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Published on Sunday 5 July 2009 21:18

COMMERCIAL property partner Mike Fitzgerald has left Dundas & Wilson to join HGJ Gateley Wareing, the firm has announced.

&#149 AGRICULTURAL law specialist Hamish Lean has been appointed as a partner in the private client department of Stronachs.

&#149 MORAG McLintock has been appointed as the new district procurator-fiscal for the Borders. She is a former senior procurator-fiscal depute based in Greenock.

Meanwhile, Craig Harris has been named the new district procurator-fiscal for Oban.

NEWS

THE Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) concluded 104 cases in the year to 31 March, 2009, bringing the total number it has considered since its inception in 1999 to 1,043.

The body received 106 cases during last year, and referred seven back to the High Court for further review. The number of cases accepted for full review dipped to 65 per cent from the 74 per cent rate during 2007-8.

The commission said the drop was partly due to an increase in resubmitted cases where no new grounds were found.

The commission reported that two cases submitted during the last year were still to be scrutinised and 47 cases were under ongoing review. It also confirmed that the High Court had made decisions on 11 cases referred to it by the SCCRC.

AWARDS

EDINBURGH University marked its centenary of women in law event by awarding honorary degrees to two African judges.

Justice Julia Sebutinde of the Ugandan High Court, and Justice Unity Dow, the first woman to be made a high court judge in Botswana, were presented with Doctor of Laws qualifications as part of the University's "100 Years of Women in Law" which celebrates the graduation, in 1909, of Scotland's first female law graduates

EVENTS

THE Scottish Young Lawyers Association will hold its AGM in the Edinburgh and Glasgow offices of Burness tomorrow at 5:45pm.

New members have been encouraged to attend either event which will be linked via video between offices.