Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Fraud attempts against law firms are at unprecedented level.

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Leigh Kirkpatrick, a solicitor at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, has won this year’s Law Society of Scotland In-House Lawyers’ Committee Rising Star Award.

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Lorna Jack comments on the Christopher Hales case following a statement from the Labour Party calling for an inquiry on the issue.

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Lorna Jack, chief executive of the Law Society, issued a statement at a press conference held at 3.15pm, 1 October 2015

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

A number of Scottish firms have today reported that they have been contacted by phone by a male person claiming to be from the 'Fraud Department' of their bank.

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

The Society’s Trust and Succession Sub-Committee and Professional Practice Committee both independently identified that important issues of interest and concern to the profession arose out of the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal’s findings in The Law Society of Scotland v David Haddow Campbell (11 March 2013).

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Letitia Longworth obtained her graduate LLB and Diploma from the University of Edinburgh, after studying English in St Andrews for her first degree. Letitia is two months into her first seat with Brodies LLP, working with the Energy & Infrastructure team in Edinburgh.

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

John Brannigan studied at the University of Glasgow and completed his traineeship at Gallen & Co Solicitors.

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Networking group to begin offering events for Scottish solicitors in London; Invitation to celebrate the EU's ratification of the Hague Conference Choice of Courts Convention; Practice rights of Scottish notaries public in England and Wales

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Lorna Jack, Chief Executive of the Law Society of Scotland, comments on why the Law Society took until December 2014 to raise the SSDT case with the Crown Office

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Lorna Jack, Chief Executive of the Law Society of Scotland, comments on the SSDT case that led to Christopher Hales being struck off as a solicitor

Pupils from four Scottish schools through to final of national debating tournament

Our response to query on the Audit Scotland Report on Sheriff Courts supplement