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Kennedys has boosted its presence in Scotland with the hire of partner Peter Demick from Brodies. Previously heading up Brodies’ casualty insurance team, handling motor, employers’, public and product liability and personal injury litigation, Mr Demick also has experience in handling claims that

A new bill that would stop the use of wild animals performing or being displayed in travelling circuses in Scotland needs to be tightened, a Holyrood committee has said. The Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee has published a report today outlining key recommendations to improve th

Reforms to contract law on third party rights have been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill will establish a statutory basis for third-party rights.

A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to life imprisonment and told he must serve a minimum of 23 years in jail for murder and culpable homicide. The High Court in Edinburgh heard that in the early hours of 26 February 2017 Robert Stratton stabbed and killed cousins Julie McCash and David Sorrie foll

Westwater Advocates is sponsoring five places for law students at the United Kingdom Environmental Law Association (Scotland) Conference in Edinburgh on 5 October, which is being organised by stable member Sir Crispin Agnew QC. The conference majors on access to environmental justice, an important t

Two media companies which complained about a judicial order banning the publication of images in which the defendant in a criminal trial for murder could be identified suffered no article 10 violations, the European Court of Human Rights has held. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case of Axel Sp

Construction of Scotland’s first justice centre is scheduled to begin in November 2017.The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has welcomed the decision by The Highland Council to approve updated plans for Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre in Inverness.

Three people have been fined in the German city of Essen for failing to come to the aid of a pensioner who collapsed in the lobby of a bank. Four bank customers were prosecuted for doing nothing to assist the 83-year-old man who suddenly collapsed and hit his head, leading to a traumatic brain injur

Lawyers led by a human rights NGO are calling for the UK-UAE Extradition Treaty to be suspended after multiple UK court rulings have rejected UAE extradition requests due to the “real likelihood of human rights violations”. Radha Stirling, CEO of NGO Detained in Dubai, a UK-based organisation sp

Lawyers in Nebraska may accept cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as payment for legal services, a local state ethics committee has determined. The eight-member Lawyers' Advisory Committee said in an advisory dated 11 September 2017 that Nebraska attorneys can accept a cryptocurrency as long as they i

Macdonald Henderson has achieved a doubling in size since its management buyout in 2009 following the announcement of two new appointments. Victoria Lawson has been appointed as a conveyancing executive in the firm's private client team, while Colm Kerr has been appointed as a trainee solicitor in t

Campaigners who took legal action over a Home Office decision not to extend a public inquiry on undercover policing to Scotland have been granted permission for a full judicial review.

Baby names with a tilde, as in the letter Ñ, are illegal in France, a court has ruled, sparking controversy in the distinct cultural region of Brittany.

The introduction of new simple procedure special claims rules is to be delayed until next year, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has announced. Simple Procedure is a court process designed to resolve civil disputes where the cash value is less than £5,000.

Runners and cyclists from an Aberdeen law firm have raised £1,800 in the last month for a local cancer research charity, taking their fundraising total for 2017 to £13,000. Staff and partners from Stronachs LLP took part in various sporting events throughout August, to help the north-east firm rea