Scotland’s Covid inquiry chair has said she will not “shy away” from making adverse findings. In a video on the inquiry website, Lady Poole, who was appointed last December, said she would carry out a “fair, open and thorough investigation”.
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Advocate Robert Hovey, of Themis Advocates, will be taking part in the Cateran Yomp on Saturday 4 June to raise money for Help for Heroes – a charity supporting wounded servicemen and women. The Cateran Yomp is a 54 mile circular walk across rugged terrain including the peaks of Glenshee. In a
Aberdein Considine has appointed senior corporate and employee benefits expert Katie Mearns. Ms Mearns has joined Aberdein Considine in a newly created corporate benefits adviser role, bringing with her over 10 years’ experience working with a range of clients across the country.
Tax-raising and immigration powers should be devolved to Scotland's three largest cities, alongside an overhaul of business rates and major investment in connectivity, according to a new report. A major academic study commissioned by Brodies LLP, Anderson Anderson & Brown and Aberdeen, Glasgow a
Thorntons has strengthened its specialist property teams with the promotion of three new partners. Nicola McCafferty in Dundee and Aimee Gibbons in Glasgow have been appointed as commercial real estate partners while Hannah Fraser in Edinburgh has been elevated to residential property partner.
Growing up in care should be a “protected characteristic” in equality legislation, the UK government’s care tsar has said. Josh MacAlister, a former schoolteacher who founded social work charity Frontline, was tasked by the government with leading a review of children’s socia
Inksters has won the UK Self-Employed / Sole Trader of the Year Award at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Awards held in Glasgow on Thursday and hosted by TV personalities Clare Balding and JJ Chalmers. Having won the Scottish regional heat for this award in March Inksters were up against th
The commitment of the Church of Scotland and its fellow churches to promoting truthfulness in both public and private life has never been more important, the Kirk’s General Assembly has been told. The comments came from Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court, who has been appointed
A judicial review petition challenging the policy of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to withhold compensation for victims with unspent criminal convictions has been refused by the Outer House of the Court of Session. A, the petitioner, had applied to CICA, the second respondent, for com
The case of Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd and another has already made Scottish legal history. It was the first case in which evidence was heard by a Scottish court on an alleged defect in a hip replacement product in litigation raised under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (CPA).
In a blog written for and originally published by the Scottish Sentencing Council, Sheriff Jillian Martin Brown explains the work of the problem-solving court in Forfar. The problem-solving court in Forfar originated out of a partnership between sheriffs sitting in Arbroath Sheriff Court and the Gle
A former director of Rangers is now seeking £60 million in compensation for career losses after being a victim of Scotland's malicious prosecution scandal. Lawyers for Imran Ahmad told the Court of Session that a new expert report estimates the losses as being "in excess of £57 million",
Tom Stocker, partner and sanctions expert at Pinsent Masons, discusses the implications for businesses that comply with sanctions on Russian trade. Despite successive rounds of UK, EU and US sanctions ratcheting up the pressure on Putin’s government and a further round of sanctions being immin
A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has found that an airline was liable for injuries sustained by a paraplegic man who fell out of a wheelchair being pushed by one of its employees on an air bridge. Colin Mather, the pursuer, had flown from Edinburgh to Hamburg, Germany, on a flight
Volunteer police officers in England and Wales will be armed with Tasers under controversial UK government plans. In a speech to the Police Federation annual conference, home secretary Priti Patel said special constables would be authorised to carry the electric stun guns in response to calls from p
