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Macleod & MacCallum has announced the promotion of Scott Dallas to director. He has extensive experience in dealing with wills, powers of attorney, guardianships, executry advice and inheritance tax and later life planning issues.

A city council that refused to allow a developer to proceed with the development of a mixed-use site without complying with a condition of their original planning permission has had their appeal against a decision to allow it refused. The City of Edinburgh Council (the appellant) originall

Law students and faculty at Strathclyde University have been recommending books, films, TV shows, music and podcasts for people to enjoy during the lockdown in the form of the Strathclyde Non-Law Review.

Those who make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.

A lesbian judge in the USA has been disciplined for flying a rainbow flag in her courtroom. The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct ruled that Judge Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez breached strict impartiality rules by flying the flag, Texas Lawyer reports.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Azerbaijan: Crackdown on Critics Amid Pandemic | Human Rights Watch

The website of our sister publication Scottish Construction Now last month clocked up record traffic, for the third consecutive month, as readers flocked to the site to keep abreast of developments during the coronavirus shutdown. More than 118,800 people visited the website during March, up 5,

A book by the late Polly Higgins who proposed the crime of ecocide has been republished to celebrate her life and work. Ms Higgins who died of cancer last year at the age of 50 grew up in Glasgow, where she attended St Aloysius’ College before studying at Aberdeen, Utrecht and Glasgow Universi

Progress in resuming civil court business has been applauded by the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Roddy Dunlop QC. While emphasising that much still needed to be done, Mr Dunlop hailed “admirable advances” and praised the efforts of all parties seeking to ensure the delivery of

A man who dropped his wallet while robbing a bank has still not been identified because someone snatched the wallet before police arrived. Police in the US state of Colorado are appealing for the wallet to be handed in to help identify the robber, Denver7 News reports.

When Dundee United Football Club were named winners of the SPFL Championship last week it should have been cause for serious celebration. It is not every day, after all, that a club gets to claim promotion to the Premiership. Yet as Laura McCallum, head of football administration and legal affairs a

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgment following its first sitting in Scotland in 15 years. On 2 March 2020, the Tribunal, chaired by Lord Doherty, heard legal arguments on whether or not Creative Scotland, the public body that supports the arts, screen and creative industries acros

Douglas Mill looks at some of the opportunities the current lockdown presents. Or perhaps two months. Or longer. Who knows. And that is the worst of it, as business planning and strategy without a timeline is impossible. Part of the difficulty of the current situation is, I think, psychological for

A woman who was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for shaking an eight-month-old baby and endangering her life has lost her appeal against conviction. Syeda Begum appealed on the grounds that the trial judge had misdirected the jury regarding expert evidence and had erred in repelling a de

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, UKELA Scotland had begun preparing for its annual conference. At present it is still hoped that the conference will be able to proceed, and topics and speakers have been identified. The proposed date for the conference is Thursday 24th September 2020.