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Brodies LLP has been appointed as a strategic partner to provide legal services to one of the UK's largest social housing providers, Sanctuary. Following a competitive tender process, Brodies was appointed to Lots 7 and 8 of Sanctuary's legal panel to provide advice across the full spectrum of its a

Three members of a serious organised crime gang who trafficked a significant amount of Class A drugs into the Central Belt have been jailed for a total of 13 years and three months. Paul Martin, 43, who was extradited from Spain to stand trial, Peter Dickson, 34, and Grant Jaap, 30, all pled guilty

A sheriff has concluded that the death of a woman who was killed by her former partner, a man with a serious mental disorder, could have been avoided if Police Scotland had shared relevant information relating to Mr Mark’s mental state with her and NHS staff prior to the incident. Ann Drummond

The Supreme Court is looking for aspiring young artists to exhibit their work in the court’s building in London. 2024 marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the opening of the refurbished home of the Court on Parliament Square.

Police Scotland has been urged to join more than a dozen UK police forces in issuing an apology for historic discrimination against LGBT+ people. Northumbria Police chief constable Vanessa Jardine has become the 16th UK police chief to issue a formal apology to the LGBT+ community in response to a c

The High Court of Justiciary has refused two appeals against conviction by a pair who were convicted of the attempted murder of a man in an Edinburgh newsagent after they argued they had not been given a fair trial. Lewis Spence and Connor Steele were each given an extended sentence with a custodial

Nina Taylor has been named as the new chair of Lindsays. The partner in family law will succeed Peter Tweedie, who is retiring both as chairman and a partner from March 31, although he will remain with the firm in a consultancy role.

A sheriff has granted a petition for a couple to be appointed as executors dative to a deceased by virtue of a power of attorney granted in their favour by his wife, the executrix nominate of the estate. The will of the late Robert Thompson appointed his wife Jean as executor nominate. Mrs Thompson

A collection of essays entitled The Ian Willock Collection on Law and Justice in the Twenty First Century has been published in memory of Professor Ian Willock. The collection is edited by Eamon Keane of the University of Glasgow and Peter Robson and features an array of contributions on themes as v

A Jedburgh sheriff has ruled that a homemade will by a woman that was signed only at the front of the document could not be cured by the court of defects that removed its testamentary effect. Pursuers Christopher Knapman and Patrick Wadeson sought to cure defects of execution in the purported will o

Lindsay Jack, director of student experience at the Edinburgh Law School, has received the principal’s medal. The medals are one of the ways in which the university recognises professional services, academic staff, or students who have made outstanding contributions to the University and wider

Blackadders LLP has completed the purchase of 37 chemist shops for clients across Scotland from Lloyds Pharmacy in deals worth a total of more than £35 million. Lloyds has been carrying out a divestment programme in Scotland this year and 18 Blackadders’ clients have taken the opportunit

A provider of payment protection insurance that had complaints against it accepted by the Financial Ombudsman Service on the basis that several shopping catalogue retailers had been acting as its agents in mis-selling the policies has lost an appeal against a refusal of a judicial review petition by

Blackadders LLP has welcomed a new group of 10 trainees to the firm. The latest cohort of eager legal minds have set out on their careers with inductions across the full-service firm’s units including four seats in each of separate departments within the private client and business service gro

Two lawyers and a law firm who cited fake court cases generated by ChatGPT have been fined $5,000 (around €4,600 or £3,900). Judge P. Kevin Castel, in Manhattan, said there was nothing "inherently improper" about using AI to help write a legal filing, but lawyers have a responsibility to