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Victims of surgical mesh across Scotland and their legal teams have hailed a very important legal milestone made public today by the Court of Session. Hundreds of women from all parts of the country are currently taking legal action against the manufactures of surgical mesh after suffering horrific

A rise in the cost of practising as a Scottish solicitor has been agreed following an eight-year freeze. Members voted in the majority to adopt the proposed rise of £15 in the 2018/19 practising certificate (PC) subscription to £565, put forward by the Law Society’s Council.

Arbitration specialist Brandon Malone has been made an associate member of Quadrant Chambers in London. Mr Malone has over 25 years’ experience in commercial dispute resolution as arbitrator and counsel, specialising in construction, engineering, infrastructure, and energy, including oil and g

Solicitor Nicholas Ian Cooper has been appointed as a non-executive director at Springfield Properties. Mr Cooper, 54, is a qualified solicitor with over 20 years’ board experience as an executive and non-executive director, general counsel and company secretary with UK-listed and private comp

Human rights organisation Reprieve has called for a judge-led public inquiry to establish the full extent of Britain's involvement in the rendition and torture of Abdul Hakim Belhaj and Fatima Boudchar by the CIA following anti-torture rulings yesterday from the European Court of Human Rig

There should be new statutory aggravations in relation to gender and age as protected characteristics, according to a review on hate crime submitted to Scottish ministers today. Lord Bracadale's review sets out recommendations in relation to the suite of laws covering hate crime offences in Scotland

A Digby Brown partner has become the first solicitor in Scotland to be accredited as a specialist in both brain injury and spinal cord injury. Moira Kay, who has been with the firm’s serious injury department for over 13 years, received the accolade from the Association of Personal Injury Lawy

Matthew Stimson considers the ramifications of the Stage 1 Report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill. On 17 May 2018, the Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee published its Stage 1 Report on the Planning (Scotland) Bill.

More patients affected by violence will be offered support during admission to hospital to help them turn away from violence in their lives. The Scottish government has awarded £140,000 to the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit to expand its ‘Navigator’ programme to Queen Elizabeth U

Brewin Dolphin is growing its matrimonial team in Scotland with the appointment of family law and mediation expert, Anne Hall Dick, as a consultant. Ms Dick will work with the Brewin Dolphin team to enhance its understanding of the market. She will also provide mentoring and training to the firm&rsq

The Faculty of Advocates' Gavin MacColl QC, has been appointed independent chair of the Scottish Rugby Council standing committee on governance. Mr MacColl, who called in 2000 and took silk last year, is one of the bar’s specialists in commercial law.

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has announced that Norman Fiddes has agreed to sit on its Arbitral Appointments Committee, joining its Domestic Sub-Committee. The centre’s arbitral appointments service has been operating since it was first introduced in December 2014. When parties specify

Blackadders has appointed Susie Clark as an associate solicitor in its Dundee office. Ms Clark will help to develop the firm’s conveyancing credentials and portfolio of clients in Dundee and Angus. She has over two decades of experience as a property lawyer and will reinforce the firm's p

A gang which flew drugs into a prison using a drone filmed themselves for nearly 20 minutes, a court heard yesterday. The jury at Perth Sheriff Court saw footage of men packaging drugs recovered from the grounds of Perth Prison, The Scotsman reports.

Anderson Strathern is advising Elgin Energy around Scotland’s largest solar farm at the former RAF base at Milltown in Moray. The 50 megawatt (MW) solar park, which received approval from the Scottish government last week, will likely power a combination of thousands of homes and electric cars