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Eilidh Wiseman

A Scottish mother has lost a legal dispute with the Australian father of her child after failing in an appeal against a judge’s ruling that their one-year-old son should be returned from Scotland to Brisbane so judges there can determine the baby’s future. The Inner House of the Court of Session

Pictured: (L-R): Professor Hector MacQueen, Malcolm McMillan (chief executive), Lord Pentland (chairman), Dr Andrew Steven, David Johnston QC and Mrs Caroline Drummond

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has again sponsored the University of Edinburgh’s Pre-Vis Moot event as well as its Multi-Tier Dispute Resolution in Practice conference, which was held in in Edinburgh on Friday 10 March. Lord Hope of Craighead delivered the opening and closing remarks at the confe

Pictured (L-R): Susan McManus, HR adviser, SCTS ; Geoff Kitchener, customer relationship manager, Centrica; Elena Poulos, chair Carer Contact Group, SCTS; Sarah Jackson, OBE, CEO Working Families

Her Honour Judge Anuja Ravindra Dhir QC A woman from Dundee has become the first non-white judge to be appointed to the Old Bailey, The Courier reports.

Lord Minginish From 1 April the Scottish Land Court became one of ”the Scottish courts” as defined by the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008 and within the responsibility of the Lord President.

Pictured: (L-R) Megan MacInnes, Prof David Adams, Andrew Thin, Bob McIntosh, Dr Sally Reynolds and Lorne MacLeod

Gordon Jackson QC Scottish ministers have announced a review of the regulation of legal services with a view to making independent recommendations to reform and modernise the statutory framework for the regulation of legal services and complaints handling.

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission has launched a public consultation on the law reform work that it should carry out in the future.

Lord Malcolm A mother whose baby was left with a permanent disability as a result of the “excessive force” used by a midwife during delivery is to be awarded £725,000 damages after the health board lost an appeal in a negligence case against it.

The Judicial Council for Scotland has expressed concern over reports of legislative developments in Poland which threaten to deprive the judiciary of independence from executive control.

A Scottish local authority involved in arbitration proceedings with a building company following a dispute over a construction contract has had an application for a court order prohibiting disclosure of the identity of the parties refused. A judge in the Court of Session noted that the names of the

Pictured (L-R): Brandon Malone, Martin Šolc and Andrew Mackenzie

Brandon Malone The Scottish Arbitration Centre has supported the London Centre for International Law Practice 2nd Annual Conference on Energy Arbitration and Dispute Resolution in the Middle East and Africa, held in London last week. Brandon Malone, chairman of the board of the centre, devised and d