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Lord Prosser The Faculty of Advocates paid tribute to William David Prosser, Lord Prosser, former dean of Faculty and a senator of the College of Justice who has died aged 80.

Gordon Lindhorst (left) and Prime Minister David Cameron

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused the reclaiming motion of the landlord in a sub-lease of the Glasgow Grosvenor hotel after finding its arguments on the relevant repairing standard to be contrary to the “clear and obvious purpose” of the terms of the parties’ agre

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal by a Glasgow high street law firm concerning a determination made against it by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, finding that the commission had erred in inferring that the firm lacked the competence to act in a family law matter

Dr Eleanor Russell has been appointed as an honorary professor of law at Robert Gordon University. Dr Russell is a qualified solicitor and practised as such before entering academia in 1994.  She has over 30 years’ experience as a legal academic. She has acted as an external examiner at f

An Alloa-based limited company has lost its appeal against the imposition of late filing penalties, after the Sheriff Appeal Court noted that the company's apparent acceptance that the charges were due and failure to make any submissions rendered its appeal “nothing short of spurious”. T

Eventus Law, a Glasgow-based boutique corporate law firm, has acted on the vendor induced management buy-out (VIMBO) of Ribbonworks, facilitating the transfer of ownership from founder David McClelland to the existing management team, comprising Rachel Hunt, Lauren Johnston and Kirsty McFarlane. The

The 20 people convicted of rape or other serious sexual offences who have already applied to have their cases reviewed may represent only a fraction of those likely to come forward, Thomas Ross KC has warned. The KC said the true number could turn out to be, in his words, the "tip of a very large ic

Until last year, I never took an interest in my Ogilvy ancestors, and I wish I had left it that way. Farmers at the head of Glenisla for hundreds of years, they were tenants and kinsmen of the Earl of Airlie. In contrast to my English relations (war heroes and concentration camp survivors), they see

A lord ordinary has refused a petition for judicial review by a West Dunbartonshire social tenant, finding that the local authority’s refusal to rehouse the petitioner and her family on medical grounds did not contravene equalities legislation. The petitioner and her adult children complained

Macdonald Henderson has advised Scottish rum producer Titan Spirits on a strategic investment by an Irish private investor. The transaction represents an important milestone for Titan Spirits as it continues to develop its brand, expand its market presence and pursue its long-term growth strategy. T

The last woman to be executed in the UK has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon following a campaign by her family. Ruth Ellis, who was 28 when she was hanged in 1955 for murdering her partner, David Blakely, has had her death sentence replaced on the official record with life imprisonment.

In a case raising “an important legal issue”, the Inner House of the Court of Session has dismissed a property developer’s appeal against a sheriff’s decision ordering him, on the basis of a prior oral agreement, to discharge a standard security granted in his favour by a bus

The Digital Assets (Scotland) Act 2026 establishes digital assets such as cryptocurrencies as recognised property under Scots law, providing legal certainty for transactions, lending and insolvency. In a new analysis, David Fox, professor of common law at the University of Edinburgh, says the legisl

Lord Mulholland, a former lord advocate, privately criticised the decision to settle the malicious prosecution claims arising from the failed Rangers fraud case, according to a leaked memo. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service ultimately admitted wrongdoing over its prosecution of former R