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Harriet Donald has joined the Scottish Land Commission on secondment from Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority. Ms Donald will work on proposals for Regional Land Use Partnerships across Scotland.

Harper Macleod has advised Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for the country's most ambitious entrepreneurs, on a deal which saw £500,000 added to the prize pot courtesy of Scottish Enterprise. The firm, which has been a supporter of Scottish EDGE since it launched in 2012, has also signe

Argyll solicitors Stewart Balfour & Sutherland invited guests to dress up and part with a few dingo dollars to attend a charity screening of the Australian cult film Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the historic Campbeltown Picture House.

Via @LyonCourt: The annual Dean's Dinner of the Guildry of Stirling was held on Friday night. In the chair was the Dean, aka Snawdoun Herald, amongst whose guests were the Lord Lyon, proposing the Toast to Stirling, and Provost Christine Simpson, proposing the Toast to the Guildry.

A couple who regretted taking free advice from an architect friend are facing a £1 million legal bill after a failed lawsuit against her. Peter and Lynn Burgess say the transformation of the garden at their £5 million London home would have been completed quicker and more cheaply without

A man who was found guilty of breaking into a dead person’s home and stealing a quantity of jewellery after his DNA was found on a torch which was left in the property has had an appeal against his conviction rejected. Michael Ritchie claimed it was his brother who committed the crime and

Safety must be the top priority in allowing driverless buses on to our roads, the Faculty of Advocates has insisted. Issues surrounding Highly Automated Road Passenger Services (HARPS) are being examined by the Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission of England and Wales in their second consu

Almost half a billion pounds has been slashed from the legal aid budget since the SNP came to power, Scottish Labour has said. The party said a funding freeze that was announced in the draft budget means spending has plummeted by £499 million in real terms since 2007/08.

A lawyer who says she suffered “psychiatric injury” while working at the Crown Office is to have her £1.3 million damages claim against the Lord Advocate heard at the Court of Session. Laura Malone, 53, argues that the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, is vicariously liable for negli

Ampersand Advocates' Lauren Sutherland QC has been appointed to a leading position within the Pan European Organisation of Personal Injury Lawyers (PEOPIL). Ms Sutherland, who specialises in medical law, is the new head of PEOPIL’s medical negligence section.

Scullion Law has announced a number of promotions as well as a new appointment.

Hundreds of Crown Court judges face disqualification because they have not spent enough time hearing trials. Recorders must sit for at least 15 or 30 days per year, depending on experience, to keep their role.

Thorntons and CHAS have announced a brand new partnership to raise funds to support children with life-shortening conditions and their families throughout Scotland. Thorntons has agreed to be the headline sponsor for the fifth edition of the CHAS Rocking Horse Ball, which takes place on 5 June 2020.

The most senior family judge in England and Wales has appealed to law firms to make donations to a legal charity to help tackle delays in the family courts. Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, said that "modest annual contributions" to Support Through Court, a charity providing f