Bilfinger UK, the company at the centre of the Edinburgh trams inquiry, has failed in its attempt to prevent publication of documents it provided to the inquiry. The company had sought a restriction order preventing publication of information contained in certain reports, but inquiry chairman L
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The UK government has reinstated legal aid for unaccompanied and separated children in non-asylum immigration cases.Lucy Frazer, parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, said the U-turn would be put into effect through an amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencin
At its statutory meeting on 10th July the Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland welcomed its new president. Douglas Thomson, 59, a solicitor advocate with McArthur Stanton in Dumbarton and member of the Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee is only the second president in
Shepherd and Wedderburn has reported record revenues and profits on the day it celebrates its 250th anniversary. The firm’s revenues rose six per cent to £53.5 million in its financial year to 30 April 2018, and profits before partner distributions increased ten per cent to £22m ov
The lack of a coherent approach to exercising duty of care to detained persons in England and Wales is leading to at least some people being unfairly imprisoned, a new report says.The annual report of Lay Observers for England and Wales sets out failings in the care of people hel
Each time I get to my feet in court, no matter the type of case, the last thing on my mind is the possibility I might be in danger, other than perhaps from a few withering comments from the bench of course! In Scotland, lawyers are fortunate that, when we take up the challenge of defending human rig
Professor Hector MacQueen has delivered the second of the 2018 Selden Society lectures in Queensland, Australia, entitled Private law’s revolutionaries: authors, codifiers and merchants?
Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCCW) has announced the purchase of Ellon-based law practice Winchesters Solicitors. Specialising in residential conveyancing and private client matters, Winchesters Solicitors also carries out a variety of other legal work including commercial, corporate and ci
Seven new members have been admitted to the Faculty of Advocates, and welcomed to a “great national institution”. The seven are: Ann MacNeill, Amy Donachie, Adam McKinlay, David Adams, Kevin Henry, Ewen Brown and Alex Sutherland.
Ledingham Chalmers has announced a merger with north east solicitors and estate agents, Gray & Connochie. Effective from 1 July, the agreement increases Ledingham Chalmers’ headcount by 11: partners Julie Longmuir and Fiona Thomson, consultant Ken Shaw, senior solicitor James Florance and
A different-sex couple who object to marriage on the basis they believe it is patriarchal and who sought judicial review of the respondent’s refusal to make legislative changes which would allow them to enter into a civil partnership have had their appeal unanimously allowed by justices in the
North east lawyer Iain Considine has announced he will be stepping down from his role as a senior partner at Aberdein Considine and will now become a consultant at the firm.
Tech giant Apple has been fined $9 million by a federal court for telling iPad and iPhone users it could not fix their devices because they had previously been repaired by third party companies. The lawsuit was brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after it received co
Brexit is threatening the Sewel convention "almost to destruction", according to one academic. Writing in The Herald today, Aileen McHarg, professor of public law at Strathclyde University, said that the UK government had not explained its breach of the Sewel convention in the Commons last week &nda
106 new solicitors were welcomed to the profession at the Law Society of Scotland’s latest admission ceremonies, which took place on Friday at the Signet Library in Edinburgh.
