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Advocate John Campbell has joined the board of trustees of Berwickshire Housing Association (BHA). Mr Campbell, who lives in the Borders, has been an advocate since 1981 and qualified as a barrister in England and Wales in 1990. He is a member of the Faculty of Advocates and of Trinity Chambers

Glasgow firm Livingstone Brown has celebrated raising over £13,000 for charity in its tenth year of participation in the annual Will Aid campaign. The firm has written more than 250 wills for people in exchange for a voluntary donation since it first signed up to the scheme.

As we move past the six-month mark with Covid-19 and with further business restriction pending, SLN asked Douglas Mill, who in the last 12 years has consulted with over 130 firms throughout the country, how things were going for High Street solicitors and how he saw matters playing out. How is the p

Schools in El Salvador, South Africa, Bulgaria, England and Germany have joined together to compete with Scotland in the School Mock Court’s first-ever international programme. The project has turned the restrictions of Covid-19 into a positive opportunity for primary and secondary pupils worl

A grown woman brought her father to court to break all ties after he cheated in a family game of Ludo. The 24-year-old woman told Bhopal Family Court in the Madhya Pradesh state of India that her father's cheating had broken her trust.

The former husband of a woman who sought divorce on the grounds of unreasonable behaviour has succeeded in appealing the manner in which the matrimonial property was divided.  Allan Neill, the defender and appellant, who was not opposed to the granting of the divorce, argued that the sheriff ha

Reforming land rights and ownership will support Scotland's economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic, the Scottish Land Commission has said. Setting out its three-year strategic plan, the public body said reform of land rights and ownership could encourage a more diverse and productive pattern

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed proposals to clear the Covid-19 courts backlog and called for "urgent, full and frank discussions with all interested parties" to address the problem. Holyrood’s Justice Committee yesterday published a report setting out a “basket of measures&rdqu

A senior lawyer has warned that it is "just a matter of time" until Covid-19 is transmitted in court buildings unless more preventive measures are taken. Stuart Murray, president of the Aberdeen Bar Association, told The Press and Journal that the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is "fai

Victoria Leslie and Laila Kennedy discuss how business interruption claims are a vital step forward for firms who paid for enhanced business interruption insurance, but had their claims rejected. The Association of British Insurers has said that its members expect to pay £900 million in b

Advocate Niall McCluskey considers the plight of students in lockdown in university accommodation. Prior to the start of the academic year concern was raised in the media about the movement of large numbers of students attending universities. The coronavirus regulations include the power to impose r

Nearly 1,700 crimes were reported under Scotland's new domestic abuse laws in their first year in force, according to new figures. Recorded crime figures for 2019/20 show that 1,681 crimes were recorded under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018, which was enacted on 1 April 2019.

The Lord President, Lord Carloway, has hailed the “remarkable” determination of the legal profession to maintain access to justice during the Covid-19 pandemic. In his address marking the Opening of the Legal Year, Lord Carloway said it seemed likely that the current remote systems in co

Lawyers in the Edinburgh office of Burges Salmon have advised on a major partnership to develop offshore wind projects in the Lithuanian Baltic Sea. The firm's corporate team advised Ocean Winds (OW), the offshore wind joint venture formed between EDPR and ENGIE, on its strategic partnership with Li