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Fraser Irvine Sheriff Officers LLP has announced the appointment of Douglas Bruce to the position of international enforcement and service director. Mr Bruce was formerly head of sheriff officer services at Scott & Co (Scotland) LLP and is the immediate past president of the Society of Messenger

An employment lawyer has urged caution over the growing trend of "workation" policies allowing staff members to work remotely from a location of their choice, away from their home or office. Liam Entwistle, employment law specialist and chairman at law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, argu

Alan Meek, partner and head of Morton Fraser's restructuring and insolvency team, discusses the intricacies of limited liability. In this two-part article we highlight for directors some of the main ways in which the general protection of limited liability does not apply or can be lost.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has launched a consultation on updated rules reflecting a "digital and paperless" focus in its operations and engagement with the legal profession. The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 sets out the duties of the SLCC to make rules as

Dunblane law firm Bartys, a branch of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, has raised a staggering £55,217 after taking part in a charity will writing scheme for the last 20 years. The firm first joined Will Aid in 2000 to write wills for people free of charge, in exchange for a voluntary don

The Chain Gain team at law firm Anderson Strathern are taking part in Social Bite’s 60-mile cycling challenge from Glasgow to Edinburgh taking place on September 5 in support of the charity's mission of ending homelessness and build two new Social Bite Villages.

A neo-Nazi terrorist has been ordered to read classic novels in lieu of a prison sentence. Judge Timothy Spencer QC told 21-year-old Ben John to swap his extremist literature for the works of Jane Austen and William Shakespeare.

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has rejected three of four contentions by a fabric business that their bank breached a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care in relation to their account after they sent over £500,000 from their account to a fraudster. Sekers Fabrics Ltd

Aberdeen businessman Joseph Bowie has been appointed as chief operating officer at Esson & Aberdein, the legal start-up launched earlier this year by Joni Esson and Rob Aberdein. Mr Bowie joins his former mentor from Aberdein Considine, where has has spent 10 years building up a successful debt

Advocate and former Labour MP Mark Lazarowicz examines the new SNP-Green deal and assess how radical an impact its commitments could have on the natural environment in Scotland. The ‘co-operation agreement’ between the SNP Scottish Government and the Scottish Green Party includes, as one

Thorntons Solicitors is hoping to raise a five-figure sum for charity Cash for Kids this year through its charity wills campaign. Taking place across its offices in Fife, Dundee, Perth, Angus, Edinburgh and (for the first time in the campaign’s history) Glasgow, Thorntons won’t charge a

Lawyers have been encouraged to nominate themselves for election as members of Peebles Community Council (PCC). Chairperson Les Turnbull told the Border Telegraph that the council does not currently have any legal expertise and could well see "issues arising where legal points might need to be addre

The Metropolitan Police could adopt a gender-neutral uniform for all police officers following a consultation of officers. The UK's largest police force – with nearly twice as many officers as Police Scotland – said it would consult staff ahead of the contract with its current uniform pr

A defence lawyer in Canada has praised a judge's decision to exclude unvaccinated jurors – because he "wants intelligent people on the jury". Justice Kevin Phillips, who is overseeing a murder trial in Ottawa, said in a pre-trial ruling that he would dismiss any potential jurors who said they

The US government has urged lawyers to volunteer their time to help address the country's post-pandemic housing and evictions crisis. In a statement yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the end of the federal eviction moratorium is expected to result in eviction proceedings spiking to "r