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The Supreme Court has announced Jude D’Alesio as the winner of the essay competition held to celebrate its 15th anniversary. Students and early career legal professionals from across the UK were asked to write a 1000-word essay on the question: “As the Supreme Court approaches its 15th a

Media lawyer Paul Tweed has put Amazon on notice after a seemingly AI-generated biography appeared for sale online next to his recently-released memoir. Mr Tweed, an international libel lawyer to the rich and famous, has been speaking in Edinburgh and is due to speak in Glasgow tonight about his lif

The Trustees of the Clark Foundation for Legal Education have written a short series of articles on the valuable work it has supported over the last 34 years. The first looks at the life of Jean Clark MBE. To begin, it is only fitting that we focus on the Clark Foundation’s founder, Jean Clark

Professor Andrew Steven explains how the Clark Foundation for Legal Education has enabled more than 100 students to attend an enlightening summer school on the Continent. In 2004, I was invited to lecture on Scots law at the European Private Law Summer School at Salzburg in Austria. The Summer Schoo

For a little lockdown levity, we asked some of our readers to recommend their favourite law-related books.

CMS has announced the appointment of three new partners in Scotland. The trio includes Robbie Somerville, a Glasgow-based lawyer within CMS’s corporate team, and his Edinburgh colleague Rory Thomson from the firm’s insurance and reinsurance group.

The Clark Foundation for Legal Education’s first awards were made in 1991. Since then, the foundation has made over 600 awards, write the trustees of the foundation in the fourth article on its history and impact. Past recipients are now senators of the College of Justice, King’s Counsel

Family members involved in deaths in custody fatal accident inquiries (FAI) are to have immediate, free access to legal aid support and advice. Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed that she is using existing ministerial powers to remove means-testing for legal aid in such cases, so that from

Mitchells Roberton has elected Ronald Inglis, 52 to be its new chairman. He replaces his sister, Morag Inglis, who has been chairman since 2021 and was managing partner for 24 years before that. Mr Inglis, a property law specialist who has been with Mitchells Roberton for 30 years and was made a par

A personal injury sheriff has awarded just over £6,000 to a groundworker who was injured in a collision between a car and a van in which he was a passenger after finding that the driver acted negligently in his response to an ambulance attempting to join the dual carriageway. Pursuer Stephen L

Aberdein Considine has announced the appointment of Graham Crocket as national estate agency director. Mr Crocket has over 20 years’ experience in the industry and a distinguished track record in leadership.

I wrote in February on The Burden of Compliance, having read the articles about the Scottish Law Agents Society and their survey of the profession. Happily, I was wrong and they did get a good response. Certainly more than enough for statistical significance. And it was at least a neutral exercise u

For many lawyers, alighting on a specialist area of the profession means assessing one’s personal interests and career opportunities. When Usman Aslam immersed himself in immigration and asylum law, however, it stemmed from deeply personal reasons. Born in Pakistan, Mr Aslam had come to Scotla

A private prison and health board are to be prosecuted over alleged failures that resulted in the death of a prisoner. Calum Inglis, 34, died in his prison cell at HMP Addiewell in West Lothain after he tested positive for Covid-19 in October 2021.

Shops across France have begun posting CCTV footage of alleged shoplifters on social media, telling those depicted that the images will be taken down if they reimburse the cost of the stolen items. Retailers say they have turned to the tactic "as a deterrent" amid a growing sense of frustration over