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Eighteen members of the Faculty of Advocates have gone through intensive training and emerged as Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The group used a specially-designed course at Aberdeen University for the first steps on to the platform of international arbitration.Those now proudly

Morton Fraser has appointed Alan Stewart as partner to its commercial real estate team. Mr Stewart, who joins Morton Fraser from Dentons and brings over 20 years’ experience in the Scottish real estate sector will be based in the firm’s Edinburgh office.

The Housing team at law firm Harper Macleod has seen the overall tally for Scottish housing association funding deals it has advised on in the current financial year approach the £500 million mark after the latest investments were announced. Led by partner Derek Hogg, one of Scotland's leading

After an outstanding legal career spanning nearly 40 years, Susan O’Brien QC is retiring from practice today. Ms O'Brien was a solicitor for six years before calling to the bar in 1987. She took silk in 1998 and has enjoyed a busy and distinguished practice across a wide range of civil litigat

Advocate and MSP Gordon Lindhurst has again raised concerns about a bill to criminalise parents for smacking their children. Mr Lindhurst has himself prosecuted cases under the current law.

In what is considered to be a first, a sheriff has ordered indirect contact between a birth mother and her daughter to take place via a Facebook group. Advocate Nicola Gilchrist, instructed by Laura McLean from the Inverness Civil Legal Assistance Office, acted for the birth mother.

Child witnesses could be entitled to have their evidence pre-recorded in the most serious domestic abuse cases, under Scotland’s proposed vulnerable witnesses legislation. The Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Bill, currently being considered by the Scottish Parliament, creates a new rule that c

Turcan Connell has appointed Pete Murrin as a partner in its Glasgow office. Last year, the firm more than doubled the size of its office space in the city with a move across St Vincent Street and at the time signalled its intent to continue to grow its offering in Glasgow, having opened an office t

A think tank has called for the legislation amending the census regime to include a better question on which languages are spoken in Scotland. Reform Scotland submitted written evidence to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the Census (Amendment) (S

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

A review of legal aid funding for families involved in fatal accident inquiries has been announced. Community Safety Minister Ash Denham told MSPs that a full consultation would be undertaken before this year's summer recess with a view to introducing a new legal aid bill.

Two-thirds (67 per cent) of the 6,736 hate crimes recorded in 2017-18 included a race aggravator, crime statistics published today show. Developing Information on Hate Crime Recorded by the Police in Scotland also shows that 16 per cent of hate crimes included a sexual orientation aggravat

DWF's Scottish corporate team has advised Ipsum Group, backed by private equity fund Aliter Capital, on its third bolt-on acquisition, the purchase of drainage and maintenance company Euro Environmental Utilities Group Limited. This is the ninth deal closed by Aliter since the beginning of 2017.

The potential impact of sentencing guidelines being introduced which have not been properly considered and tested would be considerable, according to the Scottish Sentencing Council. The council was responding to a motion for debate in the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, concerning sentencing pol

Extra time has been granted to John Scott QC to complete his review on the impact of policing on affected communities in Scotland during the miners’ strike in 1984/5. Mr Scott sought an extension on the original target date of June 2019 to August, "to do justice to the considerable evidence wh