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Intellectual property firm Marks & Clerk has been named an official corporate sponsor of Banchory Beer Festival in Deeside for the third year running – and the event is brewing up an even bigger line-up this time. The event, held at the Deeside Rugby Club Pitches, is a festival of beer, ci
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Watermans Solicitors is geared up to support one of Britain’s best young riders, Rory Skinner, after the multiple British youth champion was named as the winner of a campaign to find the firm’s next sports ambassador. The 17-year-old motorcycle racer from Perth has been riding since he w
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The application process for judicial office in Scotland has been severely criticised as too onerous, a "lottery" and an artificial paperwork exercise that may be no more effective than the 'tap on the shoulder' that allowed "useless people" to be appointed in the past. Last year the Judicial Appoint
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Morton Fraser has been named as one of the Top 100 UK Companies in the Sunday Times 'Best Companies to Work For 2019' list. The firm is the only Scottish law firm in the UK-wide list, which aims to celebrate and showcase excellence in workplace engagement.
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Heather Tierney To protect the public, it should be taboo for dog owners not to have third party liability insurance, writes Heather Tierney.
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Alan Kelly MacRoberts took home the top prize last night at the Scottish Business Insider’s SME awards ceremony. The awards are given to companies in Insider's SME300 listing, with an additional honour for the number one firm from Insider's Spring 100 rankings.
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Over the past year, our And finally section – with the most absurd, offbeat, strange or funny legal stories – has kept our readership entertained.Here, we list our 10 most popular stories of 2016:
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Stephen Gibb Shepherd and Wedderburn has been voted a “best legal adviser” in Legal Week’s Best Legal Adviser Report 2016-17.
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A high school is being sued after a teacher allegedly brought real swords to the classroom and instructed pupils to fight. Chemistry teacher Loviata Mitchell allegedly told pupils she had a "surprise" before pulling out weapons described as resembling a katana and a rapier, which she smuggled past s
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A Scots lawyer who acted on behalf of a woman who was seeking to buy her estranged husband’s share in their former matrimonial home so she could remain in the property with her children, while also acting for the woman’s new partner who had agreed to fund the purchase and let the propert
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A Scottish solicitor who failed to progress a case on behalf of a client who was suing his former employer has been fined £7,500. Quinton Muir, 51, was found guilty of “professional misconduct” by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) over his failure
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David Flint and Rebecca Henderson look at a recent case on trademarking colours.
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A Scots lawyer who represented an elderly victim of a mortgage fraudster has been struck off the solicitors’ roll after being found guilty of “professional misconduct” over his failure to act his client’s best interests. Solicitor Alistair Bowie, 69, concluded missives w
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One of Italy's best-known TV presenters is suing her employer for forcing her to share a room with a farting colleague. Dania Mondini, 58, alleges that state broadcaster RAI made her endure "noisy, repeated and malodorous bodily emissions" as part of a campaign of intimidation against her.
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The death of one of the world's all-time best dressage horses has sparked a complex legal battle over the ownership of his sperm. Totilas, a former world record holder for top dressage score in grand prix freestyle dressage, died in 2020 — but 120 millilitres of his frozen semen remains in the
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