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Burges Salmon has advised on a multi-million-pound funding round to support the launch of the new low-cost digital wealth platform, Prosper. The firm's fintech team, led by Edinburgh-based associate Niall Mackle and partner Alex Lloyd, advised Prosper on its pre-seed fundraising.

Record numbers attended Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP’s annual renewables seminar this month, which put the spotlight on Scotland's trajectory towards achieving its onshore wind targets.

The Scottish government’s proposals to reform freedom of information (FOI) are “weak, timid and far from what the public is calling for”, Scottish Labour MSP Katy Clark has said. Publishing its response to last year’s consultation yesterday, the Scottish government has ruled

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has been awarded expenses in relation to action taken to secure files from a solicitor to investigate a complaint against him. The solicitor failed to produce the file until the day before the contempt of court hearing against him first called. The cou

Ledingham Chalmers’ turnover for 2022/23 was £13.4 million – its highest since becoming a limited liability partnership (LLP) in 2006. Group turnover, including subsidiary Ledingham Chalmers Financial, was £14.2m, compared with £13.6m in 2021/22. Pre-tax profit was slig

Harper Macleod has advised the shareholders of Dalcross Group on its sale to Skytanking UK Ltd. The Dalcross Group provides ground handling, de-icing, lavatory and water services, transportation, fuel services, catering, cargo, baggage, and freight forwarding services at Aberdeen and Inverness airpo

Proposed reforms that would give the Scottish government more powers over the courts have been described as “constitutionally inept” by the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian. Underscoring the importance of the separation of powers, the judge told the Scottish Parliament's Equalities, Huma

Stuart Clubb, partner, solicitor advocate and joint head of the Scottish dispute resolution and litigation team at Shoosmiths in Edinburgh, will take over as chair of the Edinburgh Insolvency Discussion Group (EIDG) on 1 January 2024. Mr Clubb, who specialises in corporate restructuring and insolven

Four out of every five London litigators are now engaged in cases where at least one party is supported by litigation funding, a survey has found. Furthermore, 90 per cent of litigators believe it is time to regulate the third-party finance sector.

The student-run Law Clinic at the University of Strathclyde has been named a winner in the Herald’s Law Awards of Scotland, in recognition of its work in giving access to justice to communities in the Glasgow area.

A question from a politician gave the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, pause for thought, and laughter, at Holyrood yesterday. The judge, along with Lord Ericht, was appearing before the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee, which was taking evidence on the Regulation of Legal Servi

A lord ordinary has found that an electrical contractor could not be held liable for injuries suffered by a solar panel engineer it subcontracted to perform work for it when he fell on a wet metal roof during a solar panel installation. It was agreed by pursuer James Miller and defender JW Wheatley

A report on land trends has brought fresh insights into rural land transactions in Scotland. New research has shown an upswing in the demand for farmland, with Aberdeenshire and Dumfriesshire emerging as prime locations and Argyll, Central, and Southwest Scotland being at the forefront of the demand

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is facing a special review of its 'A status' as a national human rights institution after LGBT+ groups raised concerns about its political independence. The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) agreed to carry out the special

Addleshaw Goddard has announced that Andrew Johnston has been elected managing partner in an uncontested election for a term of four years, taking effect from 1 May 2024. Mr Johnston joined Addleshaw Goddard in 2013, to lead the firm's M&A practice in the Middle East. He has been a board member