Legal news
Burness Paull offers legal career pathway
Scheme to help disadvantaged students
Alcohol may not affect witness recall, new study finds
Mild to moderate intoxication made recollection no less accurate in tests
Commission extends homicide reform response deadline
Comments on discussion paper remain open until 15 October 2021
Faculty deprecates Johnson "left-wing" lawyers slur
Interview remarks deplored as renewed attack on rule of law
South Africa allows patent to AI inventor
First success for team seeking recognition for non-human creators
Excluding juries from sexual cases "abhorrent": Lenehan
Criminal Bar President warns of risk of undermining justice
MPs call for urgent legal aid reforms south of border
Justice Committee report highlights significant issues similar to Scotland
Solicitor fined for copying statements to accused client
Breach of undertakings to Crown involved sensitive sexual matters
TLT unveils 2025 strategy as it reports 11% 2021 growth
Firm targets £140m-plus revenue in four years' time
Property associate hire for Balfour+Manson
Sylvia McCullagh joins from Gilson Gray
More support in force for siblings in care
Siblings should now have support to stay together where appropriate
Ministers plan new style energy performance certificate
Consultation opens on relabelled and additional ratings
CMS promotes five in Scotland to of counsel
Three in Edinburgh and two in Glasgow advance to senior role
NQ and trainee hires as DWF expands Scottish presence
Five solicitors and six trainees start in Edinburgh and Glasgow
Scottish Legal Aid Board to improve equality approach
Legal agreement is signed to help end discrimination
Justice Secretary will consider sex crime legal reforms
Call to improve Scotland's conviction rates for rape
Inner House widens gin trade mark interdict on Lidl
Interim order protecting Hendrick's mark upheld and applied to England
30% of rejected fiscal fines not prosecuted: FOI release
Government says decisions in individual cases a matter for COPFS
Appointments and promotion as BTO grows in Helensburgh
Donna Brennan joins as legal director to manage Wills & Succession team
DWF reports strong performance in 2020-21 results
Revenue and profit both show sustained growth in year to 30 April 2021
Lord Matthews appointed to Inner House
Promotion agreed for efficient conduct of court business
Online trading among proposed new consumer protections
Rules planned to tackle fake reviews and subscription malpractices
Criminal court business picks up in June
Throughput climbs closer to pre-COVID levels as all courts reopen
Irwin Mitchell doubles paternity leave
Firm introduces moves to help families