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A former St Andrews university student who claimed she was raped by a man during a drunken night out has successfully sued him for £80,000 in damages after raising a civil action. Stephen Coxen, 23, was acquitted after a High Court trial when a jury found the charge “not proven”, b

Gilson Gray has appointed Cheryl Edgar to its North Berwick team. She joins as senior associate from local firm Garden Stirling Burnet (GSB) with many years’ experience in conveyancing law, and prior to this spent 18 years with Anderson Strathern.

Rory Alexander discusses the Fairer Scotland Duty and the opportunity it affords local authorities to tackle inequality.   Now more than ever, the battle to reduce inequalities amongst the most disadvantaged in our society is being recognised as a priority by our key decision makers and, f

Divorce judges will assign custody over pets on a similar basis to custody over children under new legislation in California. Judges are now legally required to consider an animal's best interests in divorce proceedings and can order shared ownership of a pet.

Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team has reported a strong year for deals activity, with a 41 per cent rise in the number of completed deals and a 12 per cent increase in the overall value of transactions. The team, whose clients include banks, funds, financial ins

Aberdein Considine has made appointments to both its private client and banking litigation teams. James MacKinnon has joined the firm as partner and head of private client in Edinburgh. He was previously legal director at Gillespie Macandrew.

A local authority is under pressure to reveal the full cost of a court battle it fought against a cheesemaker. South Lanarkshire Council's legal department has admitted it spent almost £600,000 in the case against Errington Cheese and it is thought the final bill will exceed £1 million a

The dangers of expert evidence in a medical negligence case being based on only one witness's account where that account is disputed by another witness has been highlighted in the recent decision in Taylor v Dailly Health Centres, writes Robbie Wilson. The decision from the Outer House of the Court

Blackadders has signed the UK Armed Forces Covenant, a commitment to support servicemen and women. Chairman Scott Williamson signed the document at the firm’s Dundee offices. It was co-signed on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) by squadron leader Jason Aslett, executive officer of 612 S

The Scottish government has been accused of “selling the silverware” of Scotland’s courts for a fraction of their value. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) began closing one in five sheriff and justice of the peace courts in 2013, despite warnings of an increased work

The Scottish Law Commission has held an all-day seminar on homicide law reform in Glasgow in conjunction with the law schools at the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow.

This week, the ICO fined Heathrow Airport Limited £120,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act 1998. Whilst this decision is under the “old” data protection rules, it provides some helpful guidance from the ICO on what organisations should be doing to avoid such action

The number of Employment Tribunal claims in Scotland has increased fivefold in the past six months following the scrapping of fees for bringing cases. More than 8,500 additional cases were lodged in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, leading to claims the system is be

Support has been voiced by the Faculty of Advocates for ending the tacit relocation of commercial leases. The doctrine of tacit relocation is one of the issues raised by the Scottish Law Commission in a discussion paper, Aspects of Leases: Termination.