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The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a company director against a sheriff’s decision that an obligation under a personal guarantee to account for a £20,000 loan debt owed by his company had effectively transferred to the assignee of that debt. Appellant Kenneth Scott was the

A new boutique law firm has launched promising a client-first approach to legal services in private client and residential conveyancing. Founded by Maureen Matheson and Victoria Lawson, Glasgow-based Matheson Lawson will specialise in conveyancing, wills, powers of attorney, trusts, estate administr

Almira Delibegović-Broome KC reflects on how the Clark Foundation for Legal Education helped her. I applied to the Clark Foundation in 1995, to cover my diploma in legal practice tuition fees at Edinburgh University. At that time, I was still an asylum seeker, having arrived to Scotland in 199

Sheriff Wendy Sheehan has stepped down as president of the Sheriffs and Summary Sheriffs Association (SSSA) following an unprecedented two terms in the role. Sheriff Sheehan, who was the first female president of the association, stepped down at its AGM in Edinburgh on 15 March. She will be succeede

First Minister John Swinney will this week convene a meeting to examine the resilience of Scotland’s democracy.    Political, faith and community leaders will be brought together to assess the robustness of Scotland’s democratic system by examining root causes that "might under

Scottish Green MSP Maggie Chapman has received criticism and calls to resign after accusing Supreme Court justices of expressing "bigotry, prejudice and hatred" in their judgment on the definition of a woman for the purposes of the Equality Act. Addressing people protesting the judgment in Aberdeen

The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen is a professional body of legal practitioners in Aberdeen and the northeast of Scotland, incorporated by three Royal Charters in 1774, 1799, and 1862. The Society’s roots date back to at least the 16th century, and historically it was responsible for the tr

A Dundee sheriff has refused an appeal by a trust against a decision of the Scottish ministers to allow a community body to exercise the right to purchase derelict land in St Andrews owned by the trust, in the first appeal of its kind in Scotland. Forthtay Ltd Employee Trust, which owned a plot of l

A Holyrood committee has declined to make a recommendation on a private member's bill to legalise assisted dying, saying that it is a "matter of conscience" for individual MSPs. The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill was introduced by Liberal Democrat MSP Liam McArthur in March

Hostilities ended in Europe 80 years ago today on 8 May 1945. This was commemorated as Victory in Europe Day (VE). Along with everyone else, the legal profession in Scotland was impacted by the deaths of a number of its members. To remember those who died, the WS Society compiled a list of their mem

Experienced commercial counsel and respected arbitrator David Bartos has now returned to private practice after five years as a law commissioner. Prior to his time with the commission, he ran a busy practice acting in a variety of litigations covering commercial law contract work and property litiga

Criminals who were ordered to repay the profits of their offending owe the public purse over £5 million, according to new figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives. Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service data released under a freedom of information request show that there are currently 89

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Lord Ross, who passed away on April 26 this year. "Donald Ross held a succession of the highest offices in the Scottish legal system of which he was a proud and doughty champion. He was the youngest of three children of John Ross, a solicitor in Dundee.

A former law student at the University of Glasgow has won a judicial review challenge against the decision of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to refuse to investigate her complaints into a dispute over her degree classification after a lord ordinary found that two her three grounds of appeal

A new law which makes it easier for Scottish businesses to borrow against their moveable assets could help unlock more cross-border investment, a banking expert believes. The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act came into force on April 1, bringing Scotland’s lending legislation into alignment