A Scottish woman who was struck by a motorcyclist after an afternoon of drinking in a pub while on holiday in Spain will have any damages awarded to her reduced after she was found to have “materially contributed” to the accident. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court ruled
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Lord Pentland Today the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) publishes its report recommending reform of defamation law in Scotland. The report includes draft legislation designed to modernise the law for the age of the internet and social media. The draft bill is the most substantial proposed reform of de
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New figures have shown that despite a record number of solicitors in the year 2016/17, there were only 23 more complaints against the legal profession, representing less than one per cent of solicitor transactions. The number of Scottish solicitors holding a practising certificate during 2016/17 was
Lord Hughes Primers on scientific evidence are being introduced in UK courts as a working tool for judges.
The Faculty of Advocates has voiced deep dismay at being exposed to a new “burdensome and financially onerous” anti-money laundering regime. Under UK government plans, an Office for Professional Body Anti-Money Laundering Supervision (OPBAS) will be established within the Financial Conduct Autho
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Shoosmiths LLP is continuing to develop its presence in Scotland with a new lateral hire appointed to its Edinburgh office. Derek Couper joins Access Legal Solicitors, the private client arm of Shoosmiths LLP, as a solicitor. Previously a solicitor with Plexus Law in Edinburgh, Mr Couper has been ap
Donna Reynolds Donna Reynolds looks at proposals to combat maternity discrimination.
The Hindles team with founding director Alistair Hindle at second from left (by Stewart Attwood) Hindles, a firm of patent and trade mark attorneys that became the first specialist intellectual property (IP) firm to originate from Edinburgh since the Industrial Revolution when it was founded in 2005
Pictured (L-R): Charlie Fraser, partner, Jacqueline Law, managing partner, Michael Sinclair, senior property partner and Allan Gardner, financial services director.
An American woman who challenged a sheriff’s decision that a dispute with her former husband over the care of their child should be determined in the United States rather than in Scotland has successfully appealed against the ruling. The Sheriff Appeal Court held that the sheriff “erred in law
Only specialist legal software supplier with offices in all four countries of the UK LEAP, the world’s leading cloud software provider for small law firms, announces it has relocated its offices in Edinburgh to larger premises to accommodate a team which has expanded from seven to sixteen during t
More work is needed to address judicial diversity and issues with recruitment that threaten the UK’s world-renowned legal systems, the House of Lords Constitution Committee has warned today. The committee states in a report today that It is deeply concerned about the dispute between the UK governm
