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A court had to be closed after sewage from a faulty toilet flooded the reception area. A ceiling was also reported to be “stained brown” with dirty water at Dundee Sheriff Court.

A court's austere atmosphere was transformed when a singing group used the venue to perform a comic operetta – with a legal theme. Ugie Voices took over Peterhead Sheriff Court to stage a version of the Gilbert and Sullivan Trial By Jury, The Press and Journal reports.

Two solicitor advocates with Brodies have been appointed by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), to its panel of counsel in Scotland. The EHRC in Scotland works to eliminate discrimination, reduce inequality, protect and promote human rights, build good relations between people and

Pinsent Masons has announced that four Scottish lawyers will be promoted to legal directors. Glasgow-based Susannah Donaldson, Elaine MacGregor and Katherine Metcalfe and Edinburgh colleague Pamela Gilmour make the step up from senior associate level.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced growth in Inverness with seven new recruits and an office expansion. Broadening the law firm’s service offering, the raft of new hires sees staff numbers hike from 18 to 25 while the premises have been extended to almost 3,000sqft.

One of Scotland’s leading legal experts on medical negligence has retired after more than 45 years. Fred Tyler, who spent his entire 45-year career with Balfour+Manson in Edinburgh, won a landmark ruling at the UK Supreme Court in 2015 for Nadine Montgomery.

In the recent case of Jacqueline Shuttleton v Procurator Fiscal, Glasgow, the High Court of Justiciary clarified the its earlier dicta in Gubinas and Radavicius v HM Advocate in respect of the status of CCTV footage in criminal trials, writes David Cairns. The appellant was convicted of careless dri

DWF Group plc has acquired a Polish legal services business for £3 million. Lawyers formerly employed by K&L Gates Jamka will now be running a DWF office in Warsaw with 11 partners as well as 45 lawyers and 31 support staff in a deal expected to complete this month.

A 50-strong team from legal firm Pinsent Masons’ Glasgow office raised approximately £11,000 on the Royal Bank of Scotland Kiltwalk. Lawyers and support staff were among 13,0000 Kiltwalkers who set off on a 23-mile trek from Glasgow Green and raised a cumulative £3.5 million which

Gilson Gray has promoted two of its team to partner. Sally Nash has been promoted within the family law team while John Fulton has been made partner within the firm’s real estate department.

Shoosmiths has announced two promotions and a senior level lateral hire within its real estate and corporate teams. Sheelagh Cooley, a specialist in real estate finance who joined Shoosmiths as a senior associate in 2014 has been promoted to partner.

Clyde & Co recently announced the latest round of promotions to legal director and senior counsel across the globe. Amongst the international promotions was Edinburgh-based casualty lawyer, Andrew Tolmie. Mr Tolmie has over nine years' experience assisting insurance, commercial and public sector

In a landmark judgment, the Court of Appeal has unanimously agreed the Royal Opera House (ROH) Covent Garden failed to take reasonable steps to prevent injury to viola player Christopher Goldscheider during a 2012 rehearsal of the Wagner opera, Die Walkure. As a result of his injury, Mr Goldscheider

A powerful sketch by Nelson Mandela, The Cell Door, Robben Island, has been sold at Bonhams' modern and contemporary African art sale, in New York for $112,575. The wax pastel crayon work, which the South African revolutionary and president created in 2002, was one of the few that the statesman kept

Brodies has unveiled six new partners as a result of its latest round of promotions. Aberdeen-based Leigh Gould, Rhona McFarlane and Fiona Herrell step up to partner in their respective areas of personal and family, corporate and commercial (oil & gas) and employment while Edinburgh-based L