Gordon Jackson KC has been given a five-month ban from practice for naming complainers in the Alex Salmond trial while he was on a train. Mr Jackson has, however, been given permission to appeal the decision of a Faculty of Advocates committee.
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Dentons has netted close to £8,000 for two employee-nominated charities at its annual fundraising ball in Glasgow – the first time the event has been held since 2019 due to pandemic restrictions. Attended by more than 100 Dentons employees from across Scotland, the masquerade ball held a
In October 2022, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), David Neal, published an 84-page report which looked at various aspects of indefinite leave to remain applications (ILR) which were processed between September 2021 and February 2022. Given the Home Office pledge to
Pictured (L-R): John Forsyth from Shared Parenting Scotland, Neil Mackenzie KC, Toby Brown from the Pro Bono Week Committee, Julia Lisowska from Western Isles Citizen Advice Bureau and Silence Chihuri from Fair Justice System for Scotland. The Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit (FL
A notorious Holocaust denier who fled France has been arrested in Anstruther in Fife. Vincent Reynouard, 53, evaded authorities after he was convicted under anti-Nazi laws which criminalise denial of the Holocaust.
Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB), a not-for-profit organisation, is in Scotland later this week to raise awareness of a pilot programme which sees highly qualified refugees and displaced people connect with employers. The Displaced Talent Mobility pilot is a UK government initiative designed in collab
Dedicated courts dealing with commercial disputes are to be established at Hamilton and Airdrie Sheriff Courts. Sheriffs Millar and Small (Hamilton) and Sheriffs Thomson and Livingston (Airdrie) have been designated as commercial sheriffs with effect from 14 November 2022.
Plans to scrap jury trials have come in for harsh criticism by the senior woman at the Scottish bar. Frances McMenamin KC expressed grave concerns over proposals to enact juryless trials in rape and other sexual cases.
Samuel Mailer discusses the key role Scotland can play in development of the global renewable energy sector and how the north-east can capitalise on a new 'gold' rush. Once again, the eyes of the world are on the latest COP event. The location may have moved from Scotland to Egypt, but many headline
Followers of the popular Irish Legal News Linkedin pages have reached 18,000 with the number of unique visitors to our sister publication's website, www.irishlegal.com, now averaging 100,000 per month. LinkedIn followers are increasing by just under 500 per month and last month 169 new subscribers t
Pictured (L-R): Nigel Roberts, LexisNexis; Yorm Ama Abledu, Centurion Law Group A University of Aberdeen alumna has been honoured with a prestigious international law award in recognition of her work mentoring the next generation of legal minds.
Shepherd and Wedderburn advised the management team of Graeme Duncan and James Burnett in connection with their acquisition of Murray Machinery Ltd. Established at Tarves, near Aberdeen, in 1979, Murray Machinery is a UK agricultural machinery manufacturer which specialises in material handling atta
Harper Macleod has advised the developers behind plans to build mainland UK’s first vertical launch site for satellites. Orbex is the Forres-based rocket manufacturer and orbital launch services provider aiming to build the spaceport on community-owned land on the A’Mhoine peninsula in n
Harper Macleod has advised the Langholm Initiative, the south of Scotland’s largest community project, on the successful buyout of 5,300 acres of moorland for nature restoration and preservation. Following a community fundraising of £2.2 million in the summer, the Langholm Initiative has
DLA Piper has launched its Model Law on Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (ML-IIPP) initiative aimed at helping African policymakers facilitate the deployment of trillions of dollars of private capital into domestic green infrastructure programmes and projects. The Model Law was led by Dr S
