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Old CollegeThu 9 June 202217:00 - 19:00 (BST) Join Edinburgh Law School for an Alumni & Friends Discussion with Professor David Fox, Professor of Common Law at the University of Edinburgh, and Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, to explore the question: What

English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has won a high-profile court battle with a man who accused him of plagiarism. Sami Chokri, who performs under the name Sami Switch, claimed that Sheeran's 2017 hit Shape of You infringed on his copyright by plagiarising the main hook from his 2015 song Oh Why.

Dentons has promoted three lawyers in Scotland to partner. The new partners are Linzi Hedalen, in contentious construction, Adam Knowles in corporate and Owen McLennan in corporate funds, who are all currently senior associates based in the firm’s Edinburgh office.

The Scottish Conservative 2022 local government manifesto will include support for women's same-sex spaces at council-run venues, the party has announced.  Spokeswoman on gender reform Meghan Gallacher MSP said the move was "essential to protect women's rights and safety". 

An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) case shows that in some circumstances the answers given can be fair. In Hope v British Medical Association the claimant, a senior policy adviser, raised seven grievances against senior managers in the space of just over a year. The grievances concerned, amongst ot

Murgitroyd, the pan-European intellectual property protection (IP) business, has acquired the Glasgow-based IP specialist firm, Creation IP. Creation IP is jointly owned by its founders, Bryn Williams and John Collins, both experienced patent attorneys who started the business in 2012 having previou

CMS has advised Nasdaq-listed Bruker Corporation with its purchase of Optimal Industrial Automation and Technologies. Massachusetts-headquartered Bruker's life science research and diagnostics solutions enable scientists to make discoveries and develop new applications that improve the quality of hu

Staff and students at the University of Dundee have elected solicitor Amanda Millar as chair of court, the university’s governing body. She has been elected for a period of three years after receiving 523 votes to the 369 cast for William Patey.

Harper Macleod has advised a Highland timber and building supplies business in its move to an employee ownership trust. A corporate team, led by Chris Kerr and including Peter McLuckie, Ross Thomson and Joanne Finlayson, advised the shareholders of Inverness-based Caley Timber and Building Supplies,

Anderson Strathern has partnered with LINC Scotland to provide the angel association’s members with advice around the National Security and Investment Act 2021, which came into force on 4 January this year and allows the UK government to scrutinise acquisitions and investments that could harm

Macleod & MacCallum has announced the promotion of Tomas Simpson and Aidan Grant to associate. The pair joined the firm in 2016 and were enrolled as qualified solicitors in 2018 after completing their traineeships. Morag MacIntosh, chair of the board at Macleod & MacCallum, said: “Toma

For over 25 years, I have enjoyed building a specialism in personal injury law. I have dealt with hundreds of accident claims. Road traffic accidents on urban roads, motorways and rural roads. Workplace accidents in factories, construction sites, shipyards, offshore installations. Accidents at sea o

Several recent well-documented cases of ransomware – malicious software used by criminals to encrypt information until a ransom is paid – highlight a growing danger to both private and public sector organisations, writes James McGachie. Research by the National Cyber Security Centre

A total of 77 initiatives working with people affected by drug use are to receive awards totalling more than £25 million over the next five years. Grants of more than £6m in total have been allocated to 16 organisations providing residential rehabilitation and pre and post rehabilitation

Two men who were found guilty of raping a woman in a flat in Edinburgh have successfully challenged their convictions in the High Court of Justiciary. The appellants, AW and HB, argued that the trial judge had failed to direct the jury on a number of key issues in the trial, including details on how