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Mitchells Roberton has elected Ronald Inglis, 52 to be its new chairman. He replaces his sister, Morag Inglis, who has been chairman since 2021 and was managing partner for 24 years before that. Mr Inglis, a property law specialist who has been with Mitchells Roberton for 30 years and was made a par

As stage one of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill concludes at Holyrood, legal experts – Dr Mary Neal (Strathclyde), Dr Murray Earle (Edinburgh) and Dr Michael Foran (Glasgow) – raise concerns about the bill’s legislative competence, arguing that the bil

TC Young has announced the promotion of Neil Matheson to partner. Mr Matheson joined the firm as a trainee in 2015 and now has vast experience in civil litigation matters at both Sheriff Court and Court of Session level.

Pinsent Masons has announced its latest round of partner promotions, with 24 set to join its partnership on 1 May. In addition to four Scotland-based lawyers promoted to partner, a further seven have stepped up to legal director.

The title of this blog is inspired by one of the speakers at the conference on 25 March when the Open University (OU) Law School hosted a conference at the OU office in Edinburgh entitled Vicarious Trauma Education and the Legal Profession Now and in the Future, writes Gillian Mawdsley. The in-perso

At the 2025 Global Infrastructure Investment Summit in Berlin, the key theme was the transition to a net-zero economy through energy and infrastructure innovation. But what does this mean through a Scottish lens? David Young explains. This theme aligns with Scotland's ambitions for sustainable econo

More than 500 registered sex offenders in Scotland have changed their name in the last two years, new figures show. Police Scotland records reveal they were notified of 506 instances of sex criminals changing their names within a 23-month period between April 2023 and March 2025.

A new suite of template agreements have been developed and issued to encourage landowner and investor participation in UK woodland and peatland carbon projects. The templates are the outcome of an 18-month collaborative project led by Scottish Forestry in partnership with the IUCN UK Peatland Progra

The Supreme Court has ruled that the term “woman” as it appears in the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to persons who were born female and does not include transgender women, after a challenge to a Scottish gender representation act and its associated statutory guidance was brought to th

The Law Society of Scotland has furthered its commitment to sustainability by partnering with the global climate network, the Legal Sustainability Alliance (LSA). Building on the Law Society’s sustainability hub, the partnership with the not-for-profit organisation offers Scottish solicitors a

Legal aid deserts continue to grow as solicitors working on civil matters abandon the system, the Law Society of Scotland has warned a parliamentary inquiry. The assessment is contained in the Law Society’s submission to an inquiry into civil legal assistance by the Scottish Parliament’s

The University of Glasgow hosted the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition (BMICCC) earlier this month.

A new Scots Law degree will start at the University of West of Scotland’s (UWS) Paisley campus in September 2025. The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is a four-year degree with the potential to be undertaken part-time over a six-year period and is fully accredited by the Law Society of Scotla

A new unit has been launched to help build partnerships between landowners, communities and developers involved in natural capital projects. The Natural Capital Community Partnerships (NCCP) project aims to establish fair and practical examples of projects where communities, developers and landowner

Glasgow Caledonian University's law department has announced an academic prize in memory of the late Professor Alison Britton. The Alison Britton Prize for Advanced Healthcare Law and Ethics will be awarded to the best final-year undergraduate medical law student.