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A champion for social mobility within Scotland’s legal profession and a moderniser of Scottish conveyancing have been awarded honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland. Christine McLintock and Ross MacKay have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to both the legal profes

A judge has blocked a law requiring schools and universities in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom pending the outcome of a legal challenge. The preliminary injunction follows legal proceedings taken by a multi-faith group of nine Louisiana families with children in public

Elon Musk's X platform, formerly Twitter, is being sued for alleged copyright infringement by a coalition of French media outlets, including major newspapers Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Parisien. The publishers allege that X has failed to comply with a French law which has, since 2019, required

Argentina is to scrap a law requiring the president to become the godparent of any couple's seventh son or seventh daughter. The bizarre 1974 law made international headlines a decade ago when then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became godmother to a Jewish baby for the first time.

Pinsent Masons has appointed Gillian Frew as head of office for its 215-strong Edinburgh operation following the retirement of Ewan Alexander after 35 years with the firm. A specialist in the structured & project finance team, Ms Frew joined Pinsent Masons in 2001 after graduating in law from th

Campbell Smith LLP has celebrated a recent First Tier Tribunal decision (Additional Support Needs) in which it was found that a local authority had discriminated against a young person for refusing to allow them to be accompanied by an assistance dog in school for a few hours per week. The young per

These have been interesting times at Glasgow corporate law firm Macdonald Henderson. October 2024 alone saw the firm advise on 14 deals and last week it announced the acquisition of Ferguson Whyte Solicitors, gaining it a presence in the Glasgow’s West End as well as its Hope Street office in

The Scottish Sentencing Council has today published its 2024-2027 Business Plan, announcing significant new initiatives, including guidelines on sentencing people with mental health and related issues, and on assault offences. The plan marks a new phase of work for the council as it approaches its t

A Nigerian grandmother who was refused a visitor visa to enter the UK to see her grandchildren for the first time has successfully challenged the decision by the home secretary to refuse her entry clearance by petition to the Outer House of the Court of Session. Petitioner CD, who was employed as a

Edinburgh Law School’s Professor Chloë Kennedy has published a new book: Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law. The book, published by Cambridge University Press, is part of her research project ‘Identity Deception: A Critical History' which was funded by an Arts and Hum

Terra Firma Chambers will host a Budget Seminar on Tuesday 3 December at the Mackenzie Building, Edinburgh.

Police were called to a Le Creuset warehouse in England after hundreds of unruly bargain-hunters descended on a rare sale. The two-day sale at the luxury cookware brand's Andover, Hampshire warehouse proved unexpectedly popular, The Guardian reports.

Judges from the UK, the US and around the world are planning to establish a new global judicial support network. Her Honour Judge Kalyani Kaul KC, a circuit judge in England and Wales who unsuccessfully sued the UK government over the handling of complaints she made against senior judges, is acting

The Court of Session has begun hearing a judicial review brought by climate campaigners seeking to block the development of the Rosebank oil field and Jackdaw gas field. The case, brought by Greenpeace, will be the first test of how the landmark UK Supreme Court ruling in the Finch case will be

Thomas Mitchell calls for a new independent body to investigate road traffic collisions. The tragedy of any death on the roads cannot be overstated. From the moment of the collision, the impact ripples through so many lives – agencies, organisations and then, of course, the families and loved