Anderson Strathern has announced the appointment of Dawn MacPherson as a partner. Ms MacPherson, who will be based in Edinburgh, joins the firm’s English commercial property team, led by Iain Grieve.
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Ahead of the Scottish Child Law Centre officially launching its Govanhill community clinic, the charity has reported a rise in enquiries relating to the protection of children and women across its advice services. The centre’s national advice service has seen a sharp increase in child protecti
Lord Justice Dingemans, senior president of tribunals, with the consent of the lord president, has appointed Lady Poole to be president of the Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber. Lady Poole succeeds Mrs Justice Heather Williams and will serve a three-year term with effect from 9 Feb
The Employment Rights Act (ERA) is likely to increase employment costs, weaken permanent job creation, and could increase workplace conflict in Scotland, new research by CIPD claims. The CIPD’s Labour Market Outlook shows that three in 10 (30 per cent) employers in Scotland plan to hire fewer
Governments must not squander the opportunity to turn the International Court of Justice’s 2025 advisory opinion on states’ obligations regarding climate change into robust climate action, Amnesty International has said. Informal consultations on the draft resolution circulated by Vanuat
A local authority is recruiting a team of professional sniffers to help identify businesses producing bad smells. Brendola, a small town of around 4,000 people in northern Italy, is putting together a team of six "odour evaluators" following complaints from local residents about bad smells, The Guar
Mahbooba Faiz, an Afghan-born lawyer based in Ireland, uncovers the detail of the Taliban's new diktat on criminal procedure. After nearly four years of legislative opacity and rule by decree, on 4 January 2026, the Taliban issued a new legal document in the Pashto language titled the “Crimina
The UK's proscription of direct action protest group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism legislation was unlawful, the High Court in London has ruled. In a major blow to the government, three judges today found that the "nature and scale" of the group's activities had "not yet reached the level, s
Higgs LLP has acquired Vialex Limited, together with its specialist employment law arm Navigator Employment Law Limited. Vialex Limited is a provider of corporate and commercial legal services to high growth, mid-market and private equity backed owner-managed businesses and is known for its ou
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Holmes Mackillop Solicitors has signed up as a Gold Sponsor of Ayrshire Hospice’s Road to the World Cup fundraising dinner. The event taking takes place on Friday 8 May at Ayr Racecourse to celebrate the Scotland men's football team qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in 28 years a
John MacLaren Barclay (1811-1886) – Hugh Barclay (1799–1884), LLD, Sheriff Substitute Credit: Perth Art Gallery
The Einstein murders were listed as number 2,550 of the total of 5,884 incidents in the Atlas of Nazi and Fascist Massacres in Italy. The place of the crimes was the Villa Il Focardo, 15 miles southeast of Florence, in 1944. German soldiers arrived at the home of Robert Einstein and his family. He w
The membership body for UK lenders, UK Finance, is to delay implementation of its new Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook. The introduction of the updated handbook, which will be hosted on a new, sign-in platform, has been postponed from 2 March until the end of June 2026. The current handbook will con
An athlete who defrauded a teammate has now also beaten her victim to a gold medal at the Winter Olympics. Julia Simon came first in the women's 15km biathlon – which combines skiing and rifle shooting. Her victim and teammate, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, came in 80th place.
