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Results from Gillespie Macandrew confirm the business has achieved a seventh consecutive year of growth for the year ended 28 February 2019. The firm saw an increase in revenue of 8.3 per cent to £13m and its year-end cash position rose to £1.3m, against £1m in 2018.

An outgoing senior judge has said the UK government would be wrong to abolish prison sentences of less than six months. Sir Brian Leveson, the most senior criminal judge in England and Wales, retired from the bench on Friday.

Janette Speed, real estate partner and head of Shoosmiths in Scotland, recently teamed up with her client Bellway Homes to complete a 15-mile hike at Kielder Water in Northumberland in aid of Cancer Research UK (CRUK). 

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) has awarded the daughter of a deceased prominent Scottish QC £20,000 as a victim of sexual crimes. Susan Henderson has made allegations against a number of well known legal figures, five of whom are now deceased, including her father,&nb

A man who stole a human skull and kept it for more than a year has been jailed for four months. Lucas Dawe, 20, found the skull exposed within a mausoleum-style tomb in an Anglican cemetery.

Dickson Minto has appointed Harriet Balloch as a partner in its intellectual property and technology team with effect from the beginning of May. Ms Balloch, who has worked at Dickson Minto for four years having previously worked in the Middle East, specialises in commercial work with a focus on inte

Clyde & Co's Aberdeen office raised an incredible £2,700 at their recent race night in aid of Diabetes UK! The team were raising money and awareness for Diabetes UK. The race night was a brilliant success, with attendees from a range of sectors getting involved.

The sentence of a man convicted of breaking into a British Army building and stealing dummy rifles as well as possessing a prohibited firearm under the Firearms Act 1968 has been reduced on appeal in relation to the theft charge owing to his original sentences being regarded as excessive when taken

A ban on trademarks of "immoral" or "scandalous" words and symbols has been struck down by the US Supreme Court in a case involving a clothing brand with a sensitive name. Ruling against the Trump administration, the court found for Los Angeles streetwear designer Erik Brunetti who had failed in an

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined telecoms company EE Limited £100,000 for sending over 2.5 million direct marketing messages to its customers, without consent. The messages, sent in early 2018, encouraged customers to access and use the ‘My EE’ app to manage th

Scotland has the highest prison population rate per head in Western Europe, with 150 people held in prison for every 100,000 of the population, according to a new report. Meanwhile, in England and Wales there were more than 140,000 admissions into prison in 2017—the highest number in western E

Dr Ben Christman looks at the Scottish civil justice system's failures in enabling access to environmental justice. Now more than ever, we appreciate that the health of our environment is critical to the enjoyment of basic human rights.

France has banned research on judicial behaviour in an attempt to suppress the litigation analytics and predictions sector with a new law that carries a maximum jail term of five years. The law, in Article 33 of the Justice Reform Act, aims to stop anyone, but particularly legal tech companies, from

The newest issue of The Juridical Review - Part 2 of 2019 - is out now. There are full-length articles on children's hearings, legal history (via the Aberdeen Burgh Records), and local place plans in planning law. There is also a "Case and Comment" section and a book review.

The average valuation of a corporate finance deal in Scotland is on the rise, PwC has predicted, in spite of economic uncertainty which is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Speaking to business leaders this week, the professional services firm’s head of corporate finance in Scot