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Dentons has advised the John Lewis Partnership on Waitrose's acquisition of Dishpatch, the meal-kit delivery service that provides restaurant-quality home dining in collaboration with some of the UK’s leading chefs. Dishpatch, founded in 2020, replicates a restaurant experience without leaving

Labour and the Conservatives must stop giving honours to their friends and allies, according to a senior group of politicians, judges and civil servants. Former Supreme Court justices Lord Sumption and Lord Neuberger as well as Dominic Grieve KC, former attorney general, are among the 34 signatories

Alex Hutcheon + Co Solicitors has appointed two new partners to the business. Peterhead-born Andrew Bruce, who joined the firm this month, brings with him more than 18 years’ knowledge and expertise in residential and commercial property across Aberdeenshire. With considerable experience also

The head of an English police force has been sacked for exaggerating his military credentials, including by wearing a Falklands War medal despite being a 15-year-old cadet during the conflict. Nick Adderley, the suspended chief constable of Northamptonshire Police, has been found guilty of gross mis

Despite improved transparency, a Holyrood committee has found that inconsistency, bureaucracy, and inflexibility are still creating challenges for small businesses and third sector organisations looking to participate in public procurement. A decade on from the introduction of the Procurement Reform

Anderson Strathern director and part-time sheriff Mark Thorley is soon to be embarking on a challenging walk across the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. It is around 540 miles and will take him an estimated 52 days.

A senior Vatican official is set to testify in the English High Court next month in a civil case brought by a London financier who alleges that his prison sentence in the Holy See was imposed following an unfair trial. In a rare departure from the Vatican's typical claims of diplomatic immunity, Arc

Employee ownership in Scotland is has rapidly accelerated, with nearly 300 employee-owned businesses having a growing economic impact, according to Lindsays. Lawyers at the firm have been involved in more than 20 deals in recent years where the control of businesses of all kinds has transferred to e

A commercial judge has refused to dismiss a commercial action that was sisted pending the outcome of an English arbitration process, and instead granted a fresh sist and moved it to the ordinary roll. Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd raised the action against Bakkafrost Scotland Ltd in September 2022,

Former president of the Mental Health Tribunal in Scotland, Dr Joe Morrow, is due to receive an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It was announced at the college’s international congress in Edinburgh that Dr Morrow, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, will receive the fellow

There are more than 20 investigations underway into solicitors who worked for the Post Office in cases linked to the Horizon scandal, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. The SRA is investigating the conduct of Post Office or Royal Mail Group lawyers during the period in which subpost

Solicitors should support alternative business structures at the AGM of the Law Society of Scotland on Thursday, writes Brian Inkster. Section 47 to 49 of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 allowed for the creation of licensed legal service providers (commonly referred to as alternative business

A woman who dumped her boyfriend after he broke a promise to look after her dogs has failed in a legal bid to force him to pay compensation. The New Zealand Disputes Tribunal heard that the woman, CL, was expecting her then-boyfriend, HG, to collect her from her home, take her to an airport and then