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Terra Firma Chambers' Robert Skinner is to retire after a career spanning five decades at the Scottish bar. Today marks his last official day in practice before retiring with effect from 1 May.
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Security holders exercising a standard security should be subject to a duty to conform to reasonable standards of commercial practice, says the Faculty of Advocates. The Faculty was responding to a Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Heritable Securities: Default and Post Default, which soug
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New approaches to protecting and restoring nature are the theme of recent publications by NatureScot and the (UK government) Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, writes Neil Collar. The availability and shortcomings of legal tools are key factors in achieving those objectives.
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Pinsent Masons has significantly increased its rewards package for entry-level lawyers by boosting starting salaries by £16,000. Newly qualified (NQ) lawyers offered positions in the firm’s three Scottish offices will receive salaries of £61,000 – a 35.5 per cent increase on
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Some 70,000 people in Scotland, including 30,000 children, would be lifted out of poverty by 2024 if UK government welfare reforms introduced since 2015 were reversed, according to the Scottish government. The cost of reversing changes, including the removal of the £20 per week Universal Credi
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A practical guide to the law in relation to single-sex spaces has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) today. The guidance aims to help service providers make lawful decisions about any services they offer to women and men separately, by explaining the permitted sex and
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The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools used in the justice system without proper oversight, particularly by the police, has serious implications for human rights and civil liberties, according to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee. In its report Technology rules? The a
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Drummond Miller’s Lorna Hale has been recognised as a specialist in medical negligence law by the Law Society of Scotland. She specialises almost exclusively in pursing medical negligence claims for individuals and has experience in a wide range of cases and in litigating in both the Court of
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An advocate has endorsed an MSP's call for legal representation for complainers in sexual assault and rape cases. Scottish Labour's Katy Clark has lodged a motion at Holyrood that calls for complainers to be given their own lawyers.
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Balfour and Manson's Carolyn Jackson has been recognised as a specialist in medical negligence law. Ms Jackson, an associate with the firm, joins partner Ann Logan and senior associate Michaela Guthrie in gaining the accreditation from the Law Society of Scotland.
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A law banning physical punishment of children comes into effect in Wales today, meaning England is now the only nation in Britain to allow parents to hit their kids. Parents, or those responsible for a child, may face criminal charges if they physically discipline a young person in any way. They cou
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St Patrick’s Day has long been a date of special significance in the Irish diaspora calendar, with Irish communities across the world marking the occasion with parades and céilís. This year in particular will see millions of people celebrating the day together for the first time
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The Faculty of Advocates is hosting a free event next week ahead of International Women's Day. A screening of the film Dying to Divorce – this year’s British entry for the Best International Film at the Oscars – will be held on 7th March at the Mackenzie Building bet
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Eversheds Sutherland, which has an office in Edinburgh, has increased salaries for NQ lawyers in both its London and regional offices. London NQs will see an increase of 15.8 per cent, from £82,000 to £95,000. Lawyers elsewhere will see their pay rise from £50,000 to £62,000,
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On 22 December the Scottish government ushered in a reform of the legal services market that has been sitting on the statute books for more than a decade, when it authorised the Law Society of Scotland to begin acting as an approved regulator under the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010. This change
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