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Defence solicitors have begun their first week of industrial action over domestic abuse cases after a collapse in talks with the Scottish government over reform to legal aid. They will also decline to act where an accused has no solicitor and cannot represent themselves – and will not take par

The Lord President, Lord Carloway has written to His Majesty The King to inform him of his intention to retire in early 2025. He has also written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister John Swinney to notify them of his decision. Lord Carloway was appointed as lord president of the Cou

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions and raised proceedings for judicial review in the Court of Session on behalf of a client of the Renfrewshire Head Injury Service (RHIS). In February 2024, Renfrewshire Council (RC) and the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (Renfrewshire

In 1787 Robert Burns met the woman who may have been the great love of his life. Her name was Agnes Maclehose and she was already married, though separated, ensuring that this liaison would be scandalous in all respects.

A police force has told of its success in discouraging young people from partying at the beach by blasting classical music at the shore. The likes of Strauss' The Blue Danube, Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Schubert's Ave Maria have now been used by police in the Finnish city of Espoo to disperse end-of

TikTok is facing a lawsuit from a new group of French parents who believe the video-sharing platform is not doing enough to protect children online. The Algos Victima collective, backed by lawyer Laure Boutron-Marmion, aims to bring together the greatest number of families to bring TikTok before the

CMS is to host an event later this month to support Scotland’s food and drink sector to develop and safeguard their brand’s intellectual property (IP). Led by CMS partner and IP specialist Neeraj Thomas and fellow IP specialist Cara McGlynn, the free-to-attend seminar will be of interest

A judge in the High Court of England and Wales has dismissed an application by a transgender man seeking a decree of nullity in respect of his purported marriage to a woman in 2009, when he did not have a valid Gender Recognition Certificate, so that he could lawfully marry her again to resolve an i

A piece of land can be a ‘land-locked’ enclave, so as to have a right of way over a neighbour’s property on the basis of necessity, despite the enclave being on the coast and adjoining the foreshore and the sea. Such public rights as there may be over the foreshore and the sea do n

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged first notices with the sheriff court to begin the court process for a conjoined fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of David Donnelly and Robert Thomson. David Donnelly, aged 83, died at Hairmyres Hospital on 14 January 2019. Rober

Last Friday Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace said farewell to Bruce Robertson, partner in the commercial property team. Having studied at Aberdeen University, Mr Robertson joined the then firm of Clark and Wallace on the 1 August 1978 and has spent his whole career, from trainee, assistant

Following the announcement that the Lord President, Lord Carloway is to retire next year, senior lawyers have wished him well.

A firm of solicitors ordered to pay a client almost £10 million after it was found to have negligently failed to advise them of requirements for lodging caution in an unsuccessful case worth £22.325 million has lost an appeal against the decision. TLT LLP admitted negligence but denied t

A man who stole more than a dozen cans of Pringles told police "once you pop, you can't stop". Adam Spencer, 40, was arrested in Nottinghamshire following a string of burglaries and shop thefts.