Sir David Richards will be sworn in as a new justice of the Supreme Court on Monday. The ceremony will take place in Courtroom 1 in the presence of the other justices, Sir David’s family, friends and invited guests.
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MacRoberts has posted a 10 per cent rise in turnover in the financial year to 30 April 2022 to £20.6 million. The firm’s profits also rose by 17 per cent in the same period. Highlights include an exceptional year from the firm’s credit management specialist Yuill+Kyle, a property m
The UK Supreme Court will soon have the opportunity to settle the law relating to the proximity issue of plaintiffs as secondary victims in claims arising from clinical negligence, writes Belfast barrister James Stitt. On 13th January 2022 the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down judgeme
A Dundee law firm with over three decades providing legal services to business and individuals across Tayside has undergone a brand facelift to make its services more accessible and reaffirm its place at the heart of the city. MML Law, based in the Meadowside Building in Bell Street, is one of Dunde
Scotland’s Public Information Forum meets online today to celebrate International Right to Know Day (IRKD) and discuss how transparency and accountability can be strengthened through reform of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoISA). Both FoISA and IRKD celebrate 20th anniversar
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) is celebrating five years of growth in Edinburgh. WBD first opened its doors in the Scottish capital on September 26, 2017, when the team took occupancy of an office on Princes Street with a small team of lawyers in the Real Estate and Dispute Management teams. Since then
The Inner House of the Court of Session has determined that the tenancies of two crofts in Wester Ross had validly transferred to the son of a crofter who died intestate after a finding to the opposite effect was made by the Scottish Land Court. Mark Pattinson made an application seeking a determina
Addleshaw Goddard has boosted its corporate and energy team in Aberdeen with the appointment of Fiona Kindness. Ms Kindness has joined the firm as a partner from Pinsent Masons. She is an experienced corporate lawyer who specialises in advising on M&A and private equity transactions in the energ
Burges Salmon has reported a 10 per cent increase in turnover (£108.7 million to £119.2 million) and a five per cent increase in operating profits for the financial year ending 30 April 2022. The firm also reported a one per cent increase in profit per equity partner, from £512,000
Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Roddy Dunlop KC, has found himself embroiled in controversy after tweeting that he is considering moving to England to take advantage of lower taxation rates. His comments followed last week's mini-budget which saw the higher rate of income tax in England and Wales
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have criticised the Scottish government for cutting police budgets after it found that Police Scotland spent more than £10 million on hire vehicles. New figures obtained by the party under a freedom of information request show that the cost of police hire vehicle
The Scottish Arbitration Centre has launched as an administrative body. The announcement was made during ICCA 2022 Edinburgh, which the centre hosted last week. It has announced the publication of its own set arbitral rules, which seek to combine the lessons gleaned from the experience of other arbi
The Westminster Health and Social Care Committee, chaired by Jeremy Hunt, published its NHS Litigation Reform report earlier this year, recommending a no-fault compensation scheme for medical negligence be introduced in England. No-fault compensation schemes are used in some countries, including New
Lindsays has agreed a two-year extension to its sponsorship of scottishathletics’ cross country competitions. The Lindsays Cross Country Season, which covers national and district events each winter, will now continue until the close of the 2023-24 season. And the contract extension will take
The reduction of the limit for sequestration proceedings at the end of this week could lead to a wave of smaller businesses in Scotland being made bankrupt, according to Gilson Gray. On September 30, the limit for pursuing sequestration will be lowered from £10,000 to £5,000. It was orig
