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CMS has advised Smart Metering Systems Plc (SMS) on its latest equity placing. The transaction involved an accelerated bookbuild process, managed by Cenkos Securities plc, Investec Bank plc and RBC Capital Markets, to raise around £175 million investment through a share placing. SMS is a fully

A new guideline on the sentencing of young people has been finalised by the Scottish Sentencing Council. The ‘Sentencing young people’ guideline, which will be submitted to the High Court for approval this month, requires courts to have regard to rehabilitation as a primary consideration

Euan Pirie looks at a solution to price uncertainty for construction materials when tendering big contracts. Prices for construction materials have gone haywire in a perfect storm of conditions which have pushed demand up and supply down. So how do the parties to a construction contract deal wi

A new plan aims to positively impact the lives of people from minority ethnic communities, as part of Scotland’s recovery from the pandemic. The Immediate Priorities Plan for race equality focuses on the roots of inequalities which disproportionately impact minority ethnic communities.

Young people who have a good relationship with their teacher in childhood are less likely to engage in anti-social behaviour in adolescence, a study claims. A supportive relationship with a teacher at the ages of 10 to 11 years is a factor in protecting against engaging in violence or delinquency up

A publication of statistics on the number of suspected drug deaths during the first half of 2021 shows a small decrease (one per cent) on the same period last year. The report covers January to June this year.

A group of social justice lawyers based in Glasgow have secured on behalf of asylum seekers in Scotland the right to access legal aid for representation in tribunal appeals, where they face eviction from housing provided by the Home Office. The Glasgow Social Justice Lawyers came together in summer

Sheriffs made no recommendations for improvement in almost 200 fatal accident inquiries into deaths in custody, a new study has found. Academics at Glasgow University looked at 196 deaths in prison between 2005 and 2019.

A lawyer was arrested after dressing up as Michael Myers from the Halloween horror movie franchise and strolling on the beach with a bloody knife. Texas attorney Mark Metzger said he was "pranking" his home town of Galveston by wandering in the scary costume, the Galveston Daily News reports.

Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for Clydeport Operations Limited (COL) in concluding an option agreement with the sustainable energy company XLCC to construct a facility at Hunterston Port to produce high voltage sub-sea cables for the transmission of renewable energy. If planning permission is approv

Alison McKay has joined Lindsays' private client team in Glasgow. She is experienced across the full range of private client work, including wills and powers of attorney, setting up trusts and providing estate planning advice.

Boris Johnson has been filmed telling supporters that the UK has become the "Saudi Arabia of penal policy" under Home Secretary Priti Patel. He made the remarks, which have been widely condemned, at a private fundraising dinner for the Cities of London & Westminster Conservative Association (CLW

Shadow Justice Secretary Jamie Greene MSP has met with three of the top UK government and Scottish government justice officials to discuss a range of issues affecting the portfolio. Mr Greene met the Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC and Solicitor General, Ruth Charteris QC, at the Crown Office to disc

Men crowd into honourable careers without other vocation than their vanity, or at best their love of fame.

A bio-energy company whose appeal against the refusal of an application for planning permission for an energy-from-waste installation was refused by the Scottish Ministers has failed to appeal that decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. North Lanarkshire Biopower Ltd had proposed a dev