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Ross Crawford, Donald Mackay and Rebecca Osborne have been welcomed to Compass after all three called to the bar today. Prior to calling to the bar, Mr Crawford worked with Clyde & Co and typically handled an interesting and complex range of matters involving fatalities and complex injuries. He

Earlier this week, Buckinghamshire-based businessman Aasim Johar was jailed for seven years for his role in a £3.3m cleaning products fraud at the University of Edinburgh which ran from 2005 until 2015. Johar had been acting together with Geoff Turnbull who, at the time of the offence, was the

Employment remains a key concern for businesses as firms report improving business conditions across all other measures, according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor (SBM) report. Overall, while there is a mixed sentiment among responding businesses, there seems to be a modera

A Crown appeal against a sheriff’s decision to uphold a minute complaining of unreasonable delay per Article 6(1) ECHR in the trial of a solicitor accused of embezzling funds from her law firm has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary. Sylvia MacLennan and her partner were separately ch

A commercial judge has refused to dismiss a commercial action that was sisted pending the outcome of an English arbitration process, and instead granted a fresh sist and moved it to the ordinary roll. Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd raised the action against Bakkafrost Scotland Ltd in September 2022,

Solicitors should support alternative business structures at the AGM of the Law Society of Scotland on Thursday, writes Brian Inkster. Section 47 to 49 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 allowed for the creation of licensed legal service providers (commonly referred to as alternative business

Criminal barristers in Ireland are set to strike again next month following the government's failure to follow through on a promise to review fee levels. It follows last year's unprecedented one-day withdrawal of services on Tuesday 3 October, which forced government ministers to the negotiating tab

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. How a teenager’s death sparked human rights concerns in Ecuador

A lord ordinary has dismissed part of an action raised by the tenant of a building located next door to the fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art insofar as it related to assignees of the tenant but allowed the tenant’s part of the action to continue. Tecjet Ltd, part of a group of companies owne

Rishi Sunak has said he is prepared to lead the UK out of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) if re-elected as prime minister following next month's general election. Mr Sunak, whose Conservative Party is well behind the Labour Party in opinion polls and in danger of slipping into third place

Narcissists of minor repute, for whom notoriety is more achievable than fame, have bitten the hand that feeds them in their latest attack – on the UK's book festivals. David J Black adduces evidence of their hypocrisy, among other things. They never seem to bother with the detail or consider t

The Lord President, Lord Carloway has written to His Majesty The King to inform him of his intention to retire in early 2025. He has also written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister John Swinney to notify them of his decision. Lord Carloway was appointed as lord president of the Cou

The Faculty of Advocates Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU) will host a free event next month aimed at progressing the work being done to promote pro bono and extend access to justice. At the event the keeper of the Advocates Library and convenor of the FLSU, Neil Mackenzie KC, will deliver a presentat

The Sheriff Appeal Court has ruled that a sheriff who awarded sole guardianship of a 24-year-old man with autism to his mother without a proof hearing should have ordered one before making a decision. Colin Boyle, the father of the adult “Andrew” appealed against the order granted in fav

National Health Service solicitor Susan Murray has begun her tenure as president of the Law Society of Scotland, bringing her in-house perspective and expertise to the role. Ms Murray – who has worked for the NHS for nearly 40 years and is currently a senior solicitor in the litigation departm