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Practitioners will be all too familiar with the Law Society of Scotland’s ‘Standards of Conduct’, especially when it comes to the obligations owed to clients so as not to bring yourself and, indeed, the wider profession into disrepute, writes Thomas Mitchell. However, in my own fir

The new lord advocate and solicitor general were sworn in by the Lord Justice General, Lord Pentland, at Parliament House on Friday. Ruth Charteris KC is now lord advocate and BJ Gill KC is solicitor general.

In May 2009 a meeting of residents of flats in Saltwater Mansions in Margate included Caroline Lane, a resident in a ground floor flat there. The meeting was somewhat contentious because of a dispute around essential repairs. Caroline Lane resided alone, and she challenged her liability for payment.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has recalled a lord ordinary’s declaration that the lord advocate’s immunity from liability in summary proceedings was incompatible with Article 6 ECHR in a malicious prosecution case arising from a journalist’s video commentary on the Alex S

Anderson Strathern’s corporate deals team has played a key role in assisting Aveni Ltd in securing a multi-million-pound investment. Director Max Scharbert, alongside associate Rory Crawford, acted on behalf of the Edinburgh-based business, helping it secure £12 million of funding from P

Nairn Academy pupils Charlie Holder and Fraser Cordiner have triumphed in the 2026 final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debate Tournament, defending the title they won last year. The annual Law Society of Scotland-sponsored contest concluded at Edinburgh Napier University on Wednesday, 17 June 2026, w

An environmental campaigner and lawyer who organised a volunteer clean-up of a polluted river is being investigated by the Environment Agency over allegations that the work was carried out without the necessary permits. Paul Powlesland, founder of the River Roding Trust, led volunteers in removing l

The "potentially significant" consequences for the economy if US-style opt-out class action lawsuits are introduced in Scotland has been highlighted in a new report. The Fraser of Allander Institute (FAI) report, The Economic Impact of Mass Litigation in Scotland, commissioned by CMS, seeks to

Holmes Mackillop Solicitors has appointed Lauren Brown as a paralegal in its Giffnock office. Ms Brown qualified as a conveyancing paralegal in 2023 and brings over 15 years’ experience in residential property work, with a particular focus on high‑volume remortgage transactions.

A House of Lords committee has backed plans for an international commission to assess compensation claims arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while warning that the scheme’s effectiveness could be undermined by the lack of a mechanism to pay awards. The International Agreements Co

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Canada eliminates human rights watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad

The University of Leicester is inviting members of the public to a thought-provoking lecture exploring the role of human rights in modern British society. Hosted by the Centre for European Law and Internationalisation (CELI), the free in-person and online lecture, “What have human rights done

Despite promises to “take back control” and diverge from EU rules, the UK is increasingly aligning with the European Union, according to a new report from the Constitution Society and the Federal Trust. In Brexit and Regulation, experts Professor Catherine Barnard and Joël Reland ch

The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has submitted comments to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), raising concerns about the failure to align Scotland’s new Anti-Racism Delivery Plan with the committee’s recommendations. The CERD Committee last re