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Mafia bosses have ordered ambulance drivers in Naples to stop using their sirens and lights – because they disrupt drug deals. An ambulance in the city was accosted by armed men on motorbikes on Saturday night, The Times reports.

A prisoner serving a life sentence in HMP Edinburgh who sought a judicial review of the failure of the prison authorities to progress him through the route to parole by moving him to a less secure facility has had his petition refused. The punishment part of William Beggs’ sentence expire

Former sheriff Douglas J. Cusine asks where the responsibility lies in Scotland's malicious prosecution scandal, the greatest crisis in the history of the Crown Office. In his recent article, Douglas Mill, in a semi-jocular way, makes an extremely important point about what the Crown has accepted wa

Dentons’ Scottish private client team is joining Shepherd and Wedderburn. The arrival of the 20-strong team, led by partners Eleanor Kerr and Alexis Graham, will increase the size of Shepherd and Wedderburn’s private client practice to 46.

Joanna Cherry QC has been sacked from the SNP's front bench at Westminster, signalling growing disquiet amongst the party's leadership. She tweeted: "Despite hard work, results & a strong reputation I’ve been sacked today from [SNP] front bench. My constituents & fellow party members w

Faryma Bahrami has returned to full-time practice at Terra Firma Chambers, having spent three years working as an investment professional at Baillie Gifford. Ms Bahrami called to the bar in 2015 having previously held the position of assistant public solicitor on the British Overseas Territory

Scotland recorded 275 deals worth £4.9 billion last year, the Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review, shows. The number of deals was almost 50 per cent of 2019's levels and represented a decline of 66 per cent on 2018. The total value of deals fell from the £9.5bn

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society is seeking a change in the law that would require the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s annual budget to be approved by Scottish ministers rather than by the commission itself. SLAS has begun contacting MSPs to seek their support in making

Westwater Advocates’ senior counsel Calum MacNeill QC has successfully resisted appeals to the Court of Session by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) against a decision by the Upper Tribunal ordering the regulator to include two New Lanark trading companies in the register of

January was a record month for our sister publication Scottish Construction Now with 164,216 unique visitors to its popular website. Subscribers to the free SCN daily newsletter also continued to grow with another 177 readers signing up to keep abreast of developments in Scotland’s dynami

Shepherd and Wedderburn trainee Emma Hendrie kicks off the firm's celebration of LGBT History Month with a look at the history of the month itself, an explanation of this year’s theme – Body, Mind, Spirit – and how you can show your support. LGBT History Month presents an

In the past few months, it might appear, at least to some, that making money in markets is easy – just buy Tesla or Bitcoin and you are sure to double your money! That is to confuse gambling with investing, and these are certainly not recommendations by the way, writes Wealthflow's Duncan

Former US president Donald Trump has appointed new lawyers for his imminent impeachment trial following the late-in-the-day collapse of his defence team. He had been abandoned by five lawyers due to disagreements over legal strategy less than two weeks before the beginning of the landmark impeachmen

A lawyer who inadvertently broadcast himself having sex with his client to a bemused judge in an online court hearing has been disbarred for life. Héctor Cipriano Paredes Robles, a criminal lawyer in Peru, apparently believed the court was in recess and thought his camera was turned off.

Two appeals by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator against the Upper Tribunal for Scotland’s decision to allow two companies to be entered on the register of charities has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. The respondents, New Lanark Hotels L