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The Criminal Bar Association has voted to take industrial action in protest at the level of fees paid to them. About 1,800 criminal barristers voted to work to rule from April 11. This is only the second time the CBA has taken such action.

Law firm and estate agency RSB Lindsays has made a hat-trick of new appointments as it continues to develop its operations in Dundee and across Tayside. The expansion of its city-based private client operation has continued with the appointment of a new associate.

The last rites are being read to the traditional legal firm. While the rise of the nationals and global firms will carry on for a while yet, many small and medium Scottish firms will face their day of reckoning over the coming decade.

Melanie Phillips may not be everyone’s favourite journalist or radio opinion former but who could fail to share her astonishment in The Times at the outcome of one of the greatest corporate injustices of our time? Inexplicably, no-one, it seems, was responsible for the relentless persecution a

The Crown Office has backed a memorandum of co-operation over "crimes of the gravest concern to the entire international community" made between the offices of the UK Attorney General and the Prosecutor General of Ukraine.  The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, expressed her support for the

For someone who decided to become a lawyer partly because it’s what his parents wanted him to do, John Scott QC has carved out a long and illustrious career in the profession. He has been involved in some of Scotland’s most high-profile inquiries and cases since starting out as a trainee

Brechin solicitors Ferguson & Will has been acquired by the Chamber Practice, The Courier reports. The 103-year-old firm has moved into renovated offices on 15 High Street.

The Law Society of Scotland has criticised the the Scottish government's suggested increase in legal aid fees. Community safety minister Ash Regan said last week there would be additional improvements on top of a five per cent increase in fees.

An application by a Scottish solicitors' firm challenging an action raised against them in the English High Court for professional negligence by a dual qualified solicitor advising on a planning application has been refused. Wright, Johnston and Mackenzie LLP, a firm with no registered office in Eng

UK law firm Shakespeare Martineau has opened applications for the first-ever trainee positions in its Glasgow office. The firm has created two trainee positions, with one to begin in 2022 and another in 2024, earning £23,000 in the first year and £26,000 in the second. Trainees will work

The city of Seattle is being sued by salmon in a novel legal case invoking the "rights of nature". The novel case, in which the fish are named as plaintiffs, was initiated by the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe of Washington, which alleges that dams have decimated the salmon population in Washington's ri

Two boys are facing prosecution after allegedly spraying other kids with "silly string", the colourful plastic string often seen at children's birthday parties. Police in Cape Coral, Florida challenged the pair after complaints from the parents of their alleged victims, who were not injured, WINK-TV

The destruction of unsold, durable goods could be banned as part of new Scottish government plans to reduce waste. Proposals for a ban will be put forward in a consultation on a new Circular Economy Bill to be published in May, Circular Economy Minister Lorna Slater announced.

The Scottish government is still proposing a change in the devolved settlement as a possible route to bringing landmark children's rights legislation within its devolved competence despite a knock-back from the UK government. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (

Terra Firma Chambers advocate Robert Sutherland is heading to Fort William this weekend for the lest leg of his fundraising efforts on behalf of Children 1st. With forecasts of sub-zero temperatures, snow and wind, this challenge is likely to be the most arduous yet.