The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association's Spring Ball is returning next year for the first time since 2020. Taking place on Saturday 25 March 2023 at The Caves in Edinburgh, the night will commence with a drinks reception, followed by a three-course meal with complimentary wine (non-alcoholic altern
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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 71-year-old John Barr. John Barr, an inmate within HMP Edinburgh, was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for medical treatment. A deterioration
Ampersand Advocates has once again received top tier rankings across a number of areas of practice in the latest published guide to the legal profession, Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2023. Ampersand received 74 listings across 17 areas of practice, ranking as top tier (band 1) in Clinical Negl
The Faculty of Advocates’ scholarship programmes aim to remove barriers to membership of the Scottish bar for those with the skills and motivation to practise as advocates. Applications are now invited from those considering commencing devilling in 2023. Four scholarship schemes are available
Philip Lafferty, Susan Murray and Sheila Webster have been nominated as 2023/24 president elect of the Law Society of Scotland. Council members will now vote for their preferred candidate and the result will be announced at the December 2021 meeting. The successful candidate will succeed current vic
The UK remains Europe’s highest-risk jurisdiction for class action lawsuits, with the total claimed value exceeding £120 billion in the period 2018-2023, according to a new report from CMS. Competition class actions comprised 540 million members by the end of 2023, an increase of 200 mil
New statistics on Scotland's Short-Term Lets Licensing Scheme have revealed that local authorities received at least 23,576 applications for a short-term lets licence by the end of December 2023. Since the scheme opened on October 1st 2022, 14,539 short-term lets licence applications
Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that certain provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 constitute a diminution of rights and are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys determined that, &ldq
The UK and Ireland corporate team of DWF advised on 188 deals in 2023, with a combined value of more than £3.5 billion. DWF acted on deals across all of the business' core sectors, but technology transactions amassed the highest value of deals with a total value surpassing £1.25 billion.
The average price of a property in Scotland in December 2023 reached £190,000, a 3.3 per cent year-on-year increase, according to the latest figures from the UK HPI.
Staff from Digby Brown raised an impressive £51,976.46 for local causes last year.
Compass Chambers is delighted to have been recognised as a leading set by Chambers UK in the latest edition of the directory which was published yesterday. Compass has received 47 individual rankings in 6 practice area categories. Compass is also ranked Band 1 as a set in 4 categories – Person
Compass Chambers and its members have once again received top rankings from the Legal 500 in the latest edition of the directory. Compass has received 19 individual rankings across three practice areas. The strongest rankings are in its Core areas, under the categories Personal Injury and Medical Ne
Edinburgh commercial litigation solicitor Sheila Webster has been confirmed as the Law Society of Scotland’s 2023-24 president elect. Ms Webster will assume her new role in May 2022, succeeding current vice president Murray Etherington when he takes up the reins from current president of the L
An Edinburgh sheriff has declared that a retired lecturer who disappeared in June 2023, having last been seen at a beach in North Berwick, had taken his own life by drowning after his children applied to the court for declarator to that effect. The three children of AM sought declarator that their f
