Following the collapse of Hadden Construction and confirmation that subcontractors stand to lose around £2 million, industry advocate Yosof Ewing – founder of Adjudicate.co.uk and speaker at this year’s Scottish Construction Summit – is calling for urgent legislative reform t
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Ralph Sayer, the Edinburgh-based solicitors and estate agents, has made two appointments. Kimberley Mackay has joined as a partner to head up a new private client division of the business, while the team has been further bolstered with the arrival of Louise McLaren as legal director.
Burness Paull acted as lead UK legal advisers to K-Bro Linen Systems on its £107.2 million acquisition of Star Mayan. K-Bro, an international owner and operator of laundry and linen processing facilities already has a strong UK presence through its Fishers and Shortridge businesses, and
Thorntons is continuing its strategic growth with the appointment of Ricardo Matteo as a partner in the firm’s newly established banking team. His addition further broadens Thorntons’ corporate and commercial offering and follows the firm’s recent merger with Macnabs.
The lawyer who led a recent review of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has said it is “absolutely inevitable” that further miscarriages of justice will come to light following the quashing of Peter Sullivan’s murder conviction after nearly four decades in prison. Mr Sull
A national action plan must be developed to tackle the housing emergency to avoid the risk the crisis “drifts on indefinitely”, according to a new report published today by a Holyrood committee. A year on from the official declaration of the national housing emergency by the Scottish Par
The Council of Europe has formally adopted a new Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law. The new Convention is the first international legally-binding instrument to address environmental crime, covering a broad range of criminal acts that aggravate the triple planetary
A charity working to prevent gender-based violence at colleges and universities will receive more than £200,000 from the Scottish government this year. EmilyTest, which was set up in memory of undergraduate law student Emily Drouet, helps to promote equality and tackle violence against women a
A Saudi-based Scottish worker whose home in Whiteness was subjected to a second home council tax premium has succeeded in having the case remitted to the First-tier Tribunal following an appeal to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. A second home levy of £2,048.49 was imposed on Mr A, the appella
An optician's shop called the "Spex Pistols" has been forced to rebrand following legal action from the punk band that inspired their name. The store in Dundee has changed its name and logo after more than 15 years, The Courier reports.
Rollos Law LLP has raised £12,850 by participating in an annual charity will-writing campaign.
A man imprisoned for almost four decades for a murder he didn't commit has been freed by an English court after he was exonerated by new DNA evidence. The Court of Appeal in London yesterday quashed the murder conviction of Peter Sullivan, who was found guilty in 1987 of the murder of Diane Sin
