A charity chief in Aberdeen has been awarded an MBE for her services to disadvantaged children and young adults in Scotland. Lady Catto is chairwoman and a trustee of the charity VSA, which works to provide care and support to strengthen the future of young children and adults through a variety of s
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Clare Butler More than half of women working in the legal profession – 62 per cent – say their gender has hampered their career progress, according to research from legal and compliance recruiter Laurence Simons.
The trial of a company blamed for the death of a six-year-old boy, which has still not commenced five years after his death, will be delayed even further after the presiding sheriff withdrew, citing connections to the company directors. Aidan Yule, or Sands, from Dundee, was found unconscious at the
Maggie Moodie Morton Fraser has been appointed as sole external legal advisers under the Scottish Government Framework 2015, providing litigation services to various Scottish government directorates and agencies and to the Office of the Advocate General.
A Scottish local authority that was granted a permanence order in respect of a child, but challenged a sheriff’s decision to order that contact take place between the boy and his father four times a year rather than two, has had its appeal refused in the first published civil case judgment of the
A major conference on vulnerable witnesses staged by the Faculty of Advocates has been hailed as a success. The event - The Treatment of Vulnerable Witnesses in Scotland -featured Scotland’s two senior judges, Lord Carloway, the Lord President, and Lady Dorrian, the Lord Justice Clerk, and was att
Simon Kay Simon Kay of Edinburgh-based wealth managers Psigma, gives his reaction to the shock Brexit result.
My first realisation that Britain was in the grip of gin mania came via my fashionable young niece. Then signs announcing the arrival of 'Gin Bars' began to sprout everywhere – including one near my home in the leafy West End of Dundee. And so, it was to this establishment that I repaired to revie
Stuart McWilliams of Morton Fraser, writes about the effect Brexit will have on EU nationals already residing in the UK. In the lead-up to the EU referendum immigration featured as a key issue, but despite calls to “take back control” of the UK borders there is only speculation about how immigr
Golden Plover Award: Winners with all representatives Lindsays is the proud sponsor of the 2016 Golden Plover Award and, in association with The Heather Trust and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (Scotland), are delighted to announce that The Hopes Estate near Gifford is the well-deserved wi
Peter Boyd Boyd Legal Solicitors, a full service practice headquartered in Edinburgh, has undertaken a strategic review of its operations and parted ways with its high volume mortgage referral conveyancing team.
Two women have been sentenced to 23-and-a-half-years and 24 years in jail after they were found guilty of the murder of a two year old boy in Fife. The court heard that Liam Fee died having suffered a blow to his abdomen. Rachel and Nyomi Fee had tried to blame the injuries on another boy.
Tim Wishart Last week was quite a week - England was dumped out of the Euros twice! To top it off, instead of the stockmarket getting trounced, as most doom-mongers forecast, it has rallied strongly – notably in the UK’s FTSE 100, the apparent provider of abject misery the world over.
More than 1,000 barristers and advocates have urged the Prime Minister to allow Parliament to determine whether the UK should leave the European Union or not following the referendum in favour of Brexit. Signatories to a letter sent to David Cameron have argued there must be a free vote in Parliamen
Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has called for the government to consult on opportunities to reform legal complaints handling, based on its experience of handling over 8,000 complaints.
