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Andrew Blain Shepherd and Wedderburn's 2015 Corporate Review testifies to a record year for corporate deals and M&A activity. The firm closed over 97 deals last year with an aggregate deal value of £5.4 billion.

A goat arrested yesterday for grazing in an Indian district magistrate's garden has been released on bail. Police arrested the law-breaking goat and its owner, Abdul Hassan, after a criminal complaint was made by district magistrate Hemant Ratre's gardener.

A home carer who was injured after she slipped and fell in icy conditions en route to a client has won her appeal to the Supreme Court based on the admissibility of the evidence of an expert witness and whether the respondents had been in breach of their statutory duties or negligent. Lord Reed and

An application for leave to appeal against a decision of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to refuse a complaint as “totally without merit” has been refused. A judge in the Court of Session dismissed the application on the ground that it was lodged after the statutory time limit of 28 day

Michael Matheson The Scottish government is to challenge a legal loophole critics have said makes Scotland a target for money launderers and tax evaders, The Herald reports.

Lorne Crerar Harper Macleod has been appointed to provide commercial and employment law advice on the City of Edinburgh Council legal framework.

Alison Britton Glasgow Caledonian University professor Alison Britton has been re-appointed as convener to the Law Society of Scotland’s health and medical law sub-committee.

A pro-life campaign group has warned Scotland will become a destination for abortion tourists if termination laws are changed. The Don’t Stop A Beating Heart campaign opposes the extension of UK termination laws and raised its concerns over the planned devolution of abortion powers to the Scottish

The High Court in Belfast has ruled in favour of an unmarried mother who launched legal action over her inability to access a widowed parent's allowance. Siobhan McLaughlin won the action against the Department for Social Development (DSD) in a case that could have implications for the delivery of b

The University of Strathclyde Law Clinic has given advice to over 100 clients at their initial advice clinics (IACs) in the last 6 months. IACs run on the first Wednesday and third Monday of every month, and are staffed by student advisors from the law clinic, and volunteer solicitors from across Gl

(L-R): Euan Mackenzie, Simon Crabb and Dorothy Bain QC A Scottish lawyer has given an illuminating talk on the struggle for human rights in conflict-stricken Colombia.

Ian Forrester QC Places are still available to hear the UK Judge of the General Court of the European Union, Ian Forrester QC, give a talk, “Of Sporrans, Fishing Nets and Judicial Review…”

A poster advertising a Vietnamese restaurant in Glasgow with the phrase “Phat Phuc” has been deemed acceptable by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after two people complained it sounded like an expletive when spoken as if it were English. The Hanoi Bike Shop responded to complaints by s

Janette Speed The social housing real estate team from Shoosmiths has advised Dunedin Canmore Housing on the phase 2 acquisition of its social housing development in Eskmills, Musselburgh.

Dr Richard Gibbs Marks & Clerk, the UK’s largest intellectual property (IP) firm, has appointed Dr Richard Gibbs as the new managing partner of its Glasgow office.