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When making orders in terms of s.11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 the court requires to give children the opportunity to express their views and to take those views into account. In the recently published decision of PSC v NS Lady Tait considers how to do so where the strongly expressed views

PBW Law has announced the promotion of Michael McKitrick to partner. Mr McKitrick began his professional journey with PBW Law in 2019, working part-time while completing his diploma at the University of Strathclyde. 

The Conservatives have accused dozens of immigration judges of political bias. Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, yesterday questioned whether judges who had previously supported or volunteered for charities providing free legal advice to migrants could be considered "neutral and unbiased

Every primary three pupil in Nairnshire has been kitted out in club colours thanks to a former Nairn resident who now heads up a real estate firm. Marking 50 years since its 1976 Highland League triumph, Nairn County Football Club recently provided pupils from Auldearn, Ardersier, Cawdor, Croy, Mill

A lord ordinary has ruled that a claim by an Indian national seeking asylum in the UK on the basis of his homosexuality could not be regarded as clearly unfounded for the purposes of section 94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 after finding that it was not impossible that a tribun

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is saying farewell to partner Andrew Wilson who has announced his retirement following nearly four decades of service. Mr Wilson has been with WJM since 1988, becoming a partner in 1992, and serving the firm for 37 years.

A sheriff has awarded £3,216 in damages to a lorry driver who was injured when a learner motorcyclist collided with the back of his lorry and he fell from the steps outside the cab after he rejected an argument that the force involved in the crash was too small to cause any injury. Pursuer Joh

NHS Fife’s legal team acted negligently in handling a legal argument in the board’s tribunal battle with nurse Sandie Peggie, a panel has ruled. The case, already running for two months at a cost of at least £220,500, was thrown into further wrangling earlier this month when the bo

In almost 15 years at the helm of Lindsays, Alasdair Cummings has overseen impressive growth. Six mergers have made it a firm of four cities, with turnover tripling to almost £30m. The statistics are strong. Amongst them, though, is one of which he is particularly proud. “On October 1, w

A UK tax tribunal judge has confirmed that he used artificial intelligence to help draft a ruling on a disclosure application, in what appears to be the first published UK judicial decision of its kind. The case, VP Evans (as executrix of HB Evans, deceased) & Ors v The Commissioners for HMRC [2

The English legal press had their knives out for the Law Society of Scotland this past week. This was on the back of its announcement of a deferral of at least a further two years (to add to the existing 15 years since the introduction of the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010) in bringing about alt

More people impacted by drugs have received support after the Scottish government funded 225 community-based projects across the country. The National Drugs Mission Funds distributed almost £13 million in grants in 2024-25 through the Corra Foundation. In 2024-25, there were more than 51,000 i

Thorntons has welcomed 19 new trainee solicitors.

A group of homeowners in Motherwell have been successful in an action before the sheriff seeking to interdict the owners of a neighbouring corner property from erecting a boundary wall and electric gate at the front of their driveway after establishing the continued existence of a real burden over t

Burges Salmon has announced the appointment of Lillian Mackenzie as a partner in its projects department, based in the firm’s Edinburgh office. Ms Mackenzie's practice spans infrastructure finance, major outsourcings, and public-private partnerships (PPP/PFI), with a track record of advising s