Lindsays has seen a rise in the number of employee ownership deals it completed in 2019 and said that it expects the trend to continue in 2020. Employee ownership is the process of over 50 per cent of a company’s shares being transferred to the staff of that company, and it is typically done b
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The number of recorded wildlife crimes in Scotland has increased slightly for the first time in three years, according to a new report. The Wildlife Crime in Scotland 2018 Annual Report shows that 236 offences relating to wildlife were recorded by Police Scotland in 2017/18, five more than in 2016/1
Supreme Court President Lady Hale will guest edit a special episode of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Friday 27 December, from 6-9am. Lady Hale's guest-edit will include a tour of the Supreme Court with BBC legal correspondent, Clive Coleman, as well as a tour of her beloved home town of Richmond,
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor is to investigate alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she was "satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to proceed with an investigation into the situation in Palestine".
An inspiring former legal secretary has proven that a career in law doesn’t have to follow a familiar path, after rising up the ranks to become a fully-qualified paralegal. Katherine Logan, 30, joined Edinburgh-based Gibson Kerr in 2014 as a result of a life-long interest in law, ini
The introduction of an Australian-style points-based immigration system in the UK must recognise Scotland’s unique needs, the Scottish government has said. The call comes in the Scottish government’s official response to a call for evidence from the UK government’s Migration Adviso
Business across almost every sector is undergoing significant change, and we can all see examples of new technologies and innovations disrupting “the way we do things”. The legal profession is not immune to this, writes Maggie Moodie. Indeed, stories appear with more and more frequency t
In the lead up to Christmas, staff and partners at Murray Beith Murray have worked together to help make a difference to the lives of local people facing food poverty over the festive period. The Edinburgh-based legal practice created a ‘hit list’ of The Edinburgh Food Project’s mo
Expenses paid to justices of the peace will not be disclosed following a ruling by the information watchdog, STV reports. JPs can claim travel and other expenses but the Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC) Daren Fitzhenry has rejected a freedom of information request intended to reveal details o
An event to be held in January will deliver a masterclass in joint investigative interviews (JIIs). Getting It Right For Every Child Witness is necessary and achievable. Children can be good witnesses when adults are good questioners, as this short animation by Professor Martine Powell and her colle
UK Supreme Court … and Afterwards 2009-2015 has just been published. This volume, the last in the series, covers the first four years of the Supreme Court’s existence and continues with Lord Hope’s experience sitting on the Crossbenches in the House of Lords. House of Lords 1996 t
Parliamentary sovereignty is "no longer an accurate description of the constitution in Scotland or the UK", the Scottish government said this morning as it launched a demand for legislation to be passed transferring the power to hold a referendum to Holyrood. In a paper entitled Scotland’
Govan Law Centre (GLC) is investigating the regulatory and legal issues surrounding fees believed to have been paid in relation to equal pay awards on behalf of 16,000 women in Glasgow to Action 4 Equality Scotland (A4ES), trade unions and law firms in Scotland. The fees paid are understood to be ap
With Christmas, and Brexit, fast approaching, it is a good time to consider how Brexit could affect Santa’s annual task of delivering presents to the children of the UK, writes Iain Halliday. Santa lives in Lapland, in Finland, so we can presume he is a Finnish (and therefore EU) citizen. At t
The process for investing in Scottish companies is to be streamlined thanks to a partnership between the national association for business angels and Burness Paull.LINC Scotland supports the business angel market, making targeted introductions to well-matched business angels and helping entrepr
