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The roles of the lord advocate and solicitor general are to be scrutinised in a review chaired by Lord Boyd of Duncansby, First Minister John Swinney has announced. The review of the two law officer posts will consider:
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Pinsent Masons has elected Richard Griffiths as managing partner. Mr Griffiths, who will succeed Laura Cameron with effect from 1 November, is global head of the firm’s property group. Under his leadership the group has grown by 13 per cent over the last two years.
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Mary-Jay Morton has been promoted to partner at Laurie & Co, joining managing partner Linda Fyffe and private client partner Caroline Stephen in directing the firm’s operations in Aberdeen, Aboyne and Ballater. Since joining the firm in 2016, Ms Morton has carved a strong reputation for ex
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Brodies LLP has strengthened its real estate practice with the appointment of Andy Tyler as a partner. He has built a broad real estate practice advising developers, investors, funders and occupiers across a range of sectors. He is particularly recognised for his work in the living sector, including
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Emma Toner KC has joined 5 Paper Buildings as a door tenant. She will remain available for instruction in Scottish cases through Compass Chambers.
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Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP has welcomed trainees Daniel Agnew, Jenny Simpson and Mairi Macdonald to Raeburns, all of whom join the firm from the University of Aberdeen. Managing partner Heather Stephen said: “Welcoming new trainees is always a highlight of our calendar. Many of o
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Scottish Agritourism, the national sector body representing agritourism in Scotland, has appointed Linda Tinson to its board. Ms Tinson brings over 20 years’ experience advising rural businesses, landowners, and farming families across Scotland. A graduate of the Scottish Enterprise Rural Lead
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People struggling to access legal advice, communities facing barriers to healthcare, and individuals unable to exercise rights that already exist in law are among the challenges a new research centre at Robert Gordon University (RGU) aims to address. Bringing together experts in law, sociology, psyc
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Undocumented conversations, inconsistent terminology, and exposure to unnecessary contextual information can undermine the integrity of criminal investigations, a University of Dundee-led study has found. Research from the Horizon Europe-funded Clarus Project, spearheaded by Dundee experts, has high
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The Centre for Scots Law at the University of Aberdeen has hosted a book launch for two of its members, Professor Andrew Simpson and Dr Euan West.
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Lecturers at Edinburgh Law School have been awarded funding by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research for their research project examining live facial recognition governance. Dr Lachlan Urquhart, senior lecturer in technology law and human-computer interaction at Edinburgh Law School, and Dr D
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A new blog by Mabel Omolola Demokun for the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law examines the health and safety challenges posed by the rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry. The article considers issues raised at a May workshop funded by the National Decommissioning Centre, including t
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A toddler pulled a loaded pistol from a backpack at a daycare in Canton in the US state of Michigan, on Monday, police said. No one was injured, and the child was quickly stopped by a teacher. Police Chief Joseph Bialy said the child’s parent, a police officer from a neighbouring jurisdiction,
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A Kentucky man who won a $167 million lottery jackpot last year has been arrested for the fifth time since his win. James Farthing, 51, was arrested early Sunday in the car park of a Walmart in Georgetown after police found him asleep in the passenger seat of a running Ford Mustang.
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Swedish police have launched a campaign urging people to stop being so polite to suspected scammers. Fraud cost Sweden 5.7 billion SEK, around £434 million, with older people among the most common targets.
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OpenAI has removed contractors from projects after discovering they used AI to complete work in which humans were supposed to review AI responses. Thousands of contractors assessed users’ prompts and chatbot responses, but were not supposed to use AI themselves. Three contractors told 404 Medi
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A Russian blogger has been sentenced to 14 days in jail after writing “Putin is a dickhead” on a ballot paper during the country’s parliamentary elections. Stanislav Morozov was convicted of petty hooliganism in the city of Penza after posting a video showing him filling out his ba
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