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Ministers have been urged by the Faculty of Advocates to remove a “blot on the landscape” of Scottish arbitration law. The Faculty said that a section of the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010, dealing with statutory arbitrations, has still to come into effect.

Law Society of Scotland staff have raised a total of £9,040 for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust over the past year.A huge range of fundraising activity by staff from across the organisation contributed to the grand total including climbing Ben Nevis, running in the Edinburgh marathon relay and the Great

Pictured: Angus MacLeod, partner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, sponsors of the Royal National Mòd Traditional Gold Medal competition with winners Claire Macaulay and Torquil MacLeod and their awards.

A solicitor has been fined £8,000 by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal after being found guilty of professional misconduct in relation to the purchase of a property. The Tribunal found that Euan Maxwell Terras was guilty of professional misconduct in respect of his acting in the purcha

Juliet Harris The annual prize for the best dissertation by a student on the taught masters programme in human rights law at the University of Strathclyde has this year been awarded to Juliet Harris. The dissertation, entitled The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Scots Law: A

An artisan Scottish cheesemaker whose products were removed from the shelves following an E.coli outbreak is bringing a judicial review against Food Standards Scotland in a bid to defeat claims it was the source of the outbreak. Errington Cheese’s products were recalled in September following alle

The High Court in Belfast has refused two landmark judicial reviews challenging the UK government's ability to activate Article 50 and withdraw from the European Union, our sister publication, Irish Legal News reports. The judicial reviews were brought by victims' campaigner Raymond McCord and a cro

The owner of a dog which killed another dog has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to order the animal’s destruction. The Sheriff Appeal Court ruled that the sheriff made the order on the basis of “irrelevant” factors and failed to take into account the fact that no person was inju

A would-be robber was caught and handed over to police after he was tackled by a shopkeeper – with a black belt in martial arts. Liam Meighan, 23, allegedly tried to steal Buckfast and cigarettes using a concealed stick that he claimed was a gun.

An appeal by the occupiers of the so-called “Independence Camp” against a move to evict them from the grounds of the Scottish Parliament has been rejected. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a decision by Lord Turnbull that that the order seeking their removal was “proportionate”

Pictured: (L to R): Fiona Murdoch (project worker, MSTCL), Sarah Higgins (MMS), Chloe Watson (MMS), Natasha Meikle (MMS), Laura Smith (MMS) and Carole Macartney (chair, MSTCL).

Stephen Donnelly Arnot Manderson Advocates has announced that stable member Stephen Donnelly has gained a dual qualification, becoming a member of the bar of England and Wales. This brings added depth to the stable’s existing cross-border expertise, with Iain Mitchell QC, Kenneth Campbell QC and A

The extension of the period of validity of existing state aid must be regarded as the alteration of that aid and, therefore, as new aid, the Court of Justice of the Europen Union has held. In 1960, DEI, a public electricity company, entered into a contract with Alouminion, a Greek company specialise

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council’s newsletter is now available. This edition includes a listing of newly appointed committee members, and information on Rules relating to Serious Crime Prevention Orders in Scotland; payment of shorthand writers in sheriff courts and sequest

Eric Gilligan Eric Gilligan looks at what Friday's Uber case means for the gig economy.