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Blackadders LLP has been ranked in the top band for private wealth law in the Dundee area in the Chamber High Net Worth Guide. As well as appearing in Band 1, Laura McDowall, head of the private client team, has achieved an individual Band 1 ranking for the Dundee area.

Thomas Mitchell makes a renewed call for presumed liability. New offences of causing death or serious injury by dangerous, careless, or inconsiderate cycling have recently come into force. Despite the offences of careless and dangerous cycling having already been around for several years, these new

The Law Society of Scotland has launched a guide to help improve disability and neurodiversity inclusion across the Scottish legal profession. The guide offers practical information and advice on how organisations can embed disability and neurodiversity inclusion in their processes and procedures, a

A violent rapist has been jailed after assaulting and abusing three women and a child over the course of a decade. Alastair Nicolson was found guilty of a catalogue of offences following a trial at the High Court in Inverness on May 22.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) has been granted permission to intervene in the Police Service of Northern Ireland surveillance case before the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) in London. The IPT is examining alleged unlawful covert surveillance of journalists in a case brought by Barry M

A woman who fell out with her then-boyfriend after a Coldplay concert has been ordered by a tribunal to repay him for the cost of her ticket. The Civil Resolution Tribunal in British Columbia, Canada rejected arguments that the $450 CAD (around €300 or £250) ticket was a gift and held it

Around 75,000 convictions for fare evasion are expected to be quashed in England and Wales after a court ruled that train operators had brought unlawful prosecutions. Lawyers for Greater Anglia and Northern Trains apologised to Westminster Magistrates' Court last week, saying they acknowledged the e

Tidman Legal, a firm of business and intellectual property lawyers based in Edinburgh, has been shortlisted in the Service Industries Entrepreneur of the Year category in Scotland. Now in their 12th year, the awards were established to celebrate entrepreneurs and recognise their far-reaching achieve

Burness Paull has advised longstanding client FOR EV on a project that saw the electric vehicle infrastructure provider install two major charging hubs at Network Rail Scotland’s operational depots in Irvine and Cowlairs, near Glasgow. The hubs have been tailored to Network Rail Scotland&rsquo

Company insolvencies in June have fallen year-on-year by four per cent to 109. The figure comprised 60 CVLs, 43 compulsory liquidations and six administrations. There were no CVAs and no receivership appointments.

Israel is unlawfully occupying the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem and is obliged under international law to withdraw its forces and dismantle its settlements as rapidly as possible, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled.

Fake olive oil worth almost $1 million (around €914,000 or £767,000) has been seized from an alleged criminal gang in Italy. Italian police arrested seven people and raided more than a dozen garages and warehouses in the major overnight operation last week, CNN reports.

On October 28 a concert in aid of the furtherance of the education of Ukranian music students in exile will be held in Edinburgh's Queens Hall. The principal soloist will be the outstanding Ukranian classical pianist Anna Fedorova, with supporting performances from the Aurora Ensemble and the Scotti

Thompsons Solicitors is representing social housing tenants who are seeking damages after prolonged exposure to black mould. Claire Campbell, a partner at the firm, is handling 81 such cases. More than 90 per cent of the cases relate to tenants in housing association properties. Around a third live