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The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Jacqueline McQuillan. Ms McQuillan, 50, died of bronchopneumonia in Monklands Hospital on 29 October 2018.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that the required nine-month devilling period prior to becoming a fully qualified advocate does not interrupt the continuous 10-year period for which a person requires to be legally qualified in order to become a sheriff in Scotland. The question aro

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced the promotion of Amy Howard to senior associate. Ms Howard, who is based in the Glasgow office, started with the firm as a trainee in 2017.

Lord Beckett has been sworn in as lord justice clerk. The installation ceremony took place at the Court of Session in Edinburgh yesterday.

The UK government will lay legislation today that confirms a new national living wage of £12.21, and a new national minimum wage of £10 per hour from April.

Richard McMeeken and Robin Mackintosh discuss an important new delict case. On 28 January 2025, Lord Clark issued his opinion in Biffa Waste Services Limited v Scottish Ministers. Biffa contends that the Scottish government owed it (and failed to uphold) a duty of care in respect of its positio

Pinsent Masons’ Scottish corporate team rounded off a successful 2024 with completion of a range of multi-million-pound national and international deals. The firm’s head of corporate in Scotland, Barry McCaig, said despite challenging conditions, finance would be available in 2025 for th

A law passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2017 has focused minds on work to reduce child poverty, but more collaboration is needed for the Scottish government to continue to make progress, according to a report from Holyrood’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee. The Child Poverty (S

First Minister John Swinney has firmly ruled out a proposed ban on cats. The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWG) has suggested strict new measures on outdoor cats because of their "significant impact on wildlife populations", the BBC reports.

Lord Pentland was sworn in as lord president and lord justice general at the Court of Session yesterday. He said: “The solemn oaths I have just taken on my appointment as lord president of the Court of Session enshrine the fundamental values underpinning the judiciary: independence, impartiali

The review body for alleged miscarriages of justice in England and Wales is to assess an application from Lucy Letby, the English nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. Ms Letby, a former nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, is currently serving 15 whole

Disabling Barriers Scotland (DBS) is hosting an event entitled 'Creating a Culture of Belonging in the Scottish Legal Profession' featuring speakers Gillian Carty (partner and chair, Shepherd and Wedderburn), Lindsay Jack (head of diversity, careers and outreach, Law Society of Scotland) and Fraser

The Advocate General for Scotland, Baroness Smith of Cluny KC, will deliver the Aberdeen Law Project's annual lecture this year. The lecture, which is being held on 21 March, serves as a platform for leading legal figures to share their expertise with students, professionals, and the wider public.

A commercial judge has dismissed part of a man’s claim against two green energy companies for negligently installing wind turbines in the wrong locations after ruling that he could not claim for losses accrued by business vehicles he had formerly owned in part. Arthur Simmers raised an action