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Keoghs is continuing its expansion in Scotland with the appointment of two new partners in the motor and disease teams at its Glasgow offices. Laurie Traynor and Zoe Strong, previously from Ince & Co and Weightmans respectively, will join Keoghs Scotland.

Plug and Play. It’s a catchy little phrase when it comes to running a law firm, but Brian Inkster isn’t overly concerned with preserving tradition and the approach he has developed over the past 25 years has seen Inksters Solicitors grow from a practice primarily specialising in crofting

A man who was jailed for 12 years for repeatedly abducting another man when he was a teenager and subjecting him to sexual abuse has lost an appeal against conviction and sentence before the High Court of Justiciary. Scott Faulkner, who received a cumulo sentence of 12 years’ imprisonment in r

November saw both lower demand and supply in the Scottish property market according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market. Taking a look at demand through November, a net balance of -17 per cent of respondents in Scotland noted a fall in new buyer enquiries

Douglas Thomson reviews a new book by Ian O'Donnell, professor of criminology at University College Dublin, examining four very different prison regimes. In this book, Professor Ian O'Donnell visits and investigates four very different prison environments, all considerably unlike those within the ma

Strathclyde Law School has announced the retirement of Professor Kenneth Norrie, and his appointment as professor emeritus. Professor Norrie has enjoyed a distinguished career over 40 years. Initially a lecturer at Dundee and then at Aberdeen, he has given 33 years’ service to Strathclyde. A S

The Scottish Sentencing Council is holding a webinar next month on its new sentencing guideline: Statutory offences of causing death by driving. The webinar, which meets CPD requirements, is aimed at legal practitioners and will take place on Tuesday 16 January 2024 at 4.30pm to coincide with the da

Scotland’s best known (fictional) advocate is back in action this month in The Scotsman with this year’s month-long Christmas serial Edward Kane and the Supernal Sisters. The story focuses on the popularity of seances and other spirited events in the mid 1900s. Ross Macfarlane KC’s

RTA LAW LLP has announced staff changes. Zara Jones, previously a senior solicitor at RTA LAW LLP, has been promoted to the position of associate.

COP28 in Dubai has agreed on the need to move away from fossil fuels for the first time at the end of a climate summit marred by restrictions on civil society and the United Arab Emirates’ "blatant contempt" for human rights, Amnesty International said. The headline COP28 agreement on the Glob

Former president of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, is to become a patron of the Aberdeen Law Project. Following his tenure as president, he was elected as an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society in 2017 and is an honorary member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

More than 50 organisations have signed an open letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf warning that plans for a Scottish Human Rights Bill must not be watered down.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 48-year-old John Barnes. Mr Barnes died on 29 July 2022 at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert. Mr Barnes had been an inmate within HMP Glenochil when he was admitted to the ho

The abolition of 'not proven' could endanger the presumption of innocence, ministers have been warned. Stuart Murray, president of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association, told MSPs at Holyrood that the third verdict is a “safety valve” for jurors.