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Harper Macleod swells the numbers in Inverness
New hires and transfers underpin growth targets

Smaller law firm finances improving more, benchmarking survey reports
Profitability rises compared with last cost of time exercise

WJM acquires Kingussie practice Robertson & Co
Office to close following retirement of Keith Robertson

Many jobs to go as Pagan Osborne enters administration
Thorntons acquires assets of long-established Fife and Edinburgh firm

STEP awards Raeburn Christie Employer Partner status
Accreditation recognises firm's commitment to training

Brodies reports steady revenue growth
Firm reflects on "quite a dramatic year"

Maclays to merge with Dentons as world's biggest law firm gets even bigger
Partnership approval means 200 partner UK operation to form this year

Society publishes cybersecurity advice for solicitors
New guide sets out steps to help prevent attacks

Pinsent Masons reports further growth in 2016-17
Unaudited results show 11% turnover rise

Miller Hendry takes on staff from closed Crieff firm
David Smart and Liz Dawson join from Graham & Finlayson

Coulters expands in wake of strong results
Additions to sales team and new office hub for property firm

Revenue up but profits down at Gillespie Macandrew
Firm satisfied with figures as investments reduce bottom line

Ashurst to add freelance lawyers to Glasgow support team
Extra support to be brought in at times of high demand

Pinsent Masons to open in Dublin
New base to focus initially on financial services and technology

MacRoberts becomes corporate partner with ENABLE Scotland
Firm to provide fundraising and other support for learning disability

Glasgow firm Hamilton Burns goes into administration
Two practices take on business; nine staff redundant

Fraud attacks on solicitors at "high levels", Society reports
Alert goes out over attempted client account raids

Brexit vote a factor as Anderson Strathern figures dip
"Poor" final quarter to year ending August 2016

Partner hire kickstarts Gilson Gray family law division
Philippa Cunniff joins from HBJ Gateley

Thousand-partner CMS announces merger completion
Tie-up with Nabarro and Olswang delivers sixth largest global firm

Thorntons targets Edinburgh expansion
Further recruitment promised to add to recent growth

Boyd Legal secures finance director
Gerry Cockburn brings sector experience to role

Defender insurance firm Keoghs to open in Scotland
Two partners set up Glasgow office with two more to come

Online benchmarking tool offers law firm financial health check
Society launches successor to cost of time survey