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Falkirk firm Lesley Anderson Law is expanding to bigger premises. The firm will be moving from Manse Place into a new office on Vicar Street, having received permission from the council to convert it into an office.

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has promoted five of its lawyers to partner, six to legal director and six to associate. The promotions will take effect from 1 May.

Space urgently needs special legal protection similar to that given to land, sea and atmosphere to protect its fragile environment, according to a new paper. Research led by the University of Edinburgh is linked to a US legal case that aims to set a precedent in the growing campaign for space e

Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) will no longer accept new instructions in summary cases where a contravention of section one of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 is alleged. Section one of the Act, which introduced a new offence to tackle coercive control, covers

Fri 29 April 2022 15:00-17:00

Detailing analysis in a quarterly report from Landmark Information Group, Richard Hepburn, managing director of Millar & Bryce, delivers a snapshot of the Scottish property market. 2021 was a challenging year for the Scottish property industry, so most of us were cautious in our hopes

EU plans to hold major online platforms like Facebook and Twitter accountable for illegal and harmful content are gathering pace after political agreement was reached between the European Parliament and member states over the weekend. The Digital Services Act (DSA), proposed by the European Commissi

The Scotsman has published an obituary of solicitor Jim Hall, who passed away on 7 March at the age of 91. "Jim Hall was a highly regarded Edinburgh solicitor, a Writer to the Signet, who spent most of his professional life in the firm of Robson, McLean and Paterson, WS where he was senior partner o

Leading lawyer Gordon Keyden is set to retire from global law firm Clyde & Co after more than 45 years of service to the firm and its clients. Mr Keyden was a consultant at Clyde & Co, having retired from the firm's partnership in April 2020. As a partner at Simpson & Marwick, he was par

A bride and caterer who allegedly fed a cannabis-laced dinner to her unsuspecting wedding guests have been arrested. Florida woman Danya Svoboda's wedding reception ended with her speaking to police officers after a number of guests reported feeling sick and high, CBS News reports.

The Aberdeen Law Project’s representation team has secured a three-figure sum for a client in a tenancy deposit dispute. Law student Lucy Matheson represented the client at several case management discussions before appearing on their behalf at the First-Tier Tribunal (Housing and Property Cha

The proportion of summary criminal cases going from caution to verdict within 26 weeks reached a new low in the first three months of this year. The latest criminal justice monitoring data from the Scottish government show that, in January, the figure was 44 per cent; in February it was 40 per cent

A Perth sheriff has dismissed an action by a man seeking legal rights in relation to his late father’s estate after he was not nominated as a beneficiary under his testamentary writings. Ian Harley raised the action against the executrix nominate of the late James Harley’s estate, his wi

It was Robert Burns who wrote: "Facts are chiels that winna ding, and downa be disputed." He was of course writing about royalty in his 1786 poem, A Dream. Burns was most certainly not thinking of future Scottish legal expenses when he penned these words! Yet as with much of the Bard's work, there i

Five new members will join the Law Society Council following the nomination process, which closed on Thursday 21 April 2022. Amna Ashraf, Beatrice Nicholas and Jean-Paul Kasasula will join returning Council members Austin Lafferty and David Mair for Glasgow and Strathkelvin.