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A new report on the US legal market shows that as demand falters and other key metrics remain mixed, uncertainty in 2023 may cloud law firm leaders’ thinking. In the latter part of 2022 and continuing into the new year, multiple challenges have emerged to threaten law firm profitability, inclu

Three former shareholders in a medical supply company have succeeded in a commercial action before the Outer House of the Court of Session seeking enforcement of a payment obligation by the share purchaser. The pursuers, Helen Colquhoun (also acting as executor nominate of the late Sheila Parson), E

The UK government is set to narrow the list of countries and territories from which it will accept legal recognition of transgender identities. The move, which has been condemned by LGBT+ campaigners, comes amid an escalating row between the UK and Scottish governments over reform of the gender reco

Brewdog's boss has been left nearly £500,000 out of pocket after misleading customers over "solid gold" prizes in a recent promotion.

The recent ‘Start the Week’ with Terra Firma series featured six weekly webinars, bookended by talks from Terra Firma chairman, Michael Howlin KC. The live events were well attended and feedback was positive. All of the events in the series were recorded and are now available to view on

The High Court of Justiciary has declined to issue a guideline judgment on the issue of sentencing in rape cases after three appeals by the Crown against what it considered to be unduly lenient sentences for three accused convicted of raping their domestic partners. It was argued by the Crown in all

A man who was involved in turning an industrial unit into a drugs factory capable of mass producing etizolam pills with a black-market value worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for four years and six months. Derek Dragsnes, 49, a labourer, of Glasgow, ran the unit in the Lanarkshir

The UK government has said it will set out a timetable this week for reaching a fresh decision on whether to order an inquiry into the 1998 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Northern Ireland’s High Court last month quashed a decision by the UK government not to establish a public inqui

Brazil's highest court was among government institutions attacked yesterday during rioting by thousands of supporters of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, who lost last year's election to left-wing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. In scenes widely compared to the attack on the U.S. C

Magistrates have accused the police of undermining open justice by dealing with violent offenders behind closed doors. In a report, the Magistrates’ Association warned against the “inconsistent” use of out-of-court punishments, many of which are tougher than those magistrates may i

Terra Firma Chambers will present a licensing seminar at The Mackenzie Building, Edinburgh, on Monday 30 January 2023. At this event, Denis Edwards will present a paper in which he will consider the significance of location in licensing applications, its importance in relation to over-provision poli

A Lord Ordinary has granted decree for damages to the family of a woman who died in hospital after an attempted suicide after ruling that clinical negligence on the part of the health board that treated her had been established. Violet Paterson, the mother of the deceased Lynette Gibson, as well as

More than half a million pounds has been spent to care for dogs involved in court cases over the past three years. Dogs that are seized by police or other agencies may be made subject to destruction orders by sheriffs. This decision is usually made at the end of court proceedings and until then the

A man convicted under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 for loitering near the primary school where his child attended while his ex-partner was there to collect her has had his conviction quashed by the Sheriff Appeal Court. Appellant Scotland Walker argued that the trial sheriff had erred in r

A merger between Shearman & Sterling and Hogan Lovells has been neither confirmed nor denied by the firms. A tie-up between them would be one of the biggest in recent years, creating a $3.6 billion (£3.43bn) practice.