Anderson Strathern has reported its most successful year ever for investment deals. The corporate investment team, led by Euan Tripp, advises some of Scotland’s most active investors – spanning private equity funds, institutional investors, angel syndicates, family offices and high net w
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The Law Society of Scotland has backed the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s call for urgent reform to address the crisis facing the legal aid system and access to justice as a whole. The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) annual report was laid before the Scottish Parliament yesterday and revealed that
Pauline Hughes outlines the implications of changes to flexible working laws. The Scottish government has recently announced that they will soon be passing new legislation around flexible working, updating the current rules to, ironically, make the scheme more flexible for employees.
Those affected by significant changes in their business rate bills will have very little time to react and appeal, Colliers has warned as new legislation is implemented.
Following the recent economic and political events in the UK, many business leaders are wondering what’s next for immigration policy as they look to navigate a new course towards growth in a turbulent fiscal environment. New chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, has put forth a new, alternative approach to
Social Work staff from justice services and representatives from Police Scotland, NHS, Education, Housing and third sector gathered at the Concert Hall in Motherwell recently for the first in-person Justice Conference since 2019.
The Sexual Offences Review has published its webpage and terms of reference to give information to the public and professionals about its work on reviewing how the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) deals with reports of sexual offences. The review was commissioned by Lord Advocate
CBI Scotland has announced the appointment of lawyer Jennifer Young as Scotland chair, unveiling an all-woman senior leadership team – a first for the organisation. Currently CBI Scotland's vice chair, Mrs Young is managing partner at Ledingham Chalmers. She will assume her role as chair in th
Abuse victims are turning their back on a Scottish government redress scheme amid a catalogue of delays, failures and broken promises, Digby Brown has said. Redress Scotland, which launched a year ago, was designed to provide one-off payments of between £10,000 to £100,000 as well as non
In October 2022, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), David Neal, published an 84-page report which looked at various aspects of indefinite leave to remain applications (ILR) which were processed between September 2021 and February 2022. Given the Home Office pledge to
Macdonald Henderson has advised Robert Burns and Peter Hume and their families on the sale of two well-established Glasgow day nursery settings – Sinclair Nursery and Victoria Park Kindergarten – to Bright Stars which owns over 80 settings across England and Scotland. Sinclair Nursery, w
New EU rules regulating large online platforms classified as "digital gatekeepers" have come into force and will be implemented within months. The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) was proposed by the European Commission in December 2020 and agreed by the European Parliament in record time in March 2022.
Pedro Martinez Losa, head coach of the Scotland Women’s National Football Team, was recently in Edinburgh to deliver a coaching session for talented U-18 players of Boroughmuir Thistle who are part of the National Academy Programme (NAP). He told the young players “to aim high and have t
Serious cuts to the justice budget in Scotland will result in the closure of court buildings, a reduction in sittings and job losses, Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee will hear. Following last week’s Criminal Justice Committee pre-budget evidence session where the police and fire services
The new Tenant Protection Act falls short of expectations, argues the Legal Services Agency. In October 2022, the Scottish Parliament passed the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill (which has now received royal assent). This bill aims to introduce new measures to protect tenants in th
