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The Supreme Court is looking for aspiring young artists to exhibit their work in the court’s building in London. 2024 marks the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the opening of the refurbished home of the Court on Parliament Square.

A criminal defence lawyer who repeatedly made off without paying her restaurant bills has been struck off. English solicitor Kerry Ann Stevens was convicted of fraud last year in connection with two incidents, one where she left a restaurant with an unpaid £60.91 bill and another where she lie

An Aberdeen sheriff has issued a written opinion explaining the ex tempore decision he took to refuse an appeal by an Orange Lodge group against a council’s decision not to grant it permission for a public procession through Stonehaven on 16 March 2024. The Dunottar Martyrs Memorial Loyal Oran

Gilson Gray has appointed former Scottish football player and experienced solicitor David Winnie to lead its sports offering. He will head up the new sports and immigration specialism, working alongside Gilson Gray’s corporate team. Mr Winnie has previously represented players, clubs, sporting

Amid continuing concern over the poor quality of legislative draftsmanship in the UK, Liam Kerr, shadow cabinet secretary for education and skills, raises the issue of how Scotland's own Henry VIII clauses, framework bills, are used at Holyrood to circumvent legislative scrutiny. What does an incumb

The Herald has published an obituary for Sheriff Brian Kearney, who passed away on March 28 at the age of 88. "Scots law has lost a legend and Scotland’s children a champion following the death of Sheriff Brian Kearney, who loved the law and made contributions to it, appreciated by so many. Hi

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has welcomed the ruling from the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) on an appeal from Join the Triboo Limited. The online recruitment firm appealed a fine of £130,000 and an enforcement notice issued by the ICO in April 2023 for s

Blackadders LLP is to support the Digital Xtra Fund to help young people in Scotland gain access to innovative and digitally creative activities. Funds raised by the charity Digital Xtra are awarded to schools and community groups across the country, providing kit and extracurricular activites to in

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have urged Scottish ministers to "get serious" over the challenges facing policing as new figures reveal that police officer numbers are now at their lowest level in more than a decade and a half. The Scottish government’s Police Officer Quarterly Strength Statis

The US capital has said it can no longer afford to pay lawyers representing poor defendants on Wednesdays. As a result of a budget crisis, all 120 public defenders in Washington DC will be forced to take an unpaid day off once per week, normally a Wednesday, NBC Washington reports.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by stated case against a sheriff’s decision to evict a debtor from her family home and give a trustee in bankruptcy the authority to sell the property in a long-running sequestration dispute. Gordon Maclure, an insolvency practitioner appointed tr

A GMB union judge member’s challenge in a ‘secret soundings’ case is to take place next month. A member of GMB union’s J25 Judicial Branch has received a date for their legal challenge to the use of ‘secret soundings’ when deciding on the appointment of judges in

Kennedys has appointed Anne Kentish as a partner in Scotland, based in Edinburgh. She will be joined by legal director, Colette Finnieston. Ms Kentish qualified as a solicitor in 1994 and joins Kennedys having spent 10 years at Clyde & Co, where she latterly led the professional indemnity team i