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Celtic is to face a compensation claim for millions of pounds if it fails to accept responsibility for paedophiles who preyed on young players, a lawyer has said. Patrick McGuire, a partner at Thompsons Solicitors, made the warning after Jim McCafferty, 73, a former Celtic Boys Club coach, was

Scots lawyer Eilidh Douglas will appear on Question Time tonight as the show visits Elgin.

New rights should be given to cohabitants to inherit from a deceased partner who leaves no will, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. At the moment, the surviving partner of couples who live together, rather than marry or enter a civil partnership, has to apply to a court to obtain any financial

The General Court of the EU has confirmed that registration of the mark ‘NEYMAR’ by a third party is invalid. In December 2012, Mr Carlos Moreira, residing in Guimarães (Portugal), filed an application with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) for registration o

A lawyer specialising in major construction projects is returning to work in Aberdeen, having played a key role in the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station in London. Iain Miller was the senior construction lawyer for Battersea Power Station Development Company Limited – the developmen

Scottish Legal News has celebrated its 11th anniversary by breaking through the 12,500 subscriber barrier to reach 12,521 readers yesterday. Unique users on www.scottishlegal.com now average almost 44,000 each month and Twitter followers have reached 9,506.

Belfast solicitor John Finucane, son of murdered human rights lawyer Pat Finucane, has been nominated by Sinn Féin to be the next Lord Mayor of Belfast. Mr Finucane, a graduate of Dundee Law School and partner at Finucane Toner Solicitors, was elected to Belfast City Council as a Sinn F&eacut

A house-builder has successfully appealed against a Scottish local authority’s decision to refuse planning permission for a new residential development. Persimmon Homes’ application for a 62-home development on a brownfield site in Dundee was refused by Dundee City Council, a d

The probation service in England and Wales is to be brought back into the public sector after a watchdog highlighted serious failings in the partly-privatised system. In a report published in March, the National Audit Office (NAO) said problems with the major reforms implemented in 2014 had cost tax

An advertising worker was injured after falling from a billboard advertising a personal injury law firm. David Fricker, 49, was working on a billboard advertising the services of law firm Cellino & Barnes before falling more than three metres onto a rooftop below.

Ayla Iridag has been elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association, following the organisation's AGM this week. Ms Iridag is a litigation solicitor at Clyde & Co in Edinburgh and has been a member of the SYLA committee since 2016.

A member of the Faculty of Advocates has hit a six in the world of cricket umpiring. David McLean has been appointed to the ICC Development Panel of International Umpires. He becomes one of three Scotland representatives on the panel.

More than a third of priests in the Anglican church in Scotland have been bullied, a report has found. A survey of Scottish Episcopal Church (SEC) clergy found a “negative atmosphere which can foster bullying and harassment” in the church, The Times reports.

Artisan cheesemakers have dropped legal action against a food watchdog over safety guidelines. Producers, among them Errington Cheese, which defeated South Lanarkshire Council over safety rules and an order preventing the sale of its cheeses, sought judicial review of guidance standards produced by

The existing presumption against short prison sentences will be extended from three to 12 months and come into force this summer, subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament. People released from a custodial sentence of 12 months or less are reconvicted nearly twice as often as those sen