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Lord Advocate v North British Railway Co (1894) 2 SLT 71 The soundly educational 21st-Century Bar Conference last December 5th heard Lord President Pentland forecast that “litigation about environmental issues will become a greater feature of our forum”.
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Addleshaw Goddard has announced the promotion of Ryan Openshaw to partner as part of the firm's 2026 round of promotions. Mr Openshaw, a lawyer in the firm’s commercial disputes team who is based in the firm's Aberdeen office at Prime Four Business Park, is part of a 17-strong cohort promoted
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Gilson Gray has opened a new office at 14 Rutland Square, joining its existing city centre locations at 6, 25 and 29 Rutland Square. The firm has reported strong financial results, with turnover rising from £32 million in FY2023-24 to £40m in FY2024-25 and FY2025-26 previously forecast t
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Inksters Solicitors has added employment law to its growing range of services with Gillian Melville joining the firm as a consultant solicitor in its Glasgow office. Ms Melville has over 15 years’ experience advising on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, in
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Harper Macleod has announced the appointment of new partner Jacqueline Cook to its planning team. Ms Cook is one of only 10 planning law specialists accredited by the Law Society of Scotland, reflecting her 20 years of experience across contentious and non-contentious planning law in all UK jurisdic
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Angela Jackson-Barnes MCIM has joined MBM Commercial LLP as its new business development director. Ms Jackson-Barnes joins the business development team with over 20 years’ experience in marketing, having worked across a wide range of sectors including professional services, property, he
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Aberdein Considine has recognised 15 talented employees working from Peterhead to Manchester in the firm’s latest round of promotions. Promoted to partner are: conveyancing senior associates Samantha Gilbert (Westhill), Katie Hutchinson (Union Street), Stevie Kelman (Stonehaven / Banchory) and
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Dr Gloria M Alvarez, a senior law lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, has been appointed co-chair of the Academic Forum on Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) for the 2026–2027 term. She will serve alongside Dr Ana Maria Daza Vargas of the University of Edinburgh.
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Researchers have made a series of recommendations to help avoid conflict over the care of children with life-limiting conditions spilling into the Scottish courts. Dr Sarah Sivers, associate dean for research at Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) School of Law and Social Sciences, and her team s
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A team from Edinburgh Law School's 'Cybercrime and Cyber Security' Masters course competed in the flagship Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge international competition hosted by Johns Hopkins University. Arundhati Kale (innovation, technology and the law LLM), Isabelle Jaber (cyber security, privacy and
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Glasgow University has prevailed against the University of Dundee in the final of the Sir Alexander Stone Moot. Dating back to 1986, the competition involves 10 Scottish universities competing over several rounds, culminating in the final which is held in the Sir Alexander Stone Moot Court at
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Advocate General for Scotland Catherine Smith KC is to be awarded an honorary degree by the University of Glasgow. The university is making the awards in recognition of recipients' outstanding contributions in the fields of arts, politics, science and humanities.
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Russia’s Supreme Court has used AI to assist in drafting a plenary resolution, according to pro-Kremlin media reports. Judge Vyacheslav Gorshkov said the technology was employed “for the collection and processing of information” in preparing updated guidelines on civil case procedu
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Two extraordinary magnums of Château Lafite Rothschild 1870, sourced from the historic cellars of Glamis Castle broke the world record twice in rapid succession at Sotheby's, selling for $106,250 (c. £78,560) and $200,000 (c. £147,885) respectively.
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A defamation lawsuit filed by FBI director Kash Patel sharply criticising The Atlantic’s journalistic standards contains numerous spelling and copy-editing errors. The 19-page complaint, lodged in federal court in Washington, D.C., accuses the publication and a reporter of knowingly publishing
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Trace amounts of cocaine in rivers and lakes may accumulate in the brains of salmon and disrupt their behaviour, scientists have found, raising concerns about the potential impact on wild populations. In a study of juvenile Atlantic salmon, fish exposed to cocaine and its main breakdown product swam
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A 54-year-old man suspected of drink-driving told officers he did not need a licence and did not drive at all when approached in a liquor store car park, according to police. Officers in Vancouver, Canada, were called to the scene on April 8 following reports of a potentially impaired driver and fou
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