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First Minister John Swinney has welcomed the appointment of Scotland’s new lord president by His Majesty the King. Lord Pentland will succeed Lord Carloway when he retires as the head of Scotland’s judiciary on 3 February.

Terra Firma Chambers’ Robert Sutherland is heading back to the Arctic Circle as part of a team raising money for charity. 

BTO has welcomed John Dunlop as a new partner in the firm’s real estate team, based in its Edinburgh office. This appointment follows last month’s announcement of Paul Greenhill’s promotion to partner in Glasgow, as well as the recent recruitment of three new real estate solicitors

When Brandon Malone dropped dead five years ago, it was a defibrillator machine – and quick-thinking hotel staff – that saved his life. Luckily an automatic-external defibrillator had been at hand and, though his heart had stopped for a full 20 minutes, the people using it were able to s

Thompsons Scotland LLP has announced the establishment of the life impact team, a group of specialist solicitors committed to handling serious injury cases. The new team consolidates extensive expertise to pursue justice for survivors of historical abuse, individuals with complex or catastrophic inj

Literature is another casualty of our ailing civilisation. David J Black discusses the simulacrum left in its wake. See part one here. Unlike her risque predecessors Jilly Cooper and Joanna Trollope, Ms Rooney enjoys the honorific sobriquet "the voice of a generation", in which office she has seemin

In ATG Services (Scotland) Limited v Ogilvie Construction Limited [2024] CSOH 94, Lord Sandison delivered a stark warning about ‘unjustified’ challenges to the enforcement of adjudication decisions, writes Kate Ross. In this case, ATG Services (a subcontractor) had launched a “smas

A monkey in a pink tutu has been apprehended by police in the US. The fashionable spider monkey was staying at a home in Jefferson County, Missouri when it "managed to open a door and get outside", police said.

Research conducted by Towergate Health and Protection of 500 HR professionals undertaken in 2024, revealed that 98 per cent of companies surveyed have encouraged their employees to return to the office for at least part of the week, writes Laura Jordan. With the dark days of Covid lockdown now almos

The Aberdeen Bar Association (ABA), which represents the interests of criminal and civil court lawyers who practise at Aberdeen Sheriff Court, has elected family law specialist Tom Main as president for 2025. Mr Main is a senior associate and collaboratively-trained family law solicitor at Aberdein

Westwater Advocates has welcomed Isabella Ennis KC back to civil practice from the Crown Office. Ms Ennis, whose main areas of practice are family law and personal injury, said that she was excited to return to Westwater Advocates.

A former Supreme Court president has said that parents who have to fight for access to their children without legal representation are being deprived of their human rights. Lord Neuberger, who was the UK's most senior judge from 2012 to 2017, told The Guardian that the removal of legal aid from fami

Edinburgh Law School's Professor James Harrison is to deliver his inaugural lecture on a fundamental question of environmental legal scholarship: how much environmental protection can we expect environmental law to deliver?  Whilst protection of the environment is undoubtedly the underlying obj

David J Black exemplifies Juvenal's dictum that "It is difficult not to write satire". Literary criticism will not be the purpose of this exercise, so those anticipating a promotional puff for Intermezzo or anything else by the much celebrated Sally Rooney may be disappointed. It’s usually a r

Anderson Strathern’s corporate team worked on more than 100 deals in 2024, with an aggregate value approaching £1 billion. The M&A team delivered a record-breaking year across sectors spanning renewable energy, technology, transport and logistics, infrastructure, professional service