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Catherine Guthrie (pictured) discusses the need to account for digital assets when making a will. It has recently been announced that Facebook is to introduce a “legacy contract”, allowing a friend or relative to access and update a person’s profile when they die. The idea is not without its c

This year's Scottish Legal News Annual Review devotes a section to Scottish lawyers working in the USA. The section is built around an essay by US judge Jed Rakoff and in it three Scottish lawyers tell of their experiences stateside.

MacRoberts has appointed John McGovern (pictured) partner. Mr McGovern heads a three-strong team appointed by the firm to further strengthen the intellectual property, technology & commercial (IPTC) practice group.

Commenting on the death of Scottish solicitor Joe Beltrami (pictured), Alistair Morris, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: “Joe Beltrami was a towering figure in Scotland’s legal landscape and will be much missed by all those who knew him. “Joe became a household name as one of th

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) will not be held into the death of a six-week-old baby over seven years ago, the Crown Office has said. The decision came after discussions with the family of Alexis Matheson – with the Crown Office saying facts and learning points had previously been established in

A new law which aims to speed up the process of “getting the deal in writing” and bring benefits to businesses in Scotland, has been passed by the Scottish parliament. Speaking after the stage 3 debate on the Legal Writings (Counterparts and Delivery) (Scotland) Bill energy secretary Fergus Ewin

Pressure is mounting on Scottish ministers to scrap a law meant to give patients a legal guarantee of speedy NHS treatment following news it has been flouted in a significant number of cases. The Treatment of Time Guarantee came into force in 2012 as part of the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011, w

A judge in the Court of Appeal has told the former wife of a millionaire horse surgeon to find a job and that she has no right to expect “an income for life” at the expense of her ex-husband. Lord Justice Pitchford’s (pictured) decision may affect how former partners of wealthy spouses are tre

The Scottish Legal News Annual Review 2015 contains an excellent family law section. Linda Walker of Balfour Manson asks: “Are the Scots a tight-fisted bunch when it comes to divorce?”.

Mike Dailly offers the view that the insolvency industry in Scotland often preys on the misery of the vulnerable. Not every business does badly in a recession. Some do very well indeed. The following case is fairly typical. It illustrates something worryingly wrong and unfair at the heart of the ins

A specialist crime unit to deal with food fraud is to be established in Scotland and will involve organisations including Police Scotland, the UK Border Agency, HMRC as well as local authorities. The new crime unit is expected to be created after Food Standards Scotland (FSS) takes over from the UK-

The amount of heroin discovered being smuggled into Perth Prison has risen by 500 per cent in the past year. Heroin seized by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) rose from 1.6 grams in 2013/14 to 9.5 grams in 2014/15.

Solicitor Aamer Anwar has claimed security officials were aware that one of the schoolgirls from London who travelled to Syria last week to join ISIS had been in contact with Glaswegian girl Aqsa Mahmood who joined the organisation last year. Mr Anwar, who is the Mahmood family’s solicitor, said t

The lord advocate Frank Mulholland QC believes the Contempt of Court Act 1981 must be altered to take account of the rise of online activity and the change in the law that led to the abolition of double jeopardy. Writing in Scottish Legal News Annual Review 2015, the Mr Mulholland suggests the law i