TLT has added two new practice areas – banking & finance and corporate & commercial – to its Scotland rankings in the Legal 500. John Paul Sheridan, partner and location head for TLT in Scotland and a ‘Leading Individual’, says: “The team has grown conside
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President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, has said he hopes an ethnic minority justice will be appointed to the UK's highest court before he retires in six years' time. He said the lack of diversity on the Supreme Court bench was a situation "which cannot be allowed to become shameful".
Lord Hodge has been appointed a non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. The jurisdiction's chief executive, Carrie Lam, accepted the recommendation to appoint Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the UK Supreme Court, as a non-permanent judge from another common law jurisdiction.
A Scottish judge will preside in the trial of Félicien Kabuga over his alleged involvement in the Rwandan genocide. Lord Bonomy, the UK's judge on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, was assigned by Judge Carmel Agius and will sit with Judge Graciela Su
Alleged victims of rape and sexual assault across Scotland are a step closer to being able to use forensic medical examination services without first having to report a crime. The Forensic Medical Services Bill will enable people to access healthcare and refer themselves for a forensic medical exami
Construction companies, engineering firms and other businesses active in the infrastructure sector stand to lose out on funding, investment and major government contracts around the world unless they take a more active role in the fight against climate change. A growing imperative for infrastructure
Sheriff Court jury trials delayed as a result of Covid-19 are set to resume in remote jury centres across Scotland following new government funding. The Scottish government has provided £6.5 million to enable the new remote jury centres to deliver capacity for 18 jury trial courts to operate.
Scottish specialist criminal law firm MTM Defence Lawyers has reported a 10 per cent increase in revenue since opening an office in London last year. The firm, led by Neil Hay, opened an office in Chancery Lane last October following increasing demand from London-based clients and law firms referrin
Roddy Macleod will be one of the speakers at the forthcoming WS Society and STEP Scotland’s Private Client Conference, an online event which will be held on Thursday 8th October 2020 from 10am to 12noon. The WS Society and STEP Scotland’s annual conference will cover legal, practical and
Lawyers at Aberdein Considine have again been ranked among the best in the UK by one of the world’s most respected legal guides. Family law partner Ruth Aberdein has been named among the Legal 500’s ‘Leading Individuals’, its elite list of the best lawyers practising in Great
MBM Commercial LLP has announced a series of promotions and appointments in its Edinburgh headquarters. Corporate lawyers Alex Lamley and Craig Edward have been promoted to director and senior associate respectively.
Glasgow criminal defence firm Scullion LAW has announced the promotion of solicitor advocate Urfan Dar to senior associate. The move comes alongside the growing firm's recruitment of Anna MacKay as an associate and Lucy McKenna as a solicitor.
