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The goodwill, work-in-progress and certain assets of historic Scottish law firm McClure Solicitors have been acquired by Jones Whyte LLP. The transaction sees the existing partners and staff, comprising 84 people, transfer to Glasgow-based Jones Whyte with immediate effect. They will join the c

Writing for Scottish Legal News today, retired judge Lord Uist explains why he supports the abolition of the 'not proven' verdict. There have been many suggestions that 'not proven' is logical because when we make claims about guilt or innocence we stray from certainty; the indicative mood is too st

Nominations are invited for the 2021 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star award. The award, now in its ninth year, recognises the outstanding achievement of a newly qualified Scottish solicitor or trainee working in-house.

Margaret Taylor speaks to Julia McPartlin, president of the newly formed Scottish Solicitors Bar Association, on the crisis that has led to its formation. After years of pleading with the Scottish government to raise legal aid fees, by the end of last year Scotland’s criminal defence lawy

A terrible fate potentially awaits any Scottish folk troubadour lacking knowledge of US copyright law should he or she be tempted to record or sing in public a Scottish variant of Woody Guthrie’s great American anthem This Land is your Land, This Land is my Land, for they could find themselves

Burness Paull has underlined its commitment to diversity and the health of its staff by appointing a dedicated inclusion and wellbeing manager. In what is believed to be a first for a Scottish corporate law firm, Emma Smith has taken up a new post dedicated to overseeing the firm’s respect and

A cross-justice conference held this week brought together prosecutors and defence lawyers in a bid to improve the way summary criminal cases are handled in Scottish courts. The physically distanced conference, held at the East Kilbride Remote Jury Centre, provided an opportunity for engagement betw

Macdonald Henderson has joined the International Commercial Law Alliance (ICLA), becoming its sole Scottish member. ICLA is a strategic group of law firms from around the world. Each member firm provides clients with legal and business advice in the jurisdiction in which the law firm is located.

Agricultural tenants could benefit from additional protections in the aftermath of the Holyrood elections, writes Hamish Lean. With the Scottish Parliamentary elections looming, Fergus Ewing has been sketching out changes that the SNP are considering to agricultural tenancy legislation if they remai

English and Scottish prisons are “traumatising, rigid and frequently dangerous places” for LGBT+ inmates, a University of Dundee study has found. The research found that LGBT+ people are disproportionately affected by violence and hate crimes and are more likely to experience high levels

NQ Solicitor career talk (with G2 Legal and Addleshaw Goddard), Tuesday 16 March, 12:30pm  Following the success of the Scottish roadshows last year, we are delighted to be partnering with G2 Legal and Addleshaw Goddard again this year to provide this virtual NQ career event. 

CMS is joining forces with experts in the Scottish business community to deliver ESG Exchange, a series of free to attend discussions focusing on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Throughout March, CMS partner Jae Fassam will be joined by specialist guest speakers to discuss the rea

An order preventing the publication of the identities of the complainers in the charges that were brought against former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has been amended by the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary following an application for variation. The inci

Gerry Sinclair never planned to spend close to two decades as chief executive and principal solicitor at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). Having cut his teeth at Ross Harper & Murphy before spending 15 years as a named partner at Sinclair McCormick & Giusti Martin, he e

The recent Inner House opinion in Ogilvie Homes Limited v Scottish Ministers [2021] CSIH 8 highlights the role of the court in the interpretation of development plan policies. In accepting the arguments presented by Terra Firma's Douglas Armstrong QC, the court concluded that the Scottish minis