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A dead lover, traces of poison and series of letters that led to a middle-class woman on the stand – the case of Madeleine Smith held all the characteristics of a scandal to rock Victorian Scotland. True crime enthusiasts are in for a treat as the University of Dundee’s Leverhulme Resear

More than 50 leading figures from Scotland’s insurance industry attended Clyde & Co’s Scottish Liability Forum, held in Glasgow on 7 June. The annual event, chaired by the firm’s managing partner for Scotland, Vikki Melville, brought together insurers, brokers and Clyde & C

Strathclyde Law School’s Malcolm Combe will discuss the recent key case of Gartmore House at CLT Scotland’s Conveyancing Conference which will take place online on Tuesday 20 June and will be sponsored by First Scottish. In his session looking at the statutory right to roam, the author o

The annual Balfour and Manson family law conference is under starter’s orders as the event returns to Perth Racecourse next week. Almost 150 family lawyers will attend the fully booked event, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential conferences of its kind.

New legislation that aims to create the tools to tackle waste and increase reuse and recycling rates has been published. The Circular Economy Bill will give ministers powers to:

The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has pledged to continue the robust prosecution of hate crime, after new figures showed a small fall in charges reported. The annual report on Hate Crime in Scotland, published today, shows a decrease of two per cent in the total number of charges reported to COPFS

Lord Turnbull has been appointed as chair of the coming statutory inquiry into the 1998 Omagh bombing. The UK government announced in February that it would launch an inquiry into the preventability of the bombing, which was orchestrated by the Real IRA and led to the deaths of 29 people and two unb

Gilson Gray is expanding its litigation service and celebrating a record number of promotions following a series of successes. The litigation division – which specialises in commercial litigation and public law – posted a 32 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue, buoyed by its two re

Weightmans has welcomed two new arrivals to its employment, immigration and pensions (EPI) team in Glasgow. Paman Singh and Ben Brown join the firm as principal associate and solicitor respectively. Both join Weightmans from WorkNest.

John McArthur of Gillespie Macandrew will discuss how to avoid getting the tax position of an executry wrong at CLT Scotland’s Private Client Conference which will take place online on Monday 19 June and will be sponsored by Title Research. The complexities of CGT 60 day reporting, its interac

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced a string of promotions across its offices. Five staff members have been promoted across the firm’s offices in Inverness, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Perth-based rural land and business lawyers, Eden Legal Limited, has announced the promotion of Anneli Spence to director. Craig Harvie, on behalf of the company, said: “Since joining us in 2019, Anneli has made an enormous contribution to our growth and has impressed clients and colleagues al

Stephen Vallance of Harper Macleod has been named as the new dean of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, one of Scotland’s oldest professional membership bodies. Mr Vallance assumes the position having held the vice-deanship for two years and having been a council member for six. He r

Public and judicial confidence in community sentencing goes hand in hand with adequate resourcing to manage and support offenders, according to justice professionals. A report by the Scottish Sentencing Council highlights the views of stakeholders who attended a discussion event in March last year,

Thorntons has promoted four of its lawyers to partner. The new partners are Kim Campbell, corporate; Amy Jones, employment; and Kirsty Stewart, intellectual property, all of whom are based in Dundee, alongside Debbie Dewar, land and rural business, who is based in Perth.