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Five Scottish solicitors, admitted by the Law Society Council as solicitor advocates with extended rights of audience, were introduced to the court at a ceremony yesterday. Following the ceremony, the new solicitor advocates will be allowed to exercise their extended rights of audience in the higher

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November 2018), Frank Jarvis discusses an important legal case (A v SSHD [2016] CSIH 38), the full impact of which has still to be felt. This 2016 Court of Session case concerns the Immigration Rules, as they apply to s

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has supported Northern Ireland firm Lotus Property in the acquisition of a 1.3 million sq ft portfolio in Scotland valued at £60m.

A property owner who sued the Royal Bank of Scotland for breach of contract over the mortgage lender’s early termination and demand for repayment of three loans has had his £160,000 damages action against bank dismissed following an appeal. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld

The Faculty of Advocates has given strong support for reform of the “archaic” offence of child cruelty, but warned that care must be taken to prevent everyday discipline from being criminalised. The Scottish government is looking at possible changes to section 12 of the Children and

A new charter is encouraging employers to treat workers fairly and be mindful of their safety if they are unable to get to work during extreme weather. Following the 'beast from the east' snow storm earlier this year, the Fair Work Charter for Severe Weather provides guiding principles to help emplo

The Supreme Court has received an application for permission to appeal in the matter of Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (Appellant) v Wightman and others (Respondents). The application has been referred to three Supreme Court Justices - Lady Hale (President), Lord Reed (Deputy Pres

Graham Ogilvy is disappointed by Mike Leigh’s newly released epic Peterloo. Peterloo, the brutal massacre inflicted on a Manchester crowd demanding political reform in 1819, was a milestone in the lengthy and, some would say, continuing, struggle to establish democracy in Britain and one of th

A woman celebrated the conclusion of her divorce by blowing up her wedding dress in an explosion felt 15 miles away. Texas woman Kimberly Santleben-Stiteler, 43, gathered her friends for a "divorce party" after the legal end of her marriage, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

Davidson Chalmers has recruited Laura Irvine as its eleventh partner to head up its newly launched regulatory team. She joins from BTO Solicitors where she was a partner. One of Scotland’s leading data protection and cybersecurity specialists, Ms Irvine wrote the Law Society of Scotland’

Pictured (L-R): Alexandra Smith, Emma de Sailly, Katrina Barclay, Hamish Lean and Paul Tinson Shepherd and Wedderburn is supporting the work of two rural charities in Scotland with charitable donations to RSABI and the Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET).

Irish Legal News, our sister publication, has run the strange story of ‘Typhoid Mary’ as part of its Legal Heritage series. We thought it sufficiently interesting to republish here on Scottish Legal News.

Dungavel immigration centre has been criticised for its use of "disproportionate" measures to ensure detainees do not escape. A report published yesterday by HM chief inspector of prisons, Peter Clarke, criticised the use of a dog to patrol the perimeter of Dungavel House, following the escape of a

The Scottish government has denied there is any problem with the legal aid duty rota after a freedom of information request revealed a fourfold increase in the number of solicitors withdrawing from providing cover in police stations. The new figures acquired by the Scottish Liberal Democrats show th

The recent Court of Appeal decision in Bellman v Northampton Recruitment Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 2214 provides a stark, timely reminder of both the personal and legal consequences of what can happen when work outings turn for the worse, write Alan Strain and Kieran Buxton. Mr Bellman worked for Nort