Robert Pirrie, the chief executive of the WS Society, will next week deliver a free lecture on George IV's famous visit to Edinburgh in 1822. Part of a series of events marking 200 years of the Signet Library, the talk is titled Identity, Imagination and George IV in Edinburgh and will depart from t
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Edinburgh should publicly acknowledge the city's role in sustaining slavery and colonialism and issue an apology to those places and people who suffered, the independent Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review has recommended. The findings and recommendations of the review, commissioned in 2
Dr Anna Souhami, a senior lecturer in criminology at Edinburgh Law School, has been participating in the proceedings of a high-profile Canadian inquiry into a 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia. The Mass Casualty Commission is an independent, public inquiry established to examine the causes, context
Morton Fraser has reported an increase in net profit of over 40 per cent in a record-breaking year that saw the independent law firm record revenues of £23.9 million, a 16 per cent increase on the previous year. The record results allowed the firm to deliver a staff bonus pool of over £6
A man convicted of two charges of abusive behaviour of a partner under separate statutes has lost an appeal against both conviction and sentence in respect of the more serious charge in the High Court of Justiciary. CA was convicted of contraventions of section 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotlan
Edinburgh-based legal services company Vialex has announced the appointment of Steven Dunn as a legal director heading up its pensions and immigration law team. Mr Dunn has over 25 years’ experience in pensions, and was previously with Anderson Strathern where he was head of pensions and senio
Andrew Foyle, Daren Allen, and Jonathon Crook, partners within the financial services disputes and investigations group at law firm Shoosmiths, based in Edinburgh, London and Manchester respectively, comment on the FCA's new consumer duty. In the UK, the clock is ticking for financial services firms
Several practitioners at full-service law firm Thorntons have been recognised through the STEP Excellence Awards scheme and ranking in the Chambers High Net Worth 2022 guide. Executry assistant Yana Lagatski from Edinburgh and associate Rachel Anderson from St Andrews, both working in Thorntons priv
The Scottish government has launched a consultation on proposed legislation to ensure the long-term growth of Gaelic and Scots. The consultation, taking place ahead of the forthcoming Scottish Languages Bill, seeks views on how to raise the profile of Scots, a new strategic approach to Gaelic medium
A Lord Ordinary has granted a motion for interim interdict preventing a Kenyan tea company from continuing ongoing anti-suit proceedings in the Employment and Labour Relations Court of Kenya after an order was sought by a QC representing employees of the company. Petitioner Hugh Campbell QC was the
Said to be a 'living instrument', the European Convention on Human Rights was conceived in the throes of reconciliatory passion in May 1948 at the Congress of Europe in The Hague. It was brought to term by more than a hundred parliamentarians from across the region, including the Edinburgh-born Cons
Former US president Donald Trump has launched legal proceedings in a bid to secure the return of some of the documents seized during an FBI raid of his Florida home. He has asked a federal judge to appoint a "special master" to examine the seized documents and for federal investigators to pause thei
Scotland's largest residential landlord, the Glasgow Housing Association (GHA), has successfully defended a case brought under the Equality Act 2010 by housing charity Shelter Scotland. Michael Upton, of Themis Advocates, acted for the defenders.
Jagtar Singh Johal lawyers claim he was arrested and tortured following British intelligence tip-off
Scottish man Jagtar Singh Johal, who was arrested by Indian authorities in 2017 and allegedly subsequently tortured, was detained following a tip-off by British intelligence, his lawyers have said. Mr Johal, a Sikh from Dumbarton, remains in detention despite widespread calls for his release, i
Burness Paull has announced an all-staff bonus of either five per cent of salary or £2,500 — whichever is higher — after recording a seven per cent increase in profit to £35.7 million in the year ended 31 July. The independent law firm announced the special bonus, which is in
