Gilson Gray has appointed experienced real estate lawyer Rajan Shori as partner and head of its real estate division in England. Mr Shori brings two decades of experience to the role, having supported investors, developers, lenders, and corporate occupiers through high-value transactions, acquisitio
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Tessa Till has been promoted to legal director at BBM Solicitors. She is a highly experienced private client specialist, advising on wills, succession and tax planning, trusts, executries, powers of attorney, and adults with incapacity matters.
A raccoon named "Chewy" was caught by police with a meth pipe in his mouth after a traffic stop in Ohio. Springfield Township Police Department say they pulled over the car after the motorist was identified as having an arrest warrant and a suspended licence.
Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has welcomed a new agreement which aims to improve how agencies work together in the investigation of work-related deaths in Scotland. The Work-Related Deaths Protocol aims to make investigations in these cases better and faster by improving communication.
Shakespeare Martineau has announced 16 promotions, including one in Scotland. Dual-qualified legal director Nicky Grant, who is based in Edinburgh, has been promoted to partner and head of the commercial real estate team.
Calls for the establishment of a civil legal assistance office and a university law clinic in the Forth Valley will not be enough to solve the region's "legal aid desert", Scottish Legal News has been told. Earlier this week, a new report from Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) raised co
Hostilities ended in Europe 80 years ago today on 8 May 1945. This was commemorated as Victory in Europe Day (VE). Along with everyone else, the legal profession in Scotland was impacted by the deaths of a number of its members. To remember those who died, the WS Society compiled a list of their mem
A new University of Stirling academic journal dedicated to sharing research on human rights aims to influence policy and decision makers in the UK and worldwide. The University of Stirling Human Rights Journal (USHRJ) is the first of its kind in Scotland.
The EU’s sweeping reform of product liability law contrasts sharply with the UK’s more tentative approach, write Paola Sproul and Mark Gibson. The EU and the UK are undergoing significant overhauls of their product liability regimes, primarily driven by the need to address challenges pos
Haseltine Lake Kempner has announced that Dr Lauris Kemp has joined the firm as a partner in its chemistry and life sciences team in Glasgow. As an experienced UK and European patent attorney, she holds a degree in immunology and biochemistry and followed this with a PhD and postdoctoral position in
If a parent wishes to move abroad with a child who is usually resident within Scotland, that parent will require the permission of anyone else who holds parental rights in respect of the child. Unfortunately, such permission is not always sought or obtained before a parent takes the child to live ab
Spanish prosecutors are for the first time investigating the deaths of thousands of Spaniards in Nazi concentration camps. Dolores Delgado, the Spanish prosecutor for human rights and democratic memory, yesterday announced the launch of the investigation, which will examine whether the Franco dictat
International legal and professional services firm gunnercooke has announced the addition of Ashley Cooke and Hayden Cooke, sons of founder Darryl Cooke, to its leadership team. Joining as chiefs of staff, the brothers' initial role will be to immerse themselves in the business and culture, driving
Scullion LAW has promoted Stephanie Grieve from senior solicitor to associate director. Ms Grieve is a member of the firm's criminal defence team as well as a specialist in military law.
McKee Campbell Morrison (MCM) Solicitors has appointed Nicola Ker as head of its private client department and to the firm's board of directors. Ms Ker brings a wealth of private client expertise, including on the creation and management of trusts, establishing family investment companies, administe
