The founder of a theatre group which helps people battling addiction has won the 2021 Robert Burns Humanitarian Award. Mark Williamson won the award recently during a special online ceremony.
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Legislation for a second independence referendum will be published in the coming weeks, the Scottish government has confirmed. The draft bill will detail the timetable for another vote on Scottish independence.
Rachel Henry considers the importance of words and their meaning in insurance contracts. Words matter. The meaning of words and the way they are interpreted matter. The wording used in insurance contracts can be crucial to the outcome of legal cases, as we saw on 8 February 2021 when the United King
Trainee Lucy Campbell reflects on mental health in the LGBTQ+ community. Selisse Berry, executive director of the workplace equality organisation Out & Equal, once said: “I believe that no one should ever have to choose between a career we love and living our lives with authenticity a
In a rare development, Lord Mulholland has issued a statement through his solicitors in response to comments made at Holyrood over the malicious prosecution scandal. David McKie of Levy & McRae, solicitor for former Lord Advocate, Lord Mulholland, said: “In light of the unfounded personal
As a result of the continued high transmission levels of Covid-19 across Scotland, the Lord President has announced that the court restrictions currently in place until 28 February will be extended throughout March. This means that the criminal courts will continue to focus on the most serious
Solicitor advocate Andrew Stevenson describes Scotland's persecution of people deemed to be witches as "shameful and absurd", but explains why a pardon is not without its own problems. Collective pardons are becoming popular; the Scottish ministers have turned their attention to miners convicted dur
The introduction of mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for employees could create a variety of legal problems for companies, warns Liam Entwistle. Scotland’s Covid -19 vaccination roll-out continues to be in the spotlight and one area that’s attracting particular attention is the introducti
Scottish businesses who breach fire safety laws are more likely to face tougher sentencing after a case in which the owners of Cameron House Hotel were fined £500,000 and a porter narrowly escaped a jail term. Sheriff William Gallacher confirmed that in dealing with the tragic circumstances of
A lawyer at Harper Macleod has told SLN of her passion for hockey and how confidence on the ice translated to success in law. Kate Gillies is a solicitor and the legal content writer for HM Connect, Harper Macleod's support and referral network for high street and rural law firms.
Aberdein Considine has made a number of promotions across the firm. Six lawyers have been promoted to the position of senior solicitor in addition to a promotion to associate level.
There has been a huge rise in “authorised push payment” or “APP” fraud over recent years. The amounts involved in these scams can be significant, writes Gordon Deane. The High Court in England recently rejected a claim by a bank customer who fell victim to an APP fraud. A dis
Iain Young considers the year ahead in tax. One of the most hackneyed phrases found in articles written by lawyers is that in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Legislation to increase the transparency of land ownership in Scotland has been passed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land regulations pave the way for the creation of a public database that will provide key information about those wh
Prior to his apology to the Scottish Parliament yesterday the Lord Advocate gave welcome confirmation that the Duff and Phelps administrators' Clark and Whitehouse have indeed been paid £21 million in compensation and awarded £3m towards their legal costs as was widely rumoured and repor
