Professor Lady Sue Black, Baroness of Strome, is making a return to the University of Dundee to deliver this year’s Margaret Harris Lecture on Friday 29 November. From 2003 to 2018, Professor Lady Black served as Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee, where
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Six members of the Scottish legal sector have been announced as the inaugural winners of the Law Society of Scotland’s Legal Pioneers Award.
MSHB has appointed April Campbell as partner, Melissa McNeill as solicitor, and Rebecca Quinn as trainee solicitor within its family department. Ms Campbell, an accredited specialist in family law, brings 24 years of experience in private practice. Her background as a litigator spans all levels, inc
Balfour and Manson has added three new members of staff to its private client team in Aberdeen with the appointment of new senior associate Marcia Johnstone, executry paralegal Sarah Rennie and legal secretary Dawn Ashcroft. Ms Johnstone joins Balfour and Manson as a senior associate, working with G
Jones Whyte enjoyed a double victory at The Herald Top Employer Awards 2024, where it was named Top Employer of the Year – Small Business and received the Employee Career Development Award.
As Pro Bono Week begins, shining the spotlight on the role of voluntary legal work is of utmost importance, writes Lauren Weetman. The pro bono effort of solicitors has a profound impact on both those seeking access to legal advice and the broader legal community alike. Efforts that shine particular
Ahead of the US election tomorrow, in which one candidate hopes to win bigly, David J Black looks at interference on both sides of the Atlantic. Aspirant President Donald J Trump, who now joins the disparate ranks of Barack Obama and Sarah Palin in condemning the very idea that Scotland should opt f
An untrained law student enjoyed the rare opportunity to conduct a 60-person orchestra following a social media appeal. Ella Eroniemi, 22, responded to a post from Finnish national broadcaster Yle seeking a member of the public with no experience of conducting to try conducting the Radio Symphony Or
The new Employment Rights Bill introduced by the UK government represents one of the most significant single items of employment legislation ever to be published and makes provision for 28 different employment law reforms, writes Helen Corden. Among the changes proposed are enhanced rights for worke
CMS has announced the promotion of Laura West to partner in its Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Disputes (ICE Disputes) practice. Ms West is dual-qualified in Scots and English law and is a Law Society-accredited specialist in construction law. She teaches construction law to postgraduate st
Thorntons has secured a new three-year contract with City of Glasgow College, Scotland’s largest technical and professional skills education provider and the third largest of its kind in the UK. Thorntons has been providing legal advice to City of Glasgow College since 2016 and expanded its ro
Clan Childlaw CEO Alison Reid has been awarded the Law Society of Scotland’s inaugural Legal Pioneer Award. The award has been created as part of the Law Society’s 75th anniversary celebrations and has been presented to individuals that have been recognised as offering significant contri
The Scottish government's proposed pilot of juryless trials has been abandoned following years of opposition from the legal profession. Justice Secretary Angela Constance told MSPs that, having listened to the cross-party Criminal Justice Committee and a wide range of other views, a plan to enable a
Great changes are being wrought in Scotland's law of evidence. Dr Grant Barclay, early career fellow in evidence and criminal law at Edinburgh Law School, looks at the full bench decision in HMA v PG and JM. “Having to apply rules, which prohibit a judge or jury from reaching a just conclusion
BBM Solicitors has announced that Rona Plowman has been promoted to legal director with effect from 1 November. She joined BBM Solicitors as a summer student in 2013, before going on to gain a degree in law from Robert Gordon University. She returned to her hometown of Wick to complete her two year
