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The response to a consultation on SLAPPs shows overwhelming support for legislative reform, writes Dr Francesca Farrington. On Thursday, the Scottish public will take to the polls. In a somewhat unusual coincidence, the 7th of May is also the deadline for EU Member States to transpose EU Directive 2

An Extra Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal against a decision that social rented sector tenants of let properties on a former industrial site in Motherwell were not entitled to damages arising from a breach of their landlord’s statutory duties after find

The US will issue limited edition passports this summer bearing an image of President Donald Trump, as part of events marking 250 years since independence. The commemorative documents will feature a large photograph of Trump on the inside cover, accompanied by the text of the Declaration of Independ

Pinsent Masons has appointed financial services litigation specialist Stuart Murdoch as partner. Mr Murdoch joins the team in Edinburgh and will strengthen the firm’s disputes capability for financial institutions, funds and insurers in the UK and internationally.

Shepherd and Wedderburn has announced five promotions to partner and two promotions to legal director across the firm’s commercial real estate, corporate, technology, rural, and commercial disputes practices. The five new partners are Matt Lamberton and Gillian Wood (commercial real estate), C

A man with links to serious organised crime has been imprisoned for a drug trafficking offence. Stephen Jamieson, 43, travelled from Scotland to Dubai in November 2020 before he was due to appear in court.

Jones Whyte has announced its largest-ever round of promotions, with 20 team members stepping up across legal and business support services, including four new partners. A specialist in road traffic accident claims, Amy Kelly has been promoted to partner following her leadership and a strong track r

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Indonesia: Trial opens for four soldiers accused of acid attack on human rights activist

His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Lord Justice Snowden as a justice of the Supreme Court.  The King made the appointment on the advice of the prime minister and lord chancellor, following the recommendation of an independent selection commission.

Law student Poppy Li has been appointed as the new deputy student director of the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP). Throughout the application process she demonstrated "integrity, creativity, and passion for improving access to justice in the North East".

Dr Claire Mitchell KC has joined Garden Court Chambers as a door tenant. Dr Mitchell was called to the bar in 2003, having been a solicitor in private practice since 1996.

An Alloa sheriff has granted decree de plano ordering the removal of a couple from a property at the insistence of their son after finding that their pleas resisting their ejection had no relevance in law due to a failure to specify the wording of a promise they alleged had been made to them. Derric

James Ramsay MacDonald moved from a very modest and unpromising background in Lossiemouth to London and became prime minister. Even with a substantial historiography, MacDonald, according to historian Walter Reid, remains a difficult person to interpret. Reid is generally sympathetic towards MacDona

To Perth, and just a few steps from the busy Sheriff Court, Cardo has become an institution in the local dining scene. This year it celebrates its 20th anniversary – and continues to defy the economic and cultural headwinds that are laying waste to Britain’s restaurants. Cardo (Portugues