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Douglas Roberts, partner in Lindsays' corporate and commercial team, has advised another firm on its transition to employee ownership as the Highlands-based business, Reid & Fraser, became Scotland’s first employee-owned full-service accountancy firm. All shares in Reid & Fraser Charte

Shockwaves reverberated through the cycling community recently when a jury returned a ‘not proven’ verdict against a car driver, Jordan McDowall, following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. The 21-year-old was acquitted of causing the death of 51 year-old cyclist, Kevin Gilchrist, by

Kilmarnock Sheriff Court went into lockdown last week after a lawyer received a positive Covid test. Defence lawyer Graeme Cunningham, 57, was representing a number of clients at the court on Thursday, the Daily Record reports.

Lord Menzies is to retire after 20 years on the bench. He was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in 2001 and was appointed to the Inner House in February 2012.

Solicitor Waqqas Ashraf has founded his own law firm – WA Legal. The new practice, which operates nationwide, deals with criminal defence and road traffic law. 

Legal academic Eamon Keane will be taking up a post as lecturer in evidence and criminal procedure at the University of Glasgow next year. Currently a member of the Edinburgh Law School faculty, he joined last year as an early career fellow in criminal law and evidence. He is also a qualified solici

The UK’s national human rights institutions are warning that the human rights implications of the climate crisis must be tackled during COP26 in Glasgow. The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Equality and Human Rights Commission highlighted that

In-person hearings will resume at the Inner House of the Court of Session on November 15, lawyers have been told. Though not yet officially announced, Jonathan Mitchell QC noted the development on Twitter.

A new bill to pardon former miners convicted of certain offences related to strike action in the 1980s has been published. The Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill follows an independent review, led by John Scott QC, into the impact of policing on Scottish communities during the 1984-85 st

Malcolm Combe, lecturer in law at Strathclyde University and chair of the Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum, looks at the relevance of land and human rights now and what the work of the newly-established forum hopes to achieve.  This is a blog post about the new land and human rights forum,

Consumers have been advised to be alert as a sinister new scam purporting to be from Edinburgh Sheriff Court circulates Scotland. People are being contacted by bots which spoof what seems to be an official phone number and demand outstanding payments on fines in a bid to secure personal financial in

Aberdein Considine has made a number of senior appointments to its lender services practice group (LSPG) including the hire of a banking and compliance specialist. George McNaughton has joined the firm as the head of compliance for the firm's LSPG following a 30 year career in banking and finance.

Terra Firma Chambers has retained its Band 1 rankings for Planning and Environmental Law, Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Tax in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners UK Legal Directory with additional rankings this year for Private Client and Real Estate Litigation. It is also, once again

Specialist debt recovery firm Yuill+Kyle, part of the MacRoberts Group, has appointed Denise Loney as its new managing director. She succeeds industry expert Stephen Cowan, who will remain as a consultant to help with the transition.

Wealth management business St. James’s Place has joined the Law Society of Scotland’s strategic partnership programme to provide wealth management and financial planning expertise and support for Scottish solicitors and their clients. St. James’s Place, a FTSE 100 business, helps c