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An Inverness Sheriff Court commercial case will provide the first opportunity to test the use of virtual court hearings in Scotland’s sheriff courts.  Tuesday’s hearing will enable parties in the case to appear before Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle in a virtual courtroom.

Addleshaw Goddard has announced the promotion of Paul Ewing to partner in its Edinburgh office, bringing the total number of partners in Scotland up to 42. Mr Ewing joined legacy firm HBJ in 2014 and over the past six years has advised clients on a wide range of work across the real estate sector. H

Alison Edmondson looks at the issue of credibility and reliability of witnesses over Zoom. As my recent blogging history reveals I’m currently vexed by the question of whether family cases requiring evidence from witnesses should go ahead remotely. If we don’t have evidentiary heari

Registrations are still open for two more in the series of free webinars which are being hosted by the Citizens’ Rights Project. On Tuesday 12 May, from 1600 – 1730, there will be a webinar on “Specific issues in applying for settled status”. The speaker will be Janey Armstro

Mediators have said they are ready to help resolve the mounting backlog of cases faced by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS). As soon as the lockdown began, Edinburgh Sheriff Court Mediation Service and Strathclyde Mediation Clinic started preparing for remote mediation.

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has confirmed that Brandon Malone, chairman of the centre, and Andrew Mackenzie, chief executive of the centre, are to remain in post to deliver ICCA Edinburgh on 1-4 February 2021.  Mr Malone was due to stand down as chairman of the board in June 2020. Mr Macken

Legislation that allows the common agricultural policy to be simplified and "improved" post-Brexit has passed stage 1, following a debate in the Scottish Parliament. The Agriculture (Retained EU Law and Data) (Scotland) Bill creates powers to enable Scottish ministers to ensure CAP schemes can conti

Ruth Croman, managing partner of Macnabs, has recently been accredited by FLAGS as a family law arbitrator. A well-respected family lawyer, she is a member of the Family Law Association, Consensus Collaboration Scotland and is accredited as a specialist in both family law and child law.

MBM Commercial has launched its Digital Deals Hub, which aims to help commercial deals to stay on track during lockdown. The hub is the first of its kind and provides resources on how and when digital signatures can be used in legal transactions. The firm estimates that thousands of transaction

Concerns have been raised over the fairness of remote hearings in family cases, introduced during the lockdown, because of the difficulty for participants in reading each other's reactions. A rapid consultation carried out by the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) on the effectiveness of rem

Medical law expert Lauren Sutherland QC has launched a legal blog. Clinical Negligence, Law & Ethics will provide posts on legal cases in the area of clinical negligence and patient consent.

Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Vikki Melville as managing partner for Scotland. Ms Melville is an insurance lawyer who has been with the firm for 17 years since joining Simpson & Marwick in 2003, which went on to merge with Clyde & Co in October 2015.

Regulations to allow a limited number of short-term prisoners nearing the end of their time in custody to be released early have been laid in Parliament to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme is limited to those sentenced to 18 months or less and who on 4 May have 90 days or less left t

Rooney Nimmo has announced that Neil Anderson has joined the firm as a partner, based in its London and Edinburgh offices. Mr Anderson is a highly-experienced commercial lawyer who has spent his legal career focused on providing practical legal and commercial advice to public and private sector orga

Human rights lawyer John Scott QC was an obvious choice when Police Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone was looking for someone to scrutinise the force’s use of emergency coronavirus powers. Having already reviewed how Scottish police dealt with the miners’ strike as well as how th