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James & George Collie has announced the appointment of Louise Armstrong as a family law solicitor in the firm's Stonehaven office. Ms Armstrong advises clients on all aspects of family law and is also a qualified collaborative lawyer.

Blackadders has announced the appointment of a new partner alongside 13 other promotions. The firm also announced the appointment of Neil Pickthall as its new chief operating officer.  The promotions are firm-wide and include lawyers based in their Aberdeen, Arbroath, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glas

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society has welcomed the decision by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) to seek a reduced annual levy. Andrew Stevenson, secretary of SLAS, said: “We are glad to see that the commission has decided to seek a reduced levy. Our response to the draft SL

Conor McGregor has failed in a legal fight with a clothing firm over sportswear that bears his name. The 31-year-old MMA fighter applied to register his name as a trademark in order to sell clothing in Europe.

Dentons' UK, Ireland and Middle East region is to give people freedom of choice over when to work from home or the office. Dentons' UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region is to launch a new agile working policy that will give people freedom over choosing when to work from home or the office. It

Communities and businesses within Scotland's construction sector are being urged to be vigilant and report signs of modern slavery with the launch of a new Police Scotland campaign to raise awareness of the issue. Last year police received 228 referrals of people across Scotland who may have been th

New "sobriety tags" which detect whether offenders have broken drinking bans will be rolled out across England following their successful rollout in Wales last year. The legislation underpinning the use of the tags in cases of alcohol-fuelled crime came into force last May and the tags became availa

Thorntons took its annual Charity Wills Campaign online for 2020 and with the November campaign raising £60,000 for Cash for Kids, it means the total campaign fundraising pot has surpassed £500,000 since Charity Wills began more than 20 years ago. Every Charity Wills month, Thorntons wil

The finalists of the Law Society of Scotland’s annual national schools debating competition have been confirmed, after a nail-biting semi-final that saw the return of the unseen motion. The four teams going through to this year’s grand final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tourname

All but one of President Joe Biden's first judicial nominees are women or from ethnic minorities, in line with his commitment to diversify the bench. Mr Biden yesterday unveiled 11 nominees for the Federal Circuit, the District Court and the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, of whom nine

SLN's Lawyer of the Month for April, Emma Toner, is the first woman editor of Session Cases. This year marks the law reports' bicentenary, on the occasion of which the Scottish Council of Law Reporting is running a poll to determine the most popular of the Session Cases. Nominate your favourite

A wanted mafia man has been caught by police after being identified as the mystery host of a YouTube cooking show. Marc Feren Claude Biart, sought on cocaine trafficking charges since 2014, had been sharing Italian cooking tips on a channel he started with his wife.

A prisoner who was sentenced to an Order for Lifelong Restriction in September 2008 and was refused release by a tribunal of the Parole Board for Scotland has been unsuccessful in petitioning for a judicial review of its decision. Paul Hutton, who was given an OLR after committing offences

A Supreme Court VAT ruling issued today in favour of care home operator Balhousie Holdings sets a significant precedent for UK businesses. The ruling – the culmination of a lengthy legal battle dating back to 2015 – hinged on the process by which Balhousie, owner of Scottish-based Balhou

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has announced its plan to lay a reduced budget before Parliament next month. The budget will be accompanied by a five per cent reduction in the general levy paid for all lawyers and a 20 per cent reduction for all lawyers within their first three years