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Solicitor Aamer Anwar is to deliver this year's Jimmy Reid lecture on October 10. Mr Anwar, rector of the University of Glasgow, will give the lecture in the Bute Hall, where Mr Reid delivered his own rectorial address in 1972, entitled Alienation, which became known as the “rat race is for ra

Dentons, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has voted to combine with Lee International, a law firm in South Korea. Lee International has a range of practice areas including intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, finance, real estate, corporate, litigation/internationa

Two people suspected of stealing the heads of an apostle and an Irish sportsman from the National Wax Museum have been arrested and charged. Michael Murray, 33, and Natasha Rice, 33, were apprehended by police after museum staff chased them down the street, TheJournal.ie reports.

Members of a Christian pro-life campaign group have had a legal challenge against a local authority’s decision to impose a “safe zone” banning protests around an abortion clinic dismissed. It was argued that the council did not have the power to make a “Public Spaces Protecti

Complainers in sex crime cases should be given independent legal representation to allay their "perception" that the adversarial trial system is "weighted in favour of the accused", according to new research. The proposal is among a number of recommendations made in a report published today by the S

A dispute resolution lawyer who began her career with Thorntons as a trainee has been promoted to partner in the firm’s Dundee office. Working in the commercial dispute resolution and claims team, Lauren Rae acts for individual clients and on behalf of businesses on a broad range of commercial

Deborah Carmichael, an associate in the commercial litigation team at Jones Whyte Law, has been made a solicitor advocate. Ms Carmichael, who joined Jones Whyte at the beginning of 2018, has over 12 years' experience as a litigator dealing with contentious matters on behalf of both individuals and b

What do Elton John, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kim Kardashian have in common, aside from being well-known names if you are a follower or fan of celebrity culture? They have all made news headlines with reports of surrogate mothers providing them with their little bundles of joy.

Ayrshire-based Dales Solicitors LLP has announced the addition of two new solicitors to its team. Suzanne McDonald, formerly a partner with Mackinlay & Suttie, Barrhead, joins as a senior solicitor and Robert Cunningham joins as a newly qualified solicitor having completed his traineeship with M

Burges Salmon has been appointed by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to its panel of legal advisers The corporate, commercial and real estate teams from Burges Salmon will provide the SPFL with legal advice for a range of corporate and commercial projects.

A man seeking asylum in the UK from a country where homosexuality is illegal was rejected by an immigration judge because he did not have a gay "demeanour", a barrister has said. English barrister Rehana Popal said the judge had "taken a stereotype, used it as a benchmark and compared my client to i

Fines collection rates in the Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court have risen above 90 per cent. The 41st Quarterly Fines Report, published today by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, reveals that 91 per cent of the value of Sheriff Court fines imposed during the three-year

A free event looking at how the displaced Rohingya people might return to their ancestral homeland in the Arakan region in Myanmar will be held at Edinburgh Law School next month.

A woman in El Salvador who was jailed for 30 years following a court case that drew international attention to the country's strict anti-abortion laws has been acquitted following a re-trial. Evelyn Hernández, 21, was arrested in 2016 and charged with aggravated homicide after police recovere

Police have arrested a man who allegedly performed a botched castration on a willing subject whom he met on the internet. Officers were dispatched to 74-year-old Gary Van Ryswyk's home in Florida after someone at the property phoned 911 and hung up, BuzzFeed News reports.