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A sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the death by hanging of a prisoner in HMP Barlinnie has concluded that there were no recommendations he could make to help prevent similar deaths. The deceased, Scott Hannah, died on 27 November 2019 within his cell at 6:50am. The inquiry heard evid

A high-achieving law student and one of the UK’s top postgraduates have shared the most prestigious award given to University of Dundee students. Cameron Irons and Dr Holly Keir have been named as the joint winners of this year’s Wimberley Award, given to the student or students who have

Robert Telfer has been appointed to the partnership at Glasgow firm MacDonald Lynch. The firm was founded last year after Elaine MacDonald acquired the long running southside firm Lynch & Co, first established in 1984. The rebranded and expanded Mount Florida firm now employs eight people.

Twenty-eight new members have been admitted to the Faculty of Advocates during calling ceremonies held this week. The ceremonies were split over two days to accommodate the number of intrants – the second largest group to date.

The Aberdeen Law Project has announced the appointment of James Grainger and Emma Jamieson as co-student directors. Mr Grainger and Ms Jamieson, both second year law students, are succeeding co-student directors Helena Siebenrock, who stepped down in May, and Victorie-Anne Gomez-Llorens, who stepped

Mariel Kaney, deputy legal secretary to the Lord President’s Private Office has been named winner of the Law Society of Scotland’s In-House Rising Star Award 2022. Law Society president, Murray Etherington announced the winner at this year’s virtual In-House Annual Conference yeste

National Accident Helpline has announced the winners of its Future Legal Mind competition, with Scottish law student Syed Adil taking one of the prizes. Mr Adil will be awarded £1,500, which will go towards his studies as well as mentoring with experienced lawyers. He will also be given the op

Balfour and Manson has promoted three lawyers to senior associate. James Hyams, Carolyn Jackson, and Peter Littlefair took up their new positions – in the private client, clinical negligence, and personal injury teams respectively – on 1 July.Mr Hyams started his traineeship with the fir

Gilson Gray has struck a deal with legal and professional services specialist Knights to acquire Lincoln-based Home Property Lawyers (HPL) Ltd. HPL is a residential conveyancing specialist with 65 staff, all of whom have been retained as part of the deal, including current head of HPL, Gary Tyman.

Sheriff Principal Derek Pyle has offered his thoughts on the future of the justice system in a new era of technology following the Covid-19 pandemic. In an interview with the Judicial Office for Scotland following his recent succession to senior sheriff principal, the 69-year-old spoke of his experi

Dentons has held an event on the issues facing female advocates at the commercial bar in Scotland.

Burges Salmon has advised Cytomos Limited on its £1.6 million funding from a trio of investors to progress the development and qualification of its novel cell analysis platform, Cytomos Dielectric Spectroscopy (CDS). The fundraising was led by existing investor Archangels with participation fr

One sunny weekday recently, a team of eager BTO volunteers donned their orange safety vests and rolled up their sleeves to help out at the Cyrenians’ depot in Leith. Cyrenians is a charity aimed at tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness.

A Vietnamese national who was refused permission to appeal his asylum case to the Upper Tribunal had had that decision reversed after bringing a judicial review petition in the Outer House of the Court of Session.  Petitioner HHP, a victim of human trafficking, argued that the First-tier Tribun

One year after the Pegasus Project revelations, the lack of a global moratorium on the sale of spyware is allowing the surveillance industry to continue unchecked, Amnesty International warned today. The Pegasus Project uncovered how governments worldwide were using NSO Group’s invasive Pegasu