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A former SNP MP who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for embezzling funds from a Scottish independence group and the Glasgow City branch of the SNP has had her sentence reduced by four months following an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary. In an appeal against her conviction and s

Digby Brown recently successfully challenged an argument advanced by a defender regarding the application of section 8(4) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act 2018 (‘the 2018 Act’). Sections 8(1) and (2) of this Act contain important provisions restrict

An American pizza shop which refused to serve a group of police officers has become the focal point of an inter-departmental row over police conduct. The Pizza Squared restaurant in San Francisco faced a deluge of bad reviews after the SF Police Officers Association (POA) said a number of officers w

The University of Strathclyde Mediation Clinic is to host a major conference in March. The third UK Mediation Clinic Conference will be held in the university's new state-of-the-art Teaching and Learning Hub.

Lawyers in Aberdeen have brought an end to industrial action as a “demonstration of collective goodwill” and ahead of an increase to the legal aid budget, the Press and Journal reports.

Keoghs has defended the first reported decision testing the parameters of the rules on QOCS exceptions in Scotland, in the case of Lennox v Iceland Foods Limited. The decision provides clarification on how courts may define ‘manifestly unreasonable’ when deciding whether to apply QOCS in

It’s not an insignificant mark of regard of one’s peers for an advocate to be elected Clerk of Faculty as Barney Ross was last month following a six-way contest. It’s also one about which he is typically self-effacing, and he gently points out that his observations are made in a pe

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has ruled that the First-tier Tribunal erred in questioning the validity of a guarantee agreement between a private landlord and the parent of her tenant in an undefended action by the landlord for payment. Appellant Alice Woro sought payment from respondent Ian Brown

Barney Ross has been elected Clerk of Faculty following a six-way contest. Mr Ross succeeds Richard Pugh KC, who has stepped down after three-and-a-half years in office.

Jade Blair explains some of the differences in terminology used in Scotland and in England when awarding a successful party their expenses (or should that be costs). I find that the grammar fiend in my laptop has boldly underlined my use of “outwith” in the above heading indicating that

Imagine if you couldn’t make decisions yourself. Who would act on your behalf? Who’d pay bills, manage your welfare, and make key decisions? That’s the role of your attorney. The breadth of the control an attorney can have over your affairs couldn’t have been starker in a cas

Four members of Black Chambers have been appointed as King’s Counsel. Tony Lenehan, Gareth Jones, Steven Borthwick, and Michael Anderson all took silk in the latest appointments. This brings the total of King’s Counsel within Black Chambers to 15.Mr Lenehan called to the bar in 2005, and

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has rejected a case by a company that bought a house on the island of Sanday in the Orkney Islands alleging abusive practices by the former directors of a local haulage firm in conjunction with the local council and its wholly owned ferry subsidiary. Blue Planet Holdi

Compass Chambers has announced the appointment of new silks Gavin Anderson, Calum Wilson and Richard Pugh. The trio were among 16 new King's Counsel appointed by His Majesty The King on the recommendation of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, having been nominated by the the Lord Justice General, Lord

Ian Hamilton KC, famous for the 1950 removal of the Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey to Scotland, has died at the age of 97.