Search:

Retired solicitor David Baird Reid has passed away at the age of 85. "David Baird Reid, the only son of Eveline and David Reid, a Dundee solicitor, was born on July 14 1937. Raised in Monifieth he was educated at Dundee High School.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to commence the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of John White and Martyn Smith following attacks by Oskars Rancevs in Castle Road, Oban on 1 October 2018. A preliminary

Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Ross Nicol as a partner to its commercial team in Scotland. Mr Nicol, formerly of Dentons, specialises in advising clients on intellectual property, information technology, data privacy and broader commercial contracts matters.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's commissioner for children’s rights, over the deportation of Ukrainian children. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan KC said in a statement that the Pre-Trial Chamber "has confirmed that there

More than 1,000 federal judges have sought the removal of their personal information from the internet under an initiative launched following the murder of one judge's son. The response to the online scrubbing programme was revealed in the US court system's annual report.

Westwater Advocates' Greg Sanders' new book has been published. A Practical Guide To The Right to Roam in Scotland comes after he "identified a gap in the market for a comprehensive, practical guide looking at the competing interests of landowners and ramblers".

Gibson Kerr has appointed Sara Albizzati as associate and notary public and Susie Alexander as senior solicitor and notary public. Ms Albizzati has become an expert in all aspects of the personal law discipline with almost 10 years’ industry experience.

Solicitors and legal staff are being invited to attend a demonstration of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service’s new Civil Online platform. The new portal has been developed to include the legislative change required for Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 20

The management and processing of data remains at the forefront of consideration for all businesses and organisations, a well-publicised example of which was the cyber-attack on Arnold Clark to steal customer data in December last year, which highlighted the impact such matters can have on a strong b

A legal job can be stressful in many ways at the best of times. Allan Ker WS, however, had a very difficult time that is unlikely to have been matched by many others in the profession although some of his contemporaries would doubtless understand the difficulties. Allan Ebenezer Ker was born in Edin

A Deputy Judge of the High Court of England and Wales has granted permission for a Ukrainian father to withdraw an application under the Hague Convention of 1980 under which he sought the return of his two children to Kyiv. Applicant NW had remained in Ukraine under the requirements of martial law w

The public affairs in this country are normally conducted on the basis that politics and the law are immiscible. In his defence against the Partygate allegations of contempt of Parliament currently before the House of Commons committee on Privileges, Boris Johnson is trying to blend the two, writes

SNP leadership election? What’s that? Oakeshott v Hancock? Forget it. Boris’s bung for his dad – a knighthood was it? Do we care? The Macron-Sunak alliance? Missed that one. Some Stirling girl’s war movie up for an Oscar? Nope. A missile attack on a nuclear power station in U

Burness Paull has appointed media, entertainment and sports specialist Fraser MacKinven as a partner in its technology and commercial division. Mr MacKinven, who worked in Burness Paull’s corporate finance team earlier in his career, re-joins from Abu Dhabi-based Flash Entertainment, where he

Professor Jo Shaw, head of Edinburgh Law School, will receive an honorary doctorate in law from the University of Helsinki on 16 June 2023. The University of Helsinki’s Conferment Jubilee celebrations commence on 20 March 2023 with the announcement of the university’s new honorary doctor