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Foreign lawyers and law firms will be allowed to practise in India following a historic decision by the Bar Council of India (BCI). New rules will allow foreign law firms to set up offices in India to practise transactional and corporate work on a reciprocal basis.

The MiniTrials Steering Group has geared up a level with two new appointments. Solicitor Stephanie Watson has been appointed to the newly-created post of secretary, to co-ordinate the annual Edinburgh schools event and the development of inter-schools events in cities and towns across Scotland.Ms Wa

A fund that helps to tackle inequality and discrimination has supported more than 115,000 people in its first year. The Scottish government’s Equality and Human Rights Fund is providing £21 million in grants over three years to 48 organisations to "further equality" and protect human rig

Scottish Legal News is inviting readers to answer the question: should lawyers work a four-day week? The four-day workweek came to the fore in the wake of the pandemic, with companies around the world trialling the model and finding it to be a success.

There are still spaces available for the Trusts, Fiduciaries and Executries Bar Group (TrustBar) seminar this Thursday 23 March 2023 at the Royal Northern and University Club, 9 Albyn Place, Aberdeen, AB10 1YE. For further information, including how to book your place at this event, please see the e

Dr Mitchell Lennan and Dr Constantinos Yiallourides, lecturer and honorary lecturer at Aberdeen University's School of Law, have contributed chapters to an edited collection on the rule of law for oceans. The Environmental Rule of Law for Oceans – Designing Legal Solutions, edited by Dr Froukj

Leanne Gordon has rejoined Lindsays' rural services department as farmers, crofters and landowners respond to a string of major changes and challenges. Mrs Gordon previously spent six years at Lindsays – rising from solicitor to senior associate – until June last year. She has since had

Members of the public have a right to be rude at town hall meetings and can compare town officials to Hitler if they want to, a US court has ruled. Local officials in Southborough, Massachusetts have been left disappointed by a new ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court which struck do

The UK government has announced that the maximum jail sentence for tax fraud will double from seven to 14 years for the most "egregious" forms of evasion. The Treasury announced the change in last week's spring budget and said it will consult on the introduction of a new criminal offence for pr

A major international summit could be the last hope in ensuring safe and sustainable water supplies for the planet, a University of Dundee expert has warned. Professor John Rowan, director of Dundee’s UNESCO Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, is an invited speaker to the UN 2023 Water C

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has confirmed a £500,000 saving in costs over the next five years. The organisation is downsizing its office space, following a substantive programme of work to develop new ways of working, investment in upgraded IT infrastructure and a drive to

Anderson Strathern’s new chair has said the firm is perfectly positioned to continue its trajectory of strong revenue and profit growth, even in what he considers a “challenging time” for the profession and the economy. Fraser Geddes has relinquished his position as head of the fir

A Luxembourg-based pharmaceutical company has succeeded in an action in the High Court of England and Wales in which it alleged that a drug manufacturing division of an NHS trust was in breach of a drug development agreement (DA) relating to a treatment for lung disease. SciPharm S.a.r.l claimed tha

The University of Strathclyde hosted the 3rd UK Mediation Clinic Conference on Saturday 18 March, on the theme of "Working with the Courts".

A new bill to protect the environment and tackle the persecution of birds of prey has been published. The Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill aims to: