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Advocates David Nicolson and Dominic Scullion have joined Compass Chambers.

Responses to a consultation on reforming Scotland's gender recognition laws have been published by the Scottish government. A majority of organisations responding to the consultation, which ran from December 2019 to March 2020, broadly supported changing to a statutory declaration-based system, acco

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused to direct that the sole executor of a late South African woman who left part of her estate to charity can donate it to a charity with a similar name to a non-existent one named in the will. Vindex Trustees Ltd, the sole executor under the will and

An interesting little conundrum for those with too much time on their hands. The flash floods in Edinburgh’s fashionable Stockbridge area earlier this year did significant damage to property, but thankfully, in contrast to similar events in Germany, no lives were lost. For this we may be grate

One of Scotland’s judges has joined the University of Strathclyde’s Law School as a professor of practice. Lady Wolffe, Sarah P L Wolffe QC, has been a judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session since 2014 and, in 2016, became the first woman to be appointed to the Commercial Court

A sheriff has ordered the Brexit Party to pay just over £22,000 in unpaid invoice expenses to an advertising company based in Glasgow. VMS Enterprises Ltd, a supplier of mobile advertising services in the form of mobile billboards and electronic boards, was contracted by the then-Brexit Party

Blackadders has continued its expansion in the west of Scotland by recruiting an experienced employment law adviser to its Glasgow base. Stephen Connolly, who joins the firm as a partner today, is the latest addition to the firm’s Glasgow team. Previously a partner with Miller Samuel Hill Brow

The Edinburgh office of Balfour and Manson has added two new associates – one each to its employment and commercial property teams. Russell Eadie joins the firm as a senior associate in the employment team. He arrives at the firm having worked in employment law for over 25 years. A former part

A sheriff has determined that the death of a prisoner in Scotland’s only privately-run prison could potentially have been avoided were it not for defects in the prison’s then-current system of working. John Smith died as a result of heart and lung disease on 20 April 2019 in his cell in

A publication of statistics on the number of suspected drug deaths during the first half of 2021 shows a small decrease (one per cent) on the same period last year. The report covers January to June this year.

A group of social justice lawyers based in Glasgow have secured on behalf of asylum seekers in Scotland the right to access legal aid for representation in tribunal appeals, where they face eviction from housing provided by the Home Office. The Glasgow Social Justice Lawyers came together in summer

Sheriffs made no recommendations for improvement in almost 200 fatal accident inquiries into deaths in custody, a new study has found. Academics at Glasgow University looked at 196 deaths in prison between 2005 and 2019.

Shepherd and Wedderburn acted for Clydeport Operations Limited (COL) in concluding an option agreement with the sustainable energy company XLCC to construct a facility at Hunterston Port to produce high voltage sub-sea cables for the transmission of renewable energy. If planning permission is approv

Members of Edinburgh Law School's Understanding Inequalities project have published two new high profile reports. The first report, authored by Professor Susan McVie, details data on the number of charges reported by Police Scotland under the Coronavirus Regulations between March 2020 and June 2021

Elaine Elder discusses the implications of the new policy adopted by Aberdeen City Council to tackle the local empty-housing crisis. Aberdeen City Council has adopted a new policy to tackle the local empty-housing crisis.