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The Joint Standing Committee for Legal Education in Scotland (JSC) is looking for a lay representative. The JSC is a consultative body comprised of representatives drawn from the main branches of the legal profession and the universities, the aims and purposes of which are to act as a facilitator pr

The number of business-related laws passed by Westminster every year has halved since the Brexit referendum, according to new research. Researchers at Thomson Reuters have found that MPs approved 685 laws affecting business in the year to the end of September 2018, 21 per cent down on the previous y

Scottish legal services firm Vialex is launching a venture in London to build on its growing client base in the south of England. The Edinburgh-based practice has established a relationship with the Innovation Warehouse in Smithfield, central London, which is now home to some of the city’s fas

A woman who was fined for refusing to hold the handrail on an escalator has been awarded over £11,500 in damages after a ten-year legal battle. Bela Kosoian was told by a police officer in a Quebec metro station to respect a sign saying "hold the handrail", but refused and subsequently decline

A Scots lawyer has partially succeeded in an appeal against a decision by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) to refer two “time-barred” complaints against him to the Law Society of Scotland for investigation. Solicitor Calum MacGregor challenged the SLCC&

Harper Macleod has been appointed legal advisers to 4icg Group. Headquartered in Glasgow and operating across more than 30 countries, 4icg works with technology brands through its three subsidiary companies: Fierce Digital, Pursuit Marketing and Software Advisory Service.

Courts can, in appropriate cases, devise a remedy to protect the good faith purchaser in a gratuitous alienation, the Supreme Court has concluded in a case that turned on the meaning of “adequate consideration” in the Insolvency Act 1986 and which has been remitted to the Inner House of

The requirement for parental consent in order for minors to change their legal gender can be "restrictive and problematic", according to a report prepared by Dentons. Only Adults? Good Practices In Legal Gender Recognition for Youth identifies 'good practices' in eight European jurisdictions: Norway

A house in central London worth £50 million will be sold as part of the National Crime Agency's (NCA) largest asset recovery settlement ever. The home at 1 Hyde Park Place will go on the market following a £190 million settlement that is the result of an investigation by the NCA int

Paul Bradfield, former prosecution lawyer at the International Criminal Court, considers the future of the court. The International Criminal Court is at a crossroads. It seeks a new chief prosecutor to succeed the incumbent, Fatou Bensouda. For her successor, huge challenges – both legal and p

Stuart Clubb looks at today’s decision by the Supreme Court in MacDonald and another v Carnbroe Estates Ltd. Gratuitous alienations are one of the most common types of challenge brought by liquidators and administrators of companies. Under Section 242 of the Insolvency Act 1986, the

Senior academics from across the UK have signed a letter in support of the prisoner reintegration programme Learning Together following the terrorist attack on London Bridge. In the letter, published by The Times, the authors say the Cambridge University programme "has been one of the few true succe

An undercover cop coaxed a criminal suspect out of hiding by offering to marry him and then arrested him when he showed up for the wedding. The bizarre incident unfolded in New Delhi, where police were forced to resort to unconventional means to track down Balkishan Chaubey, wanted in connection wit

The First Minister is to be asked to back calls for the abolition of the not proven verdict. Nicola Sturgeon will meet rape victim Miss M, who has campaigned for Scotland's third verdict to be removed since her case against a man whom she accused of raping her was found not proven.

A doctor who sought information under freedom of information legislation from a Scottish council relating to the conduct of local elections has successfully appealed against the decision to refuse his request. The Inner House of the Court of Session allowed an appeal against a decision of