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McClure Naismith has appointed five new partners and one new associate based in the firm’s Scottish and London offices. The new partners are: Colin Brown and Robert Binning(real estate, Edinburgh); E-Ming Fong and Suzanne McGarrigle (dispute resolution, Edinburgh); Nils Reid(commercial and financi

84% of Scottish solicitors calling LawCare in 2014 have reported stress according to the latest figures from the helpline. LawCare, is a free and confidential support service for members of the legal profession.

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The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal against a decision that a university was entitled to charge the higher rate of tuition fees to a South African-born optometry student who held UK citizenship by birthright and fled the country due to threats against his family, holding th

The Dementia Trust is celebrating a successful first year of its ‘Planning Ahead’ campaign, which encourages Scottish families to have early conversations around power of attorney. The 2026 pilot of ‘POA Month’ in Edinburgh delivered a measurable impact with participating fir

The Faculty of Advocates hosted a delegation of Ukrainian judges and legal professionals in Parliament House last week to celebrate the relationships that have been established between Ukrainian and Scottish lawyers since Russia’s invasion in 2022. The event began with a reception in the Laigh

Edinburgh’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the least confident of Scotland’s major cities as business viability concerns remain high nationwide, according to new research from Aberdein Considine LLP.  Capturing the views of Scottish SMEs in the run-up to the Holyrood

Shoosmiths has announced a total of eight promotions across its corporate, employment and litigation teams in Scotland, effective from 1 April. Kimberley Goh, who joined Shoosmiths as a legal director in 2022 has been promoted to corporate partner. She has been rewarded for her consistently impressi

A Lanarkshire company which manufactures collagen casings for use in sausage products has been fined £48,000 after admitting discharging a large quantity of industrial effluent into a burn. The incident occurred in July 2021 after a fat blockage in the waste drainage system of Moodiesburn-base

An expert group has published its final report following ten months of "independent oversight" into the implementation of fatal accident inquiry (FAI) recommendations relating to deaths in custody. The Ministerial Accountability Board (MAB) was established following Sheriff Collins' FAI into the dea

A falconer is flying high after leading the charge to change the law in order to preserve an ancient practice of falconry in Scotland. Barry Blyther, who runs Elite Falconry in Kirkcaldy, petitioned the Scottish Parliament to retain the rights of falconers to practice upland falconry in Scotland &nd

The seasons are changing, but Parliament Hall stays cold. It is a public space. It is the workplace of court staff, counsel and solicitors. It is a waiting room and a witness room. It is an events space.  Parliament Hall used to have a coal fire lit on Tuesdays to Fridays between October and th

Ministers must act to end “unfair and unequal” pension rules for members of Scotland’s tribunals, a union has warned. Fee-paid, non-legal members of the Scottish tribunals are being denied access to workplace pensions offered to counterparts elsewhere in the UK, according to GMB Sc

As Scotland’s incorporation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child begins to take effect, early cases are exposing tensions between children’s rights, data protection law and parental involvement – leaving courts to navigate complex and, at times, unforeseen legal conflict

A group litigation claim has been launched in Scotland against the pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson on behalf of women who say they developed mesothelioma, ovarian, and other female reproductive system cancers. All the claimants either used the firm’s talc products which, it is alleg