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Morton Fraser has been successfully reappointed by the City of Edinburgh Council to provide legal services to lot 1 (commercial), lot 2 (property and planning) and lot 3 (litigation), with an estimated framework-wide legal spend of around £16.7m. The firm has been offering legal services to th

Jim Diamond discusses a recent Supreme Court case on litigation funding. Although in this article reference is made to the UK, it is not intended to cover Scotland, which has its own rules about funding agreements. The decision of the court does not affect agreements made under Scots law or funding

The UK government has made several serious commitments towards the country’s quest for energy independence. In addition to issuing hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licences this past summer and more to come this autumn, the country also continues its renewables strategy, albeit acknowledg

A social media influencer has been fined after stopping traffic to perform yoga in the middle of the street. Footage published by police in India's Gujarat state shows cars stopping while the woman, named as Dina Parmar, strikes various poses in pouring rain.

Balfour and Manson has announced promotions in both its Edinburgh and Aberdeen offices. In Edinburgh, Peter Littlefair and Will Wallace have been promoted to partner.

New evidence alleging a conflict of interest in a Supreme Court justice's involvement in legal cases over the collapse of Rangers Football Club has emerged. Lord Hodge, 70, led a panel of three judges who dismissed an appeal made by the businessman David Grier, who had been appointed as an administr

A former sheriff has raised more than £5,800 for Simon Community Scotland after completing the Great Scottish Run with his daughter. Sheriff Paul Crozier, who retired from the bench in Glasgow last June, completed the half marathon on October 1st in a time of 2 hours, 9 mins and 8 se

Average house prices in Scotland have risen by over a quarter since the start of the pandemic, according to DJ Alexander. The property firm said that average prices have increased by 27.4 per cent since March 2020 when the pandemic began. The increase is in marked contrast to historic rises with the

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced a raft of promotions. In Dunblane, private client expert Mirella Marchini has been made partner and property specialist Karen Crothers has been promoted to legal director.

In recent years, there has been an increase in discussion and awareness of the impact of the menopause in the workplace, writes Katie Hendry. Last year, the charity Wellbeing of Women launched the ‘Menopause Pledge Workplace Campaign’. The pledge indicates the employers&rs

Change isn’t an option anymore; it’s mandatory. This dictum, of course, has had multiple iterations in all areas of business since any wistful idea that more of the same will suffice was atomised by a climate emergency, a global pandemic, a war in Europe and a series of economic debacles

The Scottish Civil Justice Committee’s current draft set of court rules is remarkable in a number of respects, writes Andrew Stevenson. Firstly, it is brief, a mere 80 rules covering just under 30 pages and a laudable exception to the regrettable tendency of legislation to swell to unwieldy di

TLT has announced a new ethnic diversity target designed to eliminate barriers to entry into the legal profession for aspiring ethnic minority lawyers and to improve diversity. This Black History Month 2023, the firm has set a target of 35 per cent ethnic minority representation across its early car

Brodies LLP has been reappointed to the City of Edinburgh Council's new Legal Services Framework where it will provide support in four out of the six available lots. The result of a competitive tender process run by the council but creating a framework that can be used by many local authorities acro

Neil Crockatt has been appointed as partner and head of residential property at Blackadders. Mr Crockatt has been a property solicitor for 29 years and has worked at partner and director level for firms in Perth, Glasgow and Dunfermline.