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As a result of the increasing spread of the new variant of Covid-19 across Scotland, the Lord President, Lord Carloway has announced that during the lockdown period the criminal courts will focus on the most serious trials and the majority of summary trials in the Sheriff Court and Justice of t

Nick Scott, managing partner at Brodies LLP, has been re-elected to serve a second term in the role. The firm's partnership voted for Mr Scott to remain in the role for a further three-year term, commencing 1 May 2021. This follows a first term that saw the firm's revenue grow by 20 per cent in the

Employment lawyer Hayley Johnson has joined Morton Fraser as an associate. Ms Johnson, who has over 10 years of experience in the sector, joins from Slater and Gordon. She has particular expertise advising senior executives and advising on discrimination as well as industrial relation

Lynn Melville has joined Blackadders as a partner. Ms Melville, who is an accomplished lawyer in the private client field, will be based in the Dundee and Perth offices. She was formerly a partner at BTO Solicitors.

A court in South Korea has ordered Japan to compensate a group of wartime sex slaves. The Japanese government has reacted with anger to an order from a court in Seoul that it pay 100 million won (£67,000) to 12 'comfort women'.

Martin Devine looks at the state of the commercial property sector during the pandemic. It has been a tumultuous year for the commercial property sector with Covid-19 disrupting investors’ plans and, at least in the short term, bringing transactional activity to a shuddering halt.

With the festive period over, the first working week in January traditionally sees one of the busiest periods of the year for family lawyers with the number people separating increasing following the Christmas and New Year holidays. Statistics on divorce regularly reveal a significant rise in the nu

Balfour and Manson has appointed James Hyams as an associate. Mr Hyams, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh originally joined the firm as a trainee in August 2015. He qualified as a solicitor in 2017, training in Balfour and Manson’s commercial property, employment and private client dep

Take-home Naloxone will be given to people at high risk of accidental overdoses in a move designed to reduce the number of drug deaths, the Scottish government has said. This will include those who have been resuscitated by the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) following an accidental overdose. 

There cannot be many advocates who would willingly compare themselves to a notorious despot, but Black Chambers’ Tony Lenehan is one. Having replaced Ronnie Renucci QC as president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA) at the tail-end of last year, Mr Lenehan likens his ascension to

Lawyers have strongly objected to a suggestion from the Lord President that breaches of court safety rules during the lockdown may constitute contempt of court and said any members threatened with this sanction will be offered free representation. In a message published yesterday, Lord Carloway emph

Thorntons has ushered in the new year with three promotions. Gary Mannion from the personal injury team in Dundee and Lucy Metcalf from the family law team in Edinburgh have both joined the partnership. Janice Napier has been promoted to legal director in business law within the commercial property

Roddy Harrison has joined Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP as a partner.   Mr Harrison, who is ranked Band 3 in Chambers, formerly headed up BTO Solicitors’ private client team for 16 years before becoming a partner at Dentons in 2018.

Rachael Brandon has been appointed a director at Boyd Legal. Ms Brandon, who specialises in equity release, currently manages a team of seven.

Some of the more controversial aspects of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 are to be brought into force by February 28, writes Hamish Lean. These are the long-awaited rules applying to a secure agricultural tenant’s right to relinquish their interest in the tenancy in return for compensatio