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Ampersand Advocates received two individual recognitions at the Legal 500 Scotland Awards held on 29 November in Edinburgh. This year, the stable celebrates the awards of Alan Moffat, named Clerk of the Year, and Una Doherty KC, who has been crowned Silk of the Year.

A long-awaited review of Northern Ireland's criminal legal aid system has recommended an immediate 16 per cent increase in legal aid fees. Judge Tom Burgess was appointed last year to carry out a fundamental review of the criminal legal aid system and presented his findings to the Department of Just

Russell Bradley has joined Westwater Advocates. Mr Bradley returns to full-time practice having been a fee paid employment judge in Scotland for the past four years.

A fully updated second edition of Roddy Macleod’s Contentious Executries: Commissary & Executry Litigation in Scotland is available to order now. First published by Sweet & Maxwell in 2022, the book covers a wide range of issues which arise in contested executry cases and more generall

A march will take place on Human Rights Day next Tuesday to call on the Scottish government to reintroduce the Scottish Human Rights Bill. Organisers and participants are urging the Scottish government to bring the bill back and to MSPs to pledge their commitment to the bill, prioritising it in thei

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has renewed its call for a better solution to deal with solicitors unwilling or unable to comply with their regulatory duties. It follows a court hearing in which a solicitor was questioned on why they had not provided timely access to a file needed to

President Joe Biden has granted a controversial pardon to his son Hunter, who was convicted of gun and tax offences. In two separate trials, the younger Mr Biden admitted failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes between 2016 and 2019, and lying about his history of drug use in order to obtain a

Aberdein Considine has bolstered its energy practice with a newly formed team of legal experts.

Thorntons has advised on a landmark deal that will secure new social housing for some of the country’s most vulnerable people. Its lawyers helped UK fund manager Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) to agree a £4.925m loan from its dedicated social housing fund to Registered Social Land

The corporate and M&A team at Harper Macleod advised on 42 transactions in October as business owners and acquiring companies acted ahead of Labour’s first budget in 14 years. With businesses anticipating a hike in capital gains tax (CGT) and other tax raising measures, the team saw a mark

Jones Whyte has announced the opening of a new office in Edinburgh.

Dallas McMillan Solicitors has announced three promotions. Craig Muirhead (litigation) and Rachel Hendry (commercial property) have been promoted to the partnership while Abbey Freer (conveyancing) has been promoted to associate.

The Faculty of Advocates’ fictional member is back in time for Christmas this year in Edward Kane, Advocate in The Hanged Man. Created by Ross Macfarlane KC in 2019, the popular series continues in The Scotsman every weekday from today until Christmas Eve.

Police have been led on a chase by a 12-year-old boy who travelled over 150 miles in his grandfather's car before being caught. The child took the stolen car on a 161-mile journey, starting in Issaquah in Washington, USA and travelling through the Cascade Mountains.

Sara Snell has been appointed as the new HM chief inspector of prisons for Scotland. She has extensive experience in the UK justice system having worked in HM Prison Service in England and Wales for 25 years.