Harper Macleod has agreed a deal to renew its sponsorship of Glasgow Warriors until 2021, which will see the firm's name adorn the Harper Macleod West Stand and the Harper Macleod Club Deck at Scotstoun Stadium. The firm has been part of the Warriors setup since 2015, and will once again be a promin
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The High Court in Belfast has dismissed three conjoined applications challenging the UK Government’s Brexit strategy, which the applicants argued would result in a no-deal Brexit and a hard border in breach of the Good Friday Agreement. Finding that the subject matter of the applications was "
Thorntons has appointed 14 new trainee solicitors – its largest-ever single intake.
The Law Society of Scotland has highlighted the importance of making the legal aid system easier to navigate for members of the public and solicitors, and reiterated concerns about the sustainability of funding for the service as part of the response to a Scottish government consultation on legal ai
Clyde & Co has entered into an agreement to transfer its Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen estate agency team to Ledingham Chalmers LLP from 4 November this year. All 12 Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen staff, including property partner David Geddie and senior associate Lynne Stewart, will transfer a
Terra Firma Chambers has been recognised in the latest edition of the Legal 500 for its strength and expertise across its core practice areas of property, planning, commercial and administrative law. In the new rankings, released today, members of Terra Firma were ranked as leading practitioners for
A leading property lawyer has been appointed head of Pinsent Masons’ Scottish and Northern Irish operations. Katharine Hardie takes over the role of chair of Scotland and Northern Ireland from Richard Masters, 29 years to the day since she joined the firm as a trainee lawyer in 1990. She will
CMS has awarded two school pupils scholarships to help them achieve their ambition of completing a law degree. S6 pupils Nikita Stevenson from Carluke and Regan Brown from Irvine were the lucky recipients of the scholarships, worth £2,500 per year.
Stephen Vallance discusses a law fair initiative that showcases the opportunities at high street firms.
Proposed legislation should avoid forcing parties to attend mediation information sessions, writes Malcolm Gunnyeon. As litigants increasingly look for quicker and more cost-effective alternatives to the courts, mediation has become well known as a means of resolving disputes.
A new five-track EP has brought together celebrated Scottish songwriters and people with experience of the criminal justice system. Oblivion and Beyond has been released as part of the Distant Voices project, a collaboration between Vox Liminis, the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research and
Richard McMeeken, partner at Morton Fraser, reflects on the benefits of the commercial courts system following its 25th anniversary earlier this year. Specialist courts in Scotland are nothing new. In 1994 Lord Penrose established a commercial court in order to respond to the demands of the business
Professionals working with young offenders are struggling to identify the impact of childhood bereavement because information is not routinely recorded or shared, a new report has found. The new report from the Centre for Youth & Criminal Justice (CYCJ) sets out the findings of a small-scale sco
The family of a British woman who was killed in Syria while fighting against ISIS alongside Kurdish militants has launched a legal bid to have her body returned to the UK. The body of Anna Campbell is in territory now controlled by Turkey and Turkish-backed fighters, and human rights firm McCue &
A prisoner support expert has raised concerns about the function of a law aimed at offering more support to prisoners due for release on a Friday after it emerged only 15 people had benefited from it in three years. Under the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015, prisoners due for rele