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DWF has announced 15 promotions across its Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Among those promoted to the Scottish leadership group are commercial litigator Lauren Rae in Edinburgh and personal injury expert Lynne Macfarlane in Glasgow, both of whom are solicitor advocates and have been promoted to part

The Faculty of Advocates hosted a reception to celebrate the work of Scottish lawyers who are supporting their Ukrainian colleagues seeking refuge from the war in their homeland.  Dean of Faculty, Roddy Dunlop KC, welcomed Ukrainian lawyers and many members of the Scottish legal community who h

As 2022 drew to a close, Allan McDougall Solicitors bid farewell to David Nicol, who retired from the firm at the end of December. Having joined the firm in 1984, he became a partner within a couple of years. After 32 years in this role, he stepped down from it in 2017 but remained with the firm in

Solicitors and estate agents Laurie and Company have opened a new branch in Aboyne following the closure of law firm Campbell Connon. Laurie and Company has three partners and 17 staff and a head office in Aberdeen, where managing partner Linda Fyffe is based. It also has a branch in Ballater run by

Researchers are to study police files of domestic abuse murders in Scotland in a bid to prevent future deaths. Academics from Glasgow Caledonian University will analyse cases to identify patterns of behaviour and highlight safeguarding opportunities.

The first casualty of the gender recognition regime is freedom of speech, writes barrister Naomi Cunningham. Section 29(2)(d) of the Scotland Act 1998 provides that an Act of the Scottish Parliament is not law so far is it is incompatible with any of the Convention rights. The UK government may not

Former Dean of Faculty and Advocate General of Scotland, Lord Keen of Elie KC, has suggested that UK ministers should block Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Bill. The Conservative peer urged the UK government to consider availing itself of section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998.

The Crown Office has welcomed the results of a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the tragic deaths of Richard Dyson and Simon Midgley in a fire at Cameron House Hotel in December 2017. The FAI, conducted by Sheriff Thomas McCartney, concluded with a recommendation that the Scottish government consid

The Lord Advocate has welcomed reporting on the first three years' operation of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018. The Scottish government published the results of research projects examining the experiences of a small sample of witnesses – including children – in domestic abuse cas

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The UK government is set to narrow the list of countries and territories from which it will accept legal recognition of transgender identities. The move, which has been condemned by LGBT+ campaigners, comes amid an escalating row between the UK and Scottish governments over reform of the gender reco

Brewdog's boss has been left nearly £500,000 out of pocket after misleading customers over "solid gold" prizes in a recent promotion.

Scotland’s domestic abuse legislation better reflects victims’ experiences, according to new research. By recognising abuse as a pattern of behaviour, the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 closer matches victims’ accounts of psychological and physical harm over time, according to

Property expert Phil Harris, a director at Shepherd and Wedderburn's private wealth & tax team, discusses the state of the Scottish housing market in 2022 and what to expect in 2023, as vol­umes appear to return to pre-pan­demic lev­els. The 2022 Scottish housing market and

Lawyers in Aberdeen have brought an end to industrial action as a “demonstration of collective goodwill” and ahead of an increase to the legal aid budget, the Press and Journal reports.