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The Times has published an obituary for lawyer Andrew Kerr, secretary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, who passed away on September 19 at the age of 84. "When Andrew Kerr, as a young lawyer, took on the task of acting as secretary to the still young Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1967, it was

A new Scottish tax aimed at encouraging the use of recycled materials in construction has been approved unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill will replace the UK Aggregates Levy and tax the sale or use of aggregates consisting of

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) obtained a four-figure settlement for its client in connection with an employment related incident. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client was preparing to represent himself at an employment tribunal in Edinburgh, despite having no legal knowledge or

A lord ordinary has ruled that the employer of a demolition worker was not liable for the amputation of his right leg below the knee following a job in which his toes became infected due to a failure to establish causation. Joseph McIlwraith, who was diabetic and thus susceptible to requiring an amp

Pictures of fighting and bombed buildings are a familiar sight from historic photographs. It is unlikely that anyone has paused to consider the effects of war in relation to records. Government Records Offices are not themselves immune from destruction. What then do documentary records have to do wi

The conviction of six men who attempted to flood Scotland with a tonne of cocaine imported from South America marks a major achievement for the Crown Office. Over a period of three-and-a-half years, a team of specialist prosecutors painstakingly assembled a case which ensured James Stevenson and fiv

Amnesty International has designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience. Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, along with the free media advocate Jimmy Lai, are all currently imprisoned because of their peaceful human rig

Environmental and human rights campaigners rallied outside the Court of Session yesterday to mark the Scottish government missing a crucial deadline for compliance with the with the UN Aarhus Convention’s access to justice requirements.

Gilson Gray has continued on its acquisition trail, with the addition of City of London-based PCM Solicitors. Founded by senior partner Paul Critchley in September 2009, PCM Solicitors specialises in family and property law.

Addleshaw Goddard has recruited Martin Devine, a property development and investment specialist, as a partner in its real estate team in Scotland. Mr Devine, who joins the firm from Pinsent Masons, is a prominent figure in the Scottish real estate market with wide ranging development experience span

Aberdein Considine has made a record number of promotions. Twenty-one lawyers working from Peterhead to Newcastle upon Tyne have been elevated in the firm’s latest round of promotions.

The International Bar Association (IBA) has formally endorsed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. The convention is the first international legally binding treaty for the governance of AI. It aims to ensure that activ

A man has been jailed for six months for his leading role in a decade-long effort to create "giant sheep hybrids" using illegal cloning techniques. Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 81, admitted smuggling parts of the largest sheep in the world – Marco Polo argali sheep (Ovis ammon polii) &

In July 2024, the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (a division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales) delivered its judgment in Aga Rangemaster Group v UK Innovations Group Ltd and Michael Patrick McGinley. Lauren McFarlane explains the case. The case raised interesting questions a