Solicitor General for Scotland, Ruth Charteris KC, has acknowledged the conclusion of a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths in custody of Katie Allan and William Lindsay following the publication of Sheriff Simon Collins KC's determination and detailed reforms to the FAI regime. Ms Charteris said
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Dr Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association (IBA), has written an opinion piece for legal publication JURIST news on the consequences of abandoning Ukraine. In the article he states the rules-based international legal order could suffer a devastating, and perhaps irreversi
Mackinnons Solicitors LLP has announced recent promotions across the firm. Gillian Smith becomes a senior associate within the private client department while Cameron Milne is elevated to the role of senior solicitor within the commercial department.
Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has announced three appointments to the Scottish Land Commission. Dr Lucy Beattie and Dr Calum MacLeod have been appointed as land commissioners and Robert Black as the tenant farming commissioner of the Scottish Land Commission.
Scotland’s legal sector has made a strong start to 2025, with 103 new solicitors formally welcomed to the profession in central Edinburgh yesterday.
The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has appointed Lord Fairley to be president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He succeeds Mrs Justice Eady with effect from 1 February 2025.
An online scammer tricked a woman out of more than €800,000 using AI-generated pictures of Brad Pitt. The 53-year-old French woman, named only as Anne, recently appeared on a French TV show to recount her story, saying that she was entirely convinced that the Hollywood star had fallen in love w
Slater and Gordon’s presence in Scotland is continuing to grow with the addition of a leading name in clinical negligence to its team. Derek Couper becomes the firm’s new head of medical negligence in Scotland, having built a reputation as a specialist in clinical negligence work through
Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace has welcomed Andrew Bruce back to the firm as an associate in a senior property role, after a brief spell with another local solicitor. Mr Bruce, born and bred in Peterhead, was a partner with Masson & Glennie prior to first joining Raeburn Christie Clark &am
McKennas Law Practice has promoted assistant solicitor Lucy Anne Boylen to associate.
Federica Fazio asks the unthinkable question: what happens if Donald Trump invades Greenland? Ever since Donald Trump announced his bid for the 2024 presidential election, NATO allies have been looking for ways to “Trump-proof” the alliance. During his first term, Trump had in fact frequ
In the final part of his series on Big Book, David J Black finds yet more revelations between the lines. See part three here. Let us park Ms Rooney in a lay-by for the moment, and focus on the man in the shadows. A dyed-in-the-wool Republican, one time Rubio-supporting Trump sceptic Paul Elliott Sin
Donald Trump would have been convicted in relation to his "criminal efforts to retain power" after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden if not for his re-election last year, according to a report released by the US Department of Justice. The 130-page document, authored by special counsel Jack Smith
Donnie Munro discusses the current M&A market in Scotland, which is experiencing high activity due to anticipated tax changes, and highlights the rising trend of vendor initiated management buyouts (VIMBOs) as an attractive exit strategy for business owners. The corporate mergers and acquisition
The Stuart Hogg case highlights the use of an offence which came into force in 2019, writes Douglas McConnell. The recent domestic criminal case involving former Scotland rugby player Stuart Hogg has attracted significant attention to the relatively new offence outlined in the Domestic Abuse (Scotla
