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Burges Salmon's application to join the values-led partnership between government and business in Scotland has been formally accepted. Burges Salmon has become a signatory to the Scottish Business Pledge, marking a commitment to helping to support fairness, equality, opportunity and innovation in Sc

Employers in the Scottish construction sector could face legal action for damages running into hundreds of thousands of pounds after new figures found the industry has accounted for 100 Covid-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. Of the 10,055 deaths registered in Scotland where Covid-

A quarter of Scottish businesses plan to permanently reduce their office footprint, according to a new survey published by Addleshaw Goddard. The latest Addleshaw Goddard Business Monitor report – produced in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Instit

Terra Firma’s Robert Sutherland has been appointed as the Scottish editor for Garner’s Environmental Law. Garner's is the leading environmental law loose-leaf publication containing a comprehensive collection of UK acts, statutory instruments, Scottish acts and Scottish statutory instrum

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has sisted proceedings brought by the guarantor of the now-insolvent Ferguson Marine group of companies after finding that the Scottish Ministers were liable to reimburse them under the terms of an indemnity agreement. HCC International In

A legal challenge by Trees for Life to the Scottish government’s beaver killing policy is being heard by the Court of Session today and tomorrow. Trees for Life says the government’s nature agency NatureScot is breaking the law by failing to make the killing of the protected species a la

The average price of a property in Scotland has increased by 6.3 per cent in 12 months to reach £161,401 in April 2021 but has fallen by 4.1 per cent compared to the previous month, according to the latest provisional statistics from the UK House Price Index. The UK average house price was &po

Jacqueline Fordyce has been appointed as a member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.  Her appointment was announced earlier this week by Justice Secretary Keith Brown. The role of the SCCRC, established in 1999, is to consider alleged miscarriages of justice.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has found that the Scottish Legal Aid Board is not required to make payment of statutory interest in cases where a legal aid account is overdue, after an appeal by the Board against a Sheriff Court decision to that effect. Ormistons Law Practice Ltd 

DWF has appointed five newly-qualified solicitors and taken on six new trainee solicitors across its expanding Scottish teams in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Taking up newly-qualified solicitor positions in the Scottish offices in September are Katherine Lynch, Sara Baskin, Hope Donnachie, Katy Smith and

Business activity has risen in Scotland as the wider economy continues to reopen, according to Addleshaw Goddard's latest Scottish Business Monitor report. The report, published in partnership with the University of Strathclyde’s Fraser of Allander Institute, confirms that business sentim

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has reduced a decision not to progress a prisoner serving a life sentence in closed conditions at HMP Edinburgh to the open estate after he petitioned for a judicial review of the decision. George Smith was jailed for the murder of hi

Pinsent Masons partner Alastair Morrison has been appointed as chair of the Centre for the Moving Image (CMI), the parent charity of Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh's Filmhouse and Aberdeen's Belmont Filmhouse. Mr Morrison, who will take up the role from 30 August 2021, is partner a

The Law Society of Scotland has accused the Scottish government of dragging its feet on legal aid reform following the announcement of its programme for government. An independent legal aid review, which reported over three years ago, recommended an overhaul of the system. However, while the governm

An advisory board to support the development of new human rights legislation will meet for the first time today. Equalities minister Christina McKelvie will chair the group that will play a key role in progressing the Human Rights Bill.