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Anderson Strathern been reappointed – for the third successive four-year period – to five ‘lots’ of the Scottish government’s Legal Services Framework. The appointment signals a total of over 16 years’ service by the firm within the Scottish government frameworks

Targets for nature recovery could be put into law in line with those for climate change, as part of a range of proposals to protect and restore Scotland’s natural environment. The Scottish government is asking for views on its plans and actions to accelerate nature restoration and regeneration

A team of intrepid walkers from Blackadders LLP has raised more than £4,000 for Rachel House Children’s Hospice in Kinross.

The death toll for motorcyclists will keep on rising unless the message is changed, writes Thomas Mitchell. Motorcyclists are classed as ‘vulnerable road users’ in the Highway Code and their disproportionate representation of those killed and seriously injured in road traffic collis

A group of young leaders from Scotland’s legal sector has joined a new campaign to inspire Scots law students as they pursue their own legal careers. The Law Society of Scotland has recruited the group of talented solicitors to participate in annual career talks at the 10 Scottish universities

Time limits have been set on custody courts to prevent them sitting late into the evening as the justice system considers options to mitigate the impact of GEOAmey staffing shortages on the courts. Representatives from the judiciary, SCTS, COPFS, SPS, Police Scotland, SLAB and Scottish governme

Philip Knight has been appointed as a litigation and arbitration partner in Edinburgh. Mr Knight has extensive experience advising on contractual disputes, real estate disputes, insolvency and director disqualification, licensing, regulatory, professional negligence, interdicts and financial service

Craig Marshall has been appointed as the new group CEO of Irwin Mitchell, following the loss of former group chief executive officer, Andrew Tucker. Mr Marshall joined Irwin Mitchell in 2007 when the firm merged with Scottish law firm Golds before being appointed chief executive officer of Irwi

Keoghs Scotland along with Screwfix, a client of its corporate sector risks retail team, has been successful in the first reported decision on abandonment in the era of qualified one way cost shifting (QOCS) in Scotland in the case Alan McRae v Screwfix and Royal Mail. This is also the first reporte

Glasgow City Council has agreed to carry out a fresh screening opinion into a decision surrounding the demolition of high-rise flats at Wyndford Road after it admitted it “erred in law" by failing to adequately explain the basis for the initial decision.

An advocate has called on Holyrood to honour a campaigner for his "tireless efforts" to obtain justice for the thousands of UK nuclear test veterans and their genetically impaired and deformed children. In an open letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf, Ian Anderson requests that the Scottish Parliam

Consumers must be protected from the risks posed by unregulated legal services such as will writing and online divorces, the Law Society of Scotland has told the UK’s competition regulator. The Law Society has submitted evidence on the need for enhanced consumer protection to an investigation

The Edinburgh Tram project was £400 million over budget and five years late due to a "litany of failures", Lord Hardie has found. The former judge has today published the findings and recommendations of the Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, nine years after it was established and at a cost of &poun

The Courts and Tribunal Service (SCTS) must “honour” its “obligations” and stop placing staff on zero hour contracts, Katy Clark MSP has said. In a letter to SCTS chief executive Eric McQueen, the Scottish Labour MSP cited press reports suggesting that 16 staff members are cu

A proposal to increase the minimum unit price (MUP) of alcohol by 15 pence per unit to 65 pence is included in a new consultation on the future of the public health policy. Views are being sought on whether to continue the MUP legislation beyond the current term which ends next April, and the level