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The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has fined accountancy firm Grant Thornton more than £2.3 million for failings and a "serious lack of competence" in its audits of restaurant chain Patisserie Valerie. Patisserie Valerie collapsed in January 2019 as allegations of fraud encompassed the comp

Limited places are available at CLT Scotland’s Commercial Property Conference, sponsored by First Scottish, taking place online on Tuesday 28 September. Chaired by Harper MacLeod’s David Steel, the conference will consider the latest lease, access, environmental, compulsory purchase and

Protection for employees and obligations on employers in Long Covid cases and employee surveillance at work are just two of the topics to be tackled at CLT Scotland’s Employment Conference taking place online on Wednesday 22 September. Chaired by Morton Fraser’s Lindsey Cartwright, the c

Twelve new Queen’s Counsel have been appointed by Her Majesty The Queen on the recommendation of First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. The new appointees are: Jennifer Bain, advocate; Duncan Hamilton, advocate; Graeme Hawkes, advocate; Robert Hayhow, advocate; Archibald MacSporran, advocate; Kirsty

The Sheriff Appeal Court has determined that a certificate of repairs issued by the proprietors of a farm in respect of a real burden to the purchasers of the burdened property contained manifest errors preventing it from being wholly enforceable. Paul and Evonne Salmond, originally the de

Greater use of bicycles is encouraged but cyclists, like all road users, have duties incumbent upon them to proceed safely, says Steven Smart. One of the key items on the agenda at the upcoming COP26 conference in Glasgow is cutting emissions by planning ahead for the electrification of all cars.

A couple have been ordered to pay over £22,000 to their son after they binned his massive porn collection. An expert in porn valuation told a court that the destroyed collection was probably worth $30,441.54 (around £22,139), MLive.com reports.

An obituary of Brian Manus McGuire, founding partner of Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, has been published by The Herald. Mr McGuire, who died last month the day before his 82nd birthday, "defined what it is to be a socialist lawyer", it notes.

To assist with jury trials in the High Court, eight sheriffs have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as temporary judges from 1 August 2021. The appointments are: Sheriff Olga Pasportnikov, Sheriff William Summers, Sheriff James Gilchrist QC, Sheriff William John Gallacher, Sheriff Doug

A Glasgow summary sheriff has refused to authorise a consultant orthopaedic surgeon as a skilled witness in an action by a man involved in a car accident against the insurer of the vehicle that hit him. Ian McKay sought to certify a Mr David Donaldson, who examined him following the accident, i

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China: Uyghurs living in a ‘dystopian hellscape’, says Amnesty report | The Guardian

The Herald has published an obituary of Heriot Currie, who passed away in April at the age of 68. "A commanding figure in court, he could pick out the salient points in an argument and then comprehensively deliver the highlights to the jury. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of case law and was a ma

A man who shot and killed another man on his doorstep has been jailed. Sean Orman has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of Bradley Welsh and attempted murder of David McMillan at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Scottish Legal News has been featuring nominations for the top Session Case to accompany a survey run by the Scottish Council of Law Reporting on the occasion of the law reports' bicentenary. It is thought that Session Cases is the longest continuous set of law reports still in production in th

Terra Firma Chambers will host an Employment Law Webinar, live via Zoom at 11am on Thursday, 8th April. This event, the latest in TFC’s 2021 webinar series, will be chaired by Terra Firma Director David Logan who will speak about Post-Covid Economic Realities for Employers. Peter Grant-Hutchis