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International defamation lawyer Paul Tweed, partner and founder of Gateley Tweed, was recently profiled by our sister publication Irish Legal News. We include his interview with Margaret Taylor below. Given his reputation as a libel lawyer who has never lost a case, it is little wonder that Gateley

Thorntons Solicitors is hoping to raise a five-figure sum for charity Cash for Kids this year through its charity wills campaign. Taking place across its offices in Fife, Dundee, Perth, Angus, Edinburgh and (for the first time in the campaign’s history) Glasgow, Thorntons won’t charge a

Lawyers have been encouraged to nominate themselves for election as members of Peebles Community Council (PCC). Chairperson Les Turnbull told the Border Telegraph that the council does not currently have any legal expertise and could well see "issues arising where legal points might need to be addre

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has rejected three of four contentions by a fabric business that their bank breached a duty to exercise reasonable skill and care in relation to their account after they sent over £500,000 from their account to a fraudster. Sekers Fabrics Ltd

A defence lawyer in Canada has praised a judge's decision to exclude unvaccinated jurors – because he "wants intelligent people on the jury". Justice Kevin Phillips, who is overseeing a murder trial in Ottawa, said in a pre-trial ruling that he would dismiss any potential jurors who said they

A solicitor has been suspended after being caught using a disabled blue badge she was not entitled to. London lawyer Nina Koushi was caught parking in a disabled space in November 2019, just months after qualifying as a solicitor, the Law Society Gazette reports.

The Metropolitan Police could adopt a gender-neutral uniform for all police officers following a consultation of officers. The UK's largest police force – with nearly twice as many officers as Police Scotland – said it would consult staff ahead of the contract with its current uniform pr

The US government has urged lawyers to volunteer their time to help address the country's post-pandemic housing and evictions crisis. In a statement yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the end of the federal eviction moratorium is expected to result in eviction proceedings spiking to "r

A sheriff in Edinburgh Sheriff Court has found that a local authority employee who acted as a whistleblower in its education department is entitled to an unabridged copy of an independent report into the events surrounding his original protected disclosures. John Travers, who had been an employee of

Alan Meek, partner and head of Morton Fraser's restructuring and insolvency team, discusses the intricacies of limited liability. In this two-part article we highlight for directors some of the main ways in which the general protection of limited liability does not apply or can be lost.

The Chain Gain team at law firm Anderson Strathern are taking part in Social Bite’s 60-mile cycling challenge from Glasgow to Edinburgh taking place on September 5 in support of the charity's mission of ending homelessness and build two new Social Bite Villages.

Licensing law, Stephen McGowan acknowledges, can be “extremely difficult to fathom”. He speaks as an expert, being both the head of licensing (Scotland) at TLT and the author of three books on the subject – the latest of which, the recently published McGowan on Alcohol Licensing La

Dunblane law firm Bartys, a branch of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, has raised a staggering £55,217 after taking part in a charity will writing scheme for the last 20 years. The firm first joined Will Aid in 2000 to write wills for people free of charge, in exchange for a voluntary don

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has launched a consultation on updated rules reflecting a "digital and paperless" focus in its operations and engagement with the legal profession. The Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 sets out the duties of the SLCC to make rules as

Blackadders has promoted six newly-qualified solicitors to new roles and recruited eight trainees, underlining its commitment to developing talent and expertise for the future. Completing their two-year solicitor traineeship with the firm are Bethany Buchanan, Emma Grunenberg, Fiona Knox, Faye Lipto