believe that Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law when he attended a so-called work event held at Downing Street in May 2020? Scottish Legal News is asking readers for their verdict on Mr Johnson's behaviour. There are three options in our poll:

Glasgow based design agency, Cole AD, is proud to announce that Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland (SBH Scotland) will be their charity partner for 2022. Cole AD have supported this fantastic charity for the past few years and are delighted to continue to partner with them to bring help to childre

A care home company has been fined £640,000 after one of their residents choked on a piece of doughnut and died. The 65-year-old resident of Orchard Care Home in Tullibody, Clackmannanshire was on a specialist diet of minced and moist food after a severe stroke and vascular dementia left her a

A successful ship arrest in Scotland requires consideration of various key factors coming together and an element of good timing. When an instruction to arrest is received, moving quickly is often important, but should never be at the cost of accuracy, write Duncan MacLean and Sarah Polson. The init

Ledingham Chalmers is donating £7,000 to charity to mark its 30th anniversary. In total, £4,000 will be split between three care homes in Aberdeen, Inverness, and Edinburgh as well as a hospice in Denny — all of whom have links with the firm.