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Greenock solicitors are to have their first female dean of the town’s faculty of procurators. Jill Carrick was appointed dean of the Faculty of Procurators in Greenock, the first woman to take up the post in the organisation’s 200-year history, at the faculty’s annual general meeti

Women’s rights are increasingly more likely to be incorporated into peace processes, research carried out at Edinburgh University shows. Researchers from the Political Settlement Research Project (PSRP) developed an online tool that charts the progress of peace agreements since the end of the

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has been selected as one of five case studies of good practice published last week by the Ethical Standards Commissioner. The SLCC was recognised for using facilitated diversity enhancing workshops and tools to improve decision making as well as for co

Young dancers in Edinburgh who have been selected to represent Scotland at an international competition are seeking sponsorship to help them cover the costs of this once in a lifetime opportunity.

Local authorities would be banned from banning plastic straws for the next five years under a bill proposed by a Florida senator. The law would see the US state slap local authorities with a $25,000 fine if they try to regulate single-use plastics before the completion of a study into the environmen

A judge has dismissed an application by the father of the late James Bulger to amend a lifelong anonymity order protecting the identity of one of his son’s killers. Ralph Bulger wanted information about Jon Venables’ (JV) new identity to be made public after the murderer was jailed

The laws on cohabitation in Scotland are problematic and disadvantageous to vulnerable and grieving people, according to a report by the Law Society of Scotland. Published today, Rights of cohabitants calls for a full review of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006.

Research carried out as part of BDO LLP’s annual FraudTrack report shows that Scotland ranked as the fourth most defrauded region in the UK by value as fraud rose by 88 per cent from £16.2m in 2017 to £30.4m in 2018. Accountants and business advisers BDO discovered that while the n

Tributes have been paid to Dundee solicitor Malcolm Farquhar who has passed away at the age of 63, the Evening Telegraph reports. Mr Farquhar joined Thorntons in 2005 following the firm's merger with Scott & Soutar.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may ban some methods used by brokers to reward car dealers, who overcharge an estimated 560,000 customers to the tune of £300 million a year, Reuters reports.

Current and former Supreme Court judicial assistants (JAs) visited Edinburgh last week to regale practitioners with stories from the highest court in the land. Attendees learned about their work summarising cases, deliberating with justices, the annual JA trip to the US and the immensely positive im

Law At Work has appointed Sarah Liversidge to the new role of health and safety manager in its Aberdeen office. Ms Liversidge previously spent eight years as HM inspector of health and safety with the Health and Safety Executive.

Staff from the Aberdeen office of Balfour+Manson have been raising funds for its nominated charity of the year, the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Around £1,700 was recently handed over to the charity which was raised from a number of activities. The most challenging of

Vets are being inundated with cases of dogs that have been ingesting marijuana and getting stoned. Dogs are finding and eating marijuana on the Massachusetts peninsula of Cape Cod, leaving their owners worried.

An environmental campaign group which sought reduction of a decision by Aberdeen City Council to grant planning permission for the development of a new stadium for Aberdeen Football Club have had their legal challenge dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused a