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Brodies LLP has reported a busy year for its clients in the Highlands and Islands, with developments on land and sea being key drivers for investment. In the past 12 months, Brodies has worked with clients in the public and private sector, including Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Northlink Ferrie

To mark the end of Pride Month, Beverley Addison, a senior solicitor in BTO’s family law team, takes us on a journey through the history of family law in Scotland for LGBTQ+ people. See part one here. The road to equality in marriage has been another long struggle for LGBTQ+ people. This inequ

The High Court of Justiciary has reduced the sentence of a man who was convicted of the attempted murder of a rival gang member after his case was referred to the court by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Dillin Armstrong, who was 24 at the time of the offence, was given an e

Digby Brown Solicitors has announced the agreement of a new sponsorship deal with St Mirren Football Club. The agreement sees the firm become the club’s new principal sponsor for season 2021/22 with Digby Brown’s logo featuring on all home and away jerseys for the upcoming camp

Fundamental changes in the movement of people to and from the European Union, which will come into effect next year, require urgent preparation and clarification, the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee has said.  In a letter published today to the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, the

Jennifer Skeoch looks at indirect sex discrimination following the recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decision, Hughes v Progressive Support Limited. Over the past year or so, we have heard a lot about the far-reaching effects of the pandemic and recent research has suggested that working women, in p

Applicant firms to the Scottish government's £1 million fund to support legal aid traineeships are now taking on trainees. The fund provides support for up to 40 new legal aid trainees, paying for 50 per cent of their salaries. In addition, trainees’ regulatory costs, national insur

Diversity data collected as part of the annual Practising Certificate (PC) renewal process has been published by the Law Society of Scotland today. Diversity questions were included for the first time in the 2020/21 PC renewal process, in order to give a better understanding of what the profession l

A man has been arrested after attempting to pay his bail with fake money. Michael Deschesne was arrested in the US state of Maine on Sunday on suspicion of theft and taken to jail.

I am a humanist, which means, in part, that I have tried to behave decently without any expectation of rewards or punishments after I'm dead.

A motion by a man who sued a health board for damages resulting from negligence seeking access to a digital recording of evidence provided by an expert witness has been refused by the Sheriff Appeal Court. Billy McGowan argued that the sheriff had decided his case unfairly as a result of o

Insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM, which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has signed up to a flexible working charter launched by the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI launched the #MakingFlexibleWork campaign earlier this year with the aim of increasing flexible working,

Animal welfare campaigns charity OneKind has raised concerns about Scotland’s new licensing guidance for the killing of mountain hares. Last year, the Scottish Parliament voted to make mountain hares a protected species, putting an end to Scotland’s mass scale mountain hare killings. Und

Miller Samuel Hill Brown has announced the promotion of two of its lawyers from associate to senior associate. Eilidh McGuire, who works in the licensing department, specialises in all aspects of liquor, gaming and civic licensing law. She acts for various national operators, as well as independent

To mark the end of Pride Month, Beverley Addison, a senior solicitor in BTO’s family law team, takes us on a journey through the history of family law in Scotland for LGBTQ+ people. In the third and final part today, she looks at adoption as well as fertility law – before thinking about