Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has apologised for how the Crown Office handled a man's death 25 years ago. Kevin Macleod’s body was found in Wick harbour on February 9, 1997. His family had called for his death to be investigated as a homicide due to the injuries on his body.
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Plans to require EU nationals crossing the border into Northern Ireland to apply for electronic travel authorisations in advance raise serious human rights and equality concerns, Ireland's Oireachtas has been told. In an address to the Houses of the Oireachtas, Sinéad Gibney, chief commission
Gillespie Macandrew has announced the appointment of five newly qualified (NQ) solicitors following their completion of its two-year legal traineeship programme. The NQ solicitors will be joining the firm’s commercial property, corporate, employment, planning and residential property teams. An
Donald Trump has been accused of committing “astounding” fraud in order to “obtain incredible economic benefit . . . in stark violation of the law” in a legal case seeking $250 million from him. Letitia James, the New York state attorney-general, wants to see the former presi
A global law firm’s opportunity to find out about prospective careers in the world of immigration is open for Scottish applications. Fragomen’s UK Immigration School is aimed at senior school pupils, university students and graduates.
The corporate team at Shoosmiths has announced the appointment of two legal directors and two new associates across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. The team, led by Alison Gilson, corporate partner and head of the Edinburgh office has advised on £150 million worth of deals since January thi
Harper Macleod chairman Professor Lorne Crerar CBE will become the interim chair of the new Scottish Rugby Union, as part of the governance reforms presented in June 2022, if the final documentation implementing those reforms is approved at a Special General Meeting next week. Professor Crerar was a
TLT has achieved ISO 14001:2015 – the internationally agreed standard that sets out the criteria for an effective environmental management system and requires continual improvements through annual re-certification. The standard requires that organisations consider all environmental issues rele
The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has renewed her pledge to tackle the crimes of domestic abuse and stalking with robust prosecution. She made the commitment as new figures were released, showing a 1.9 percent decrease in the number of charges reported to the Crown Office and Procurator Fisca
A reclaiming motion by a local authority challenging the refusal of its counterclaim against an adjudicator’s decision that a Final Certificate of an amount due to a building contractor was not conclusive has been refused by a 2:1 decision in the Inner House of the Court of Session. D McLaughl
Professor Alan Miller will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Scottish Legal Awards on Thursday. Professor Miller is an expert in human rights law and has four decades of experience as a human rights practitioner, including being unanimously elected by the Scottish Parliament to an eight-
Since 1973 and the introduction of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act, the law governing time limits for bringing claims has remained unchanged, despite many judgments which have highlighted ambiguities in the existing legislation. The Scots law of prescription, which is also referred to
Steven Walker KC has been admitted to the Thailand Arbitration Center (THAC) Panel of Arbitrators. THAC offers an easily accessible geographical and commercial position, at the heart of Asia, for high quality arbitration, ADR services, cost effective administration, fees and state of the art in pers
Macfarlane & Co, Solicitors, will become part of Holmes Mackillop Limited, Solicitors, on 3 October. Alison Macfarlane and Greig McPhail, two of the three partners in Macfarlane & Co, will retire from practice. April Cuthbert, currently a partner in Macfarlane & Co, will join Holmes Mack
Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK and a former senior crown prosecutor, comments on the legality of plans to limit assembly near abortion clinics in Scotland. This week, Nicola Sturgeon committed to working with the Green MSP, Gillian McKay’s attempt to impose censorship zones acro
