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On Monday 1 April HMRC launched a consultation regarding two changes to Private Residence Relief (PRR) which were announced in the 2018 Budget. PRR applies to the sale of a property which has been the owner’s only, or main, residence at some point during the ownership period. Max Chassels
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HM Connect, a support and referral network for law firms in Scotland, is launching a new networking group to help unlock the entrepreneurial vision of the next generation of legal business leaders. The Legal Entrepreneur's Breakfast Club, which will hold its first event the offices of Harper Macleod
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A charity that helps school pupils challenge bigotry is one of the organisations sharing £530,000 of Scottish government funding to tackle sectarianism in 2019-20. Sense Over Sectarianism supports pupils in Glasgow to recognise and combat bigotry, as well as providing training for teachers acr
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A new series of talks at the University of Dundee will explore the use of forensic science within the criminal justice system. Forensic science experts and leading criminal lawyers will be among speakers at the "Crime Café" series hosted by the university's Leverhulme Research Centre for Fore
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The Commons' Scottish Affairs Committee has recommended that UK trade deals should be contingent on the close involvement of the Scottish government, to ensure that trade agreements work for the whole of the UK. In a new report, it outlines mechanisms for involving the devolved administrations in tr
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Harper Macleod LLP has supported Shetland business Laurence Odie Knitwear Ltd in the company’s recent move to employee ownership.
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Two American judges who argue for accused persons to be treated with more compassion and kindness have come to Scotland to teach people about procedural justice. Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren and Judge Victoria Pratt are on a week-long visit at the invitation of Community Justice Scotland, a public agenc
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On this International Women’s Day, the School of Law at the University of Glasgow is preparing to celebrate one notable alumna in particular – Madge Easton Anderson. Ms Anderson was the first woman to be admitted to practice law in Scotland and indeed she was the first UK female lawyer.
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Young dancers in Edinburgh who have been selected to represent Scotland at an international competition are seeking sponsorship to help them cover the costs of this once in a lifetime opportunity.
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Lady Wolffe is to be the guest speaker at the Faculty of Advocates’ International Women’s Day event, when she pays tribute to pioneering women in the law and looks to the future. In the talk, International Women’s Day: Celebration and Challenges, Lady Wolffe will reflect on her own
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Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon has won £30,000 in damages from a tabloid newspaper that claimed he had performed with a band which "delights in Nazi symbols". Mr Burgon, MP for Leeds East, launched the unusual libel proceedings against The Sun in connection with a story published in m
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A tenant of commercial premises which challenged an independent surveyor’s determination of the revised rent payable to the landlord has had its action dismissed as “incompetent”. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that that the court had “no jurisdiction” as the par
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The European Commission has fined Mastercard €570 million for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered by banks established elsewhere in the Single Market, in breach of EU antitrust rules. Mastercard is the second largest card scheme in the European
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Brandon L Garrett, L Neil Williams, Jr professor of law at the Duke University School of Law, will give a seminar on “Forensic Science and Wrongful Convictions” at the University of Glasgow School of Law on next Tuesday. He will speak about new work he is carrying out on forensic science
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Balfour+Manson was the first law firm to assume a female partner in Scotland in 1949, and it continues to promote women on merit, says Elaine Motion. As a lawyer specialising in human rights and civil liberties, I have stood up for equality throughout my career
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