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The number of Scottish companies entering into administration, receivership or liquidation has decreased by almost 35 per cent in the last quarter, according to new analysis by KPMG. There were a total of 158 corporate insolvency appointments in the three months to 30 September 2019 – dow
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Blackadders has moved into a new, larger office in the Edinburgh's west end.
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Scottish Legal News yesterday reached 13,005 subscribers to its daily newsletter, underlining its primacy as the leading daily news service for Scotland’s dynamic and fast-changing legal community. Since its launch in June 2008, Scottish Legal News has grown to become a par
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David Wilson considers a case that clarifies 'practical completion'. For the first time in recent years, the courts have considered the definition of practical completion in the case of Mears Limited v Costplan Services (South East) Limited, Plymouth (Notte Street) Limited, J.R. Pickstock Limit
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Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has launched a new training resource at the Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh aimed at helping local authorities report instances of organised crime.
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Arbroath Courthouse will be opened next week to give locals a chance to have their say on its future, The Courier reports. Arbroath Courthouse Community Trust (ACCT) is bidding to take over the building, which has been closed since 2014, and is supporting fundraising applications to a range of chari
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Two experts on Sir Walter Scott have developed a free online course for people who would like to learn about the giant of Scottish literature. Professor Alison Lumsden, director of Aberdeen University’s Walter Scott Research Centre, and Kirsty Archer-Thompson, collections and interpretation ma
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A great-grandson of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini has said he will take Facebook to court after it suspended his account for violating its “community standards”. Caio Mussolini, 51, a member of the anti-immigration Brothers of Italy party, denied he posted messages that could have br
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Conor Gearty, professor of human rights law at LSE Department of Law, offers his initial thoughts on the historic Miller/Cherry judgment. In March 1954, that distinguished forerunner of today’s politics, senator Joe McCarthy of Wisconsin, was directly challenged by the famed American journalis
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One of the lawyers who worked on the Lockerbie bombing case has died at the age of 57. John Dunn, a career prosecutor with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in 2018. He passed away last Wednesday.
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Anderson Strathern has announced a raft of promotions, with three new partner appointments, a senior associate promotion, three senior solicitor promotions and five solicitor promotions. The firm also retained all of its second year trainees. Nick Howie has become a partner in the corporate team. Mr
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The Herald has published a full obituary of Roy Martin QC, who passed away last month at the age of 69. Lord Woolman told The Herald: “Roy was a man with a brilliant legal brain and a powerful and independent mind. As an advocate he had the knack of having the ‘ear of the court’ -
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Neil Kelly looks at the Inner House's treatment of a case on collateral warranties that caused surprise last year. At the end of last year a judge in the Court of Session reached what many regarded as a controversial decision on the interpretation of a Scottish collateral warranty in the context of
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Law student Lauren Graham has briefed government lawyers in Belfast on key issues involving technology and the law, including smart technology, cryptocurrency and cyber security.
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