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Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has called for an urgent four-nation ministerial meeting on fisheries and maritime security after being excluded from the UK government’s Brexit preparation talks. Writing to the UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Mr Yousaf has complained that devolved governme

Scotland will struggle to reach its net zero carbon targets unless Holyrood takes a swift and stronger grip on planning policy surrounding the deployment of taller turbine models, as well as a permissive approach to repowering of first-generation onshore windfarms with the latest technology, writes&

A former Nazi concentration camp guard has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of more than 5,000 prisoners. Bruno Dey, 93, was given a two-year suspended sentence following a nine-month trial in a juvenile court as he was 17 at the time of the murders, which were carried out between Augus

Two of Anderson Strathern’s private client solicitors have been awarded Worldwide Excellence Awards from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Laura Murray achieved the best grade across all four papers in the Scottish Trust and Executry Accounting exam and was the highest-scor

A proposed commission to look at the relationship between the courts and Parliament has apparently been shelved by the UK government. Plans for the Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission were outlined in the Conservative manifesto in the aftermath of last year's prorogation litigation, w

Headhunters are calling on Scotland's legal sector to avoid repeating poor HR decisions made during the financial crisis in order to survive and thrive in a post-COVID-19 economy. In its eighth and latest annual salary guide, written prior to the pandemic, Core-Asset Consulting were already hig

As a sports-mad youngster with an obsession for TV show Ally McBeal, Jodi Gordon’s main ambition when she was growing up was to find a job that would allow her to combine her love for both. After studying at the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh and beginning her career at personal injury

A Scot working as a US lawyer has described her journey from Edinburgh Law School to a top American firm. Speaking to GlobalLawyersConnect, Eilidh Reid recounts a journey that began with an exchange year at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law before an LLM at Duke University and ult

LawCare has appointed a new chair to its board of trustees. Andrew Caplen replaces outgoing chair Bronwen Still as of this month. Mr Caplen is a solicitor, notary public and a former president of the Law Society of England and Wales. He has written and spoken widely on a range of justice and legal i

Lord Sumption has admitted that he stopped obeying the coronavirus regulations when they began "reaching levels of absurdity". Speaking to legal journalist Joshua Rozenberg QC (hon.), the former Supreme Court justice said he did not accept that there was a "moral obligation to comply with the law".

The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, is to give an online seminar on the subject of sections 274/275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 on 30 July at 4.15pm. The seminar, hosted by the Society of Solicitor Advocates (SSA), is free to all. The number of places is, however, limited and pri

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf is considering cutting offenders' unpaid work hours after Social Work Scotland (SWS) warned the system would be "overwhelmed" due to the pandemic. SWS said it would not be possible for the 700,000 hours of unpaid work to be done within the next 12 months.

Dr Ilona Cairns and Dr Adelyn Wilson have been appointed co-directors of the Centre for Scots Law at Aberdeen University. The centre was established in 2018 to support the enhancement of Scots law as an academic discipline with considerable practical relevance.

Addleshaw Goddard has advised on the £2.33 million capital raising comprising a placing and offer for subscription by Frontier IP Group plc. Frontier IP, an AIM-listed specialist in spinning out and commercialising intellectual property, has raised approximately £2.33m by way of a placin

Burges Salmon has advised Europe's first oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology, in connection with its inaugural investment fundraise of £1.7 million. St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory led the investment round, supported by the Scottish Investment Bank, the investme