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Court forms used to seek the views of children in family and civil partnership actions are to be replaced with revamped child-friendly versions. The Family Law Committee of the Scottish Civil Justice Council has carried out work on an instrument that will replace the current court form.

DWF has advised on the high profile management buyout (MBO) by Maven Capital Partners of Scottish business, CMS Window System (CMS), a manufacturer of premium windows and doors. This is the fourth investment made by Maven’s UK Regional Buyout Fund. Established in 2006, CMS specialises in desig

The White Rabbit’s plaintive cries in Alice in Wonderland also struck a chord over the question of lateness and the consequences of this in the reported Scottish case of Anji Mannas v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland, writes Mark Hastings. In Mannas, the pursuer was a passenge

The surviving partner of an elderly woman who died after suffering gastrointestinal bleeding has been awarded more than £187,000 in damages, having successfully sued a Scottish health board following a junior doctor’s failure to admit the patient to hospital. A judge in the Court of

Tom Stocker contrasts English DPAs and the Scottish civil settlement regime in the context of a parliamentary inquiry into bribery legislation, at which he himself gave evidence. The UK's 2010 Bribery Act has created "an international gold standard for anti-bribery and corruption legislation",

Aspiring advocates will have a chance to see life at the Scottish bar when the Faculty of Advocates holds an Open Day for S5 and S6 school pupils and university students. The day to note is Monday 6 May, but with demand for places likely to be high, another important date is Wednesday 24 April, the

Davidson Chalmers partner Laura Irvine has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in freedom of information and data protection law, making her just the second Scottish lawyer in private practice to achieve the standard. The Law Society accreditation recognises solicitors who

Shepherd and Wedderburn is the only Scottish-headquartered law firm to be ranked in the inaugural list of the UK’s top 25 legal employers for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender staff. The firm is ranked 19th in the Top 25 in the legal sector listing, published by Stonewall and the InterLaw

An Employment Tribunal judge has upheld a ruling that an SNP councillor's beliefs about Scottish independence are similar to a religion. Chris McEleny, SNP group leader on Inverclyde Council, brought a discrimination case against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) last year, claiming it unfairly tar

The Housing team at law firm Harper Macleod has seen the overall tally for Scottish housing association funding deals it has advised on in the current financial year approach the £500 million mark after the latest investments were announced. Led by partner Derek Hogg, one of Scotland's leading

DWF's Scottish corporate team has advised Ipsum Group, backed by private equity fund Aliter Capital, on its third bolt-on acquisition, the purchase of drainage and maintenance company Euro Environmental Utilities Group Limited. This is the ninth deal closed by Aliter since the beginning of 2017.

There are currently vacancies on 17 of the Law Society of Scotland's diverse range of committees, including convener posts.

A planned new piece of Scottish land law could be made more user-friendly, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. The Scottish Law Commission (SLC) has produced a draft bill following a consultation last year on improving the much-criticised Section 53 of the Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003.

Garry Sturrock looks at the effects Scotland's new domestic abuse legislation will have on the law. In a landmark vote in the Scottish Parliament in February 2018, the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill (which promised to offer a tougher approach to the prosecution of domestic abuse in Scotland) was pas