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Following their initial introduction in Glasgow last June, Low Emission Zones (LEZs) are about to take root across all of Scotland’s key city centres. From later this week, we will see them go live in both Dundee and Aberdeen before being brought into effect in Edinburgh a month later, writes&

Dean Gallacher has been promoted to senior solicitor at Kee Solicitors. He said: "I am delighted with my new position at Kee Solicitors and have enjoyed every minute of working here. I look forward to many more years at the firm and working hard to provide a quality service for all of my clients. "

Edinburgh-based Tim Cooper, partner at Addleshaw Goddard LLP, has been appointed as president of R3, the insolvency and restructuring trade body. He will work with R3’s CEO, senior management team and council to help shape and deliver R3’s strategy for the next 12 months and supporting i

Alison Marshall, a solicitor based in Dunfermline and a partner at Wright, Johnson & Mackenzie (WJM), has attained the Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA) qualification from the Chartered Institute of Taxation. She said: “This has been one of the most challenging processes in my career to date, an

Action for Children has marked four years of its Serious Organised Crime Early Intervention Service (SOCEIS) in Edinburgh which helps children and young people exploited into criminal activity. For the occasion, the charity was joined by senior members of Police Scotland, the Justice Secretary Angel

Growing up, Nina Taylor had no thoughts about becoming a lawyer. The first in her family to go to university, she’d started life above the Rainbow Café in Coatbridge, which was run by her Italian father’s family, and wanted to become a journalist. Having just taken up the chairman

Tony Lenehan KC, president of the Criminal Bar Association, explains how the Scottish government could help complainers right now. On Tuesday afternoon, just as the Victims’ etc Bill met with a poorer reception in Holyrood than the Scottish government had hoped, I was at Glasgow University par

Dr Gavin Sullivan, reader in international human rights law at Edinburgh Law School and UKRI future leaders fellow, has been appointed to the Independent Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) for a three-year term. Dr Sullivan is one of only three academi

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has responded to publication by Police Scotland of data in relation to the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, which commenced on 1 April 2024. The figures show a continued decline in reports of hate crimes made to the police since the introduction of

Law students Blair White and Kyle Meechan have won the 13th Glasgow Caledonian University Law Society Moot. The final, in which they faced Kate Millward and Holly Stewart, was judged by Dr Jonathan Brown, of Strathclyde University Law School, who was himself a winner in 2012-13.

Addleshaw Goddard has announced a new partner in Scotland, part of a record promotion round which see 26 lawyers globally step up to partner. Peter Clyde, a member of the firm's construction & engineering team, will join the firm's partnership from 1 May, 2024. Based in the Edinburgh office, Mr

Chris Murray has been promoted to partner in Evershed Sutherland's Edinburgh office. He advises clients on all aspects of public and utilities procurement law and subsidy control, as well as on various aspects of airport/aviation regulation.

Writing in Scottish Legal News today, Justice Secretary Angela Constance details the aims of major criminal law reforms contained in new legislation. In the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, members will vote on the general principles of the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill –

The issue of compulsory mediation is exercising legal minds on both sides of the border and, as the appetite for change in Scotland increases, the matter of its feasibility or desirability becomes ever more relevant, writes Molly Somerville. Mediation is an assisted negotiation, where parties v