Michael Gove broke the law by giving a contract to a communications agency run by long time associates of his and Dominic Cummings, the High Court has ruled. Lawyers for the Good Law Project accused Mr Cummings of wanting work to be given to a company run by his friends.
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Addleshaw Goddard’s corporate team in Scotland has advised the majority shareholders of Livingston-based lighting innovators, designLED, on its sale to Faurecia – an automotive technology company. The acquisition of designLED will bolster Faurecia’s offering in display technol
Leigh Herd, an associate in Shepherd and Wedderburn’s construction disputes team, has been confirmed as vice chair of the Scottish branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in a brace of new appointments for the firm’s lawyers. Ms Herd's appointment as vice chair comes as
Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP (RCCW) has announced two promotions within its commercial property and private client departments, with the elevation of Craig Veitch and Gillian Smith to associate. Mr Veitch joined RCCW in March 2019, having attended Aberdeen Grammar School and graduated fr
A move by the Home Office to house asylum seekers in a "squalid" military barracks in Folkstone was flawed and unlawful, the English High Court has found. The claim was brought by six asylum seekers who were accommodated in Napier Barracks between September 2020 and February 2021. All of t
Lawyers have availed themselves of the emergency coronavirus legislation to enable an expert witness to give evidence remotely amid an ongoing debate on whether evidence in High Court cases should be given remotely at all. At a trial in the High Court in Glasgow, the defendant was accused of as
Anderson Strathern has made a trio of senior appointments, with Gillian Harkness-McKinlay, Chris Devlin and James McMillan taking on director roles at the firm. Ms Harkness-McKinlay joins from Burness Paull and becomes director, public sector and charities; Mr Devlin joins from Shepherd and We
Gilson Gray has made a raft of promotions.
Digby Brown Solicitors has appointed two new partners and three associates. Trish McFadden and Matt Leckie were promoted to partners in May following a challenging but successful year for the firm amid the backdrop of Covid-19.
David Coutts has been appointed the head of Simpson & Marwick's new family law department. The Edinburgh-based lawyer joins from Turcan Connell where he was head of their Glasgow team. Before this, he qualified and spent eight years at Anderson Strathern.
New research from Amnesty International UK and the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS) found evidence that the human rights of people in Scotland were frequently overlooked as major public service redesigns took place during the ‘first wave’ of Covid-19 in 2020. The findings further
Judges are seeking an investigation into the “discriminatory, unfair and unlawful” judicial appointment system amid claims of bullying and racism, The Times reports. The Judicial Support Network (JSN), which promotes diversity on the bench, is sending a request today to the Equality and
A Scottish university student, who is on track to achieve her ambitions of becoming a lawyer after being awarded a Lawscot Foundation bursary, hopes more young people will be given the same opportunity. Chloe Fraser, a second year law student at the University of Edinburgh, shared her story as the L
As we emerge from restrictions and start looking towards post-pandemic ways of working, Ampersand has launched an ambitious pilot to instruct their advocates and alternative dispute practitioners electronically. In March 2020, electronic instructions became the norm, whenever possible. More than a y
Vialex has signed the Mindful Business Charter, joining a wide range of businesses and professional service firms around the world in a collective commitment to address the avoidable stresses in our working practices and to promote healthier and more effective ways of working. The charter, originall
