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A senior member of the Faculty of Advocates will be joining a television star as leading characters at a Burns Supper. Lisa Henderson QC, is to give the Reply to the Toast to the Lassies, while Arabella Weir, actor and writer, and currently appearing as Beth in the BBC sitcom Two Doors Down, wi

Brenda Mitchell analyses a recent case in which the sheriff found in favour of an injured motorcyclist. I have represented injured motorcyclists for over 30 years as a specialist personal injury lawyer. I ride a motorcycle, am an advanced rider and a member of IAM RoadSmart. What saddens me is motor

A report by the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has found that Police Scotland failed to record a report for concern for a 25-year-old vulnerable man who went missing and was later found dead. The man’s body was discovered on the beach near Musselburgh Harbour at 1750 ho

An online will writing too has raised £7.5 million in a bid to “disrupt the death industry” as it aims for a 10 per cent share of the market by the end of this year. Farewill, which currently produces one in 30 wills in the UK, plans to use funding injection to double the size of i

Marks & Clerk has been named the top filer of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in the EU, according to figures released by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine. PCT applications are one of the primary means by which innovators can secure intellectual property protection for novel

The courts system is in chaos following a major computer outage that has lasted for days. Court WiFi has been unavailable to lawyers and cases have had to be adjourned because of a failure of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) IT system, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said.

David Lorimer analyses some technical aspects surrounding the introduction of independent legal representation for rape complainers.  On the 28 November 2018, The Faculty of Advocates hosted a debate on independent legal representation (ILR) for complainers in rape trials. This was informe

Brandon L Garrett, L Neil Williams, Jr professor of law at the Duke University School of Law, will give a seminar on “Forensic Science and Wrongful Convictions” at the University of Glasgow School of Law on next Tuesday. He will speak about new work he is carrying out on forensic science

Burness Paull has won a brief to support the independent body that protects customers of financial firms that have failed. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has appointed eight law firms to form its second legal panel following a rigorous six-month procurement exercise.

Cycle Law Scotland has raised £1,200 for Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) after staff cycled a total of 1,500 miles on a tandem over the course of a year.

A motorcyclist who was injured after crashing into the back of a car which performed an unnecessary “emergency stop” has been awarded nearly £50,000 damages. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court ruled that the driver of the vehicle, who braked suddenly beca

A man who was fined for uploading footage to the internet of his dog performing a Nazi salute has failed in a bid to appeal to the Supreme Court. Mark Meechan, 31, was prosecuted following the publication of a video entitled "M8 Yer dug's a Naazi" which featured the dog raising its paw in respo

TLT has helped to support the growth of three major pub companies and brewers in Aberdeen, by securing the first extensions to core licensing hours under a new policy from the city's licensing board. The firm represented Brewdog, Signature Pubs and Spirit Pub Company at the board hearing on 15 Janua

The European Commission has fined Mastercard €570 million for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered by banks established elsewhere in the Single Market, in breach of EU antitrust rules. Mastercard is the second largest card scheme in the European

Sean Duffy highlights new research showing how criminal record declarations undermine the concept of rehabilitation. Recent research from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice (SCCJ) called into further question the value of criminal record declarations on job application forms. Indeed, the rese