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The auction house Christie's is being sued over the $39 million sale of a large pink diamond named Princie, “a priceless treasure” from India. Descendants of an Italian senator claim that the stone was illegally sold to a member of the Qatari royal family and are seeking its return, The

A survey conducted by Scottish Legal News has found that a majority of lawyers favour the use of court dress after a practice note from the Lord President this week precipitated a debate on the wearing of wigs and robes/gowns.

An opportunity has arisen on the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) committee for a non-executive member. The SYLA invites applications from any member of the organisation to fill the voluntary post.

TLT has appointed Andrew Webber as its new UK head of corporate. Mr Webber replaces partner John Wood who led the corporate team for 16 years before being elected to serve as the firm's new managing partner from April 2020.

Burges Salmon has advised global renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. on its long term corporate power purchase agreement with Tesco plc for a new wind farm at Inverclyde. Under the sleeved corporate PPA, Tesco will purchase 100 per cent of the electricity generated by the wind farm at a long term

Four judicial members have been appointed to the Scottish Civil Justice Council. The new members, Lady Carmichael and Sheriff Way, took up their three-year posts on 1 July 2019.

DAC Beachcroft has announced that a team of five has joined its Glasgow office from BLM Scotland. Partners Louise Gallagher, Gillian Rushbury, Rachel Rough, Iain Buchanan and Jamie Varney completed their move on 4 November 2019.

A baroness who claimed that a decision by the Lord Lyon King of Arms to change the wording of the titles from “the baron of ...” to “holder of the barony of ...” breached an agreement she entered into with his predecessor in office has had a legal challenge against

Sarah Mitchell, a solicitor at Macnabs, has become a member of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners (STEP). Ms Mitchell was recently awarded a STEP Worldwide Excellence Award for obtaining the top scoring mark in Scotland for the wills and executries: law and practice examination.

Scotland has been revealed as one of the most dangerous places to work in the UK with an average of one death every two weeks, according to new figures. Statistics from the Health and Safety Executive have shown that Scotland is one of the deadliest parts of Britain with 231 workplace fatalities sin

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association has launched a survey on young lawyers' views of the recent practice note affecting court dress in the Outer House. All junior lawyers and advocates are encouraged to participate in this anonymous survey, the results of which will be published in the coming mo

Protecting women from exploitation must be a key objective of plans to reform the law on surrogacy, the Faculty of Advocates has said. Proposals for a new pathway to legal parenthood have been included in a joint consultation paper by the Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission of Englan

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a two-part series of seminars on IR35. The first, on Thursday 21st November 2019, will be presented by Derek Francis and is entitled “IR35 and interposing Personal Service Companies: Where can you do it? Where wi

This week Eoghainn MacLean returns to the commercial bar after a year as a full-time advocate depute leading High Court prosecutions at jury trials, debates, sentencing, and preliminary, hearings. Mr MacLean also retained his ranking for commercial litigation in the Legal 500 for 2020. He is a leadi

Gilson Gray has acquired Glasgow-based specialist licensing firm Millar Campbell Solicitors. The acquisition includes the transfer of Joanna Millar as legal director and Laura Campbell as solicitor.