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DWF's Scottish corporate team have advised the majority shareholders of Partick Thistle Football Club Limited on the sale of around 55 per cent of the shares in Partick Thistle to Three Black Cats Limited, a company wholly owned by Partick Thistle fan and Euromillions winner, Colin Weir. Paul Pignat

Gavin Buchan discusses how the rise of new finance possibilities is a positive development for all. When anything crashes and burns, there is often something that rises from the ashes. Since the economy emerged from the other side of the global financial crisis, that something has been a range

Katy Wedderburn and Kirsty Fryer look at the 2020 gender pay gap regime. On 8th March 2019, the Scottish government published its first gender pay gap action plan which aims to further reduce the gender pay gap in Scotland by 2021. It is reported that in 2018, the gender pay gap for full-time employ

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) is introducing new services to make it easier for people who are hard of hearing or have a visual impairment to serve as jurors. The new services have been developed in response to the recommendations made in the Enabling Jury Service report drawn up

Anderson Strathern has been named the Scottish independent law firm of the year at The Herald’s Law Awards of Scotland, while CMS has won the Law Firm of the Year category. Murray McCall, managing partner at Anderson Strathern told SLN: “The whole firm is delighted that we have

A collaboration of lawyers who took on a multi-billion-pound national services company to defend the right to a home for 300+ asylum seekers has won the Judges Award at The Herald’s Law Awards of Scotland. The asylum seekers were threatened with summary eviction by having the locks on their ac

Ken MacDonald has been elected president of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen. At the society's annual general meeting Martin Ewan of Pinsent Masons passed the presidency on to Mr MacDonald, a partner at Brodies while Duncan Love of J&G Collies and Martin Sinclair of Mackinnons became vice pr

One of the world’s top scholars on international law will give a public lecture at the University of Aberdeen next month. Professor Gerry Simpson, of the London School of Economics, will deliver a retrospective on a century of war crimes trials during which he will discuss the Nuremberg and To

A new bill makes it a legal requirement for health boards to to provide direct access to forensic medical services for alleged victims of sex crimes. Alleged victims of rape and sexual assault will be able to refer themselves for forensic examination without having to report a crime to police,

Law students and graduates from under-represented groups have been finding out more about a legal career in government. Around 30 students and graduates from across Scotland from a minority ethnic or socio-economically disadvantaged background or who are disabled attended the taster day at the Scott

On 23 December 1919, the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was passed, allowing women to be admitted to the professions. On 12 December, the Law Society of Scotland and Women in Law Scotland are hosting an event to celebrate this seminal date in legal history.

A newly-published author is helping to write a fresh chapter in the story of the Tumbling Lassie, and boosting her fundraising appeal. Stephen O’Rourke QC, has pledged one third of royalties from his début novel, a historical thriller called The Crown Agent, to the appeal.

An application for appeal against the Inner House's judgment in the Serco lock eviction case is to be made this week. Mike Dailly, principal of Govan Law Centre, said in his column for the Evening Times that he will lodge an application seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee are calling for better mental health support for young people ordered into either secure care or a young offenders’ institution (YOI). The committee is calling for assessments of a young person’s needs to be made within the first

Lynda Towers takes a look at what the Children (Scotland) Bill might mean for Scotland’s youth. The Children (Scotland) Bill is currently at stage 1 in the Scottish Parliament and continues the current government's emphasis on improving rights and protections for children in Scotland. This bil