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Fallon Spencer has joined Esson & Aberdein as head of corporate property services. Ms Spencer, who joins the firm from from McVey & Murricane, will cover work across Scotland from Esson & Aberdein’s new Glasgow office.

Strathclyde University's Calum Sanderson and Gabriel Kielty have won this year's Lord Jones Moot Competition. Held at the University of Dundee last month, the Strathclyde team beat the host university's Alex Anderson and Saul McGivney in the final.

Gavin Booth of DM Legal has passed away. Mr Booth, who was head of employment at the firm, had a career spanning three decades.

Lady Hale is to pay tribute to the women who broke through the glass ceiling of the legal profession at a University of Dundee event next week. ‘Pioneering Women in the Judiciary with Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond’ forms part of Dundee Women's Festival 2022. The event will take pl

The Inner House of the Court of Session has upheld a Lord Ordinary’s decision not to order a company involved in the production of defective vaginal mesh products to state whether it had assets or insurance sufficient to meet any liabilities arising from claims against it. The reclaimer, N, wa

Seven Scottish solicitors have been introduced to court at a ceremony at Parliament House today. Their introduction to court means the new solicitor advocates will now have extended rights of audience to appear in the High Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

The Faculty of Advocates is hosting a free event next week ahead of International Women's Day. A screening of the film Dying to Divorce – this year’s British entry for the Best International Film at the Oscars – will be held on 7th March at the Mackenzie Building bet

Sandra Cassels provides an overview of the approach to cladding in Scotland and addresses three discrete points: building Regulations, RICS Guidance and rights of recourse for owners/government assistance. The fatal Garnock Court tower block fire in 1999 contributed to the building standards sy

The Crown Office has been urged to consider a prosecution over the deaths of 11 people at a care home on Skye. Home Farm in Portree suffered a Covid outbreak early on in the pandemic. A number of residents died at the home, which was operated by HC One. It was later taken over by NHS Highland.

A judge in the Outer House has granted permission for alleged sex abuse victims to launch a group proceedings case against Celtic FC. Lord Arthurson yesterday gave permission for 22 former Celtic Boys Club players to make a compensation claim.

Police have recorded a sharp increase in complaints about noisy sex in New York City. There were 277 complaints about noisy sex between 19 February 2021 and 9 February 2022, according to analysis by Patch.

A former Free Church of Scotland minister who created a fake social media profile in an attempt to extort intimate images from a young woman has been sentenced to 180 hours' unpaid work and ordered to pay £750 compensation. David Finlay Macdonald, from Stornoway, pretended to be a female named

A person injury sheriff has made a payment order totalling nearly £1.4 million after finding that a 54-year-old man was abused as a child at a boarding school operated by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. Senior counsel for the pursuer, AB, had sought a combined award of £1,741,107

Gillespie Macandrew has promoted rural lawyer Lois Newton to partner. Ms Newton joined the firm as a trainee in 2010 and participated in the firm’s training academy. She manages a wide range of rural matters on behalf of the firm’s farming and landed estate clients and is a member of its

A consultation on Anne’s Law has found overwhelming support for care home residents to have a legal right to be visited by loved ones. An independent analysis of the consultation found those who responded were “almost unanimously” in agreement with the proposal.