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The Scottish Council of Law Reporting (SCLR) is pleased to announce the fifth Macfadyen Lecture: Maintaining Public Confidence in the Courts in the 21st Century It is to be given at 6.00pm on Tuesday 23rd June 2015 by the Rt Hon. Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada.

The Law Society of Scotland’s financial benchmarking report shows improving fortunes for smaller law firms. The annual survey of law firms’ financial performance in 2013-14 has shown an overall increase from £64,000 to £69,000 in profits per equity partners. (Profits per equity partner are bef

A man who threatened a sheriff in her presence that he would find and kill her has been sentenced to over three years in prison. At Airdrie Sheriff Court today, Sheriff Richard Clark sentenced Thomas Rundell to three years and two months imprisonment after the accused pled guilty to threatening to k

A former asylum seeker who was convicted for terror offences remains in prison despite having served his sentence, and has launched a new bid for freedom. Nasserdine Menni, a 41-year old Algerian convicted of helping to fund a suicide bombing in Sweden in 2010, is in Low Moss jail in East Dunbartons

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Glasgow-based Clydesdale Bank £20,678,300 for serious failings in its Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaint handling processes between May 2011 and July 2013. It is the largest ever fine imposed by the FCA for failings relating to PPI and Clyde

A new leader has been chosen for the specialist group of Faculty of Advocates’ members who practise in family law. Kate Dowdalls QC, has been named as chair of the Advocates’ Family Law Association (AFLA), and she is joined by a fresh line-up of office-bearers and committee members.

Only a third of businesses in the legal sector are open to the idea of hiring transgender staff, according to a new report from an English law firm. Crosslands Solicitors has surveyed 1,000 UK businesses across a range of sectors on their attitude towards transgender workers.

Pictured: Headway Tayside Chairman with Thorntons representativeand Ron, Robin and George who have all benefited from Headway’s services. Thorntons Solicitors recently took part in Hats for Headway, a fancy dress fundraiser in aid of Action for Brain Injury – and raised more than £

Over 5,000 students have now joined a legal bid to claim £20 million in compensation for classes cancelled by universities during lecturer strikes earlier this year, law firm Asserson has said. The firm has also been advised by a "leading barrister" that the claims are likely to succeed.

In recent years, businesses have been supporting Pride events in ever increasing numbers, as evidenced at last year’s Pride event in London which saw more than 50 corporates sign up as partners, including Starbucks, Virgin Atlantic and Barclays. Across the UK, businesses of all sizes from all

Davidson Chalmers has appointed Jacqueline Cook as its new planning director. She will play a lead role advising clients on planning-related matters, working alongside colleagues within the firm’s specialist teams including commercial property, construction, residential development, renewables

Shepherd and Wedderburn has appointed Jacqueline Moore to lead a new immigration department to support clients in the run-up to Brexit and beyond. Ms Moore will advise businesses and individuals in the UK and overseas on matters ranging from right to work, sponsor licenses, family and personal visas

New figures published today for 2017-18 show that 3,249 race crime charges were reported in Scotland, continuing the downward trend with 118 fewer charges than 2016-17. The report, Hate Crime in Scotland 2017-18, brings together figures on race crime, and on crime motivated by prejudice related to r

Legislation intended to create a "clearer, fairer and more credible way" of setting of the personal injury discount rate for damages claims has been published today. The personal injury (PI) discount rate is used to help calculate lump sum compensation to cover future losses such as future salary lo

CMS has announced its financial results for 2017, with global annual revenues of €1.3bn for 2017 – a year-on year growth of 31 per cent. Like-for-like profitability is up 19.3 per cent for UK LLP. When merger costs are removed, the underlying profitability is up 36 per cent.