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Legislation to end the harmful practice of setting ‘glue traps’ is to be brought forward by the Scottish government in order to protect animal welfare. The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWC) undertook a review of the use of glue traps and concluded that there are significant anima

Harper Macleod has been appointed as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Debt Resolution Services framework. CCS is an executive agency of the UK government, and is the UK’s largest public procurement organisation. It supports the public sector to achieve maximum commercial va

Karen Cornwell, a legal director at Thorntons LLP, has been re-appointed to the pursuer professional negligence panel of the Law Society of Scotland. The panel consists of a handful of solicitors selected by the society on the basis of their expertise in dealing with professional negligence claims.

Professor Conor Gearty, of LSE, has surveyed the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Lord Reed's leadership, suggesting that it has "reverted to an approach rooted in legal formalism, an extremely narrow reading of the rule of law, while displaying an old-school lack of interest in the lived ex

The Law Society of Scotland has renewed its strategic partnership with Amiqus as the tech firm’s researchers develop “inheritance calculator”. The renewed partnership with the Law Society of Scotland will see Leith-headquartered tech firm Amiqus continue to support Scottish solicit

A public law and net zero policy development expert has joined Burness Paull. Richard Lockhart was previously general counsel of national infrastructure centre of expertise, Scottish Futures Trust.

David Strang has been named as the new chair of the Drug Deaths Taskforce. He is a former chief constable who previously chaired the independent inquiry into mental health services in Tayside. Mr Strang was also HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland. He takes up this new position with immediate

As one of Scotland’s busiest trial counsel, Thomas Leonard Ross QC is well-known for passionately fighting for justice – in the courtroom and out of it. Most recently he has been a vocal opponent of the proposal that the historical right to trial by jury be removed where serious sexual o

Justice Secretary Keith Brown has announced the appointment of Lindsay Montgomery as the new lay chairing member of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. Mr Montgomery has substantial experience in the management, leadership and governance of public bodies. Past roles include director of res

Crown Estate Scotland is offering two tenant farmers the opportunity to buy their farms. Tenants on Auchindoun Estate in Moray and Applegirth Estate in Dumfriesshire are being made the offer as part of a pilot which may be extended.

Ledingham Chalmers is donating £7,000 to charity to mark its 30th anniversary. In total, £4,000 will be split between three care homes in Aberdeen, Inverness, and Edinburgh as well as a hospice in Denny — all of whom have links with the firm.

Justice Secretary Keith Brown has said “credible and consistent” alternatives to custodial sentences are necessary in order to stem the number of people being imprisoned in Scotland. Speaking to the justice and social affairs magazine 1919 – which is entirely funded by the Sco

Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur has revealed the longest outstanding waits for fatal accident inquiries in Scotland now run to almost a decade and branded such inquiries “next to useless and an insult to families”. The party are now calling for the Scottish g

Christine O’Neill QC, chairman of Brodies LLP, has been re-elected to serve a fourth consecutive term in the role. First elected to the position of chairman in 2013, she plays an integral role in the firm’s business planning and governance and will continue to represent the partnership i

The 1781 case of a former slave who found himself in a legal dispute is among newly digitised Court of Session papers, The Herald reports. "Having endured the horror of enslavement working on board merchant vessels between Greenock and the West Indies, James Graham’s fortunes appeared to have