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Human rights lawyer John Scott QC was an obvious choice when Police Scotland Chief Constable Iain Livingstone was looking for someone to scrutinise the force’s use of emergency coronavirus powers. Having already reviewed how Scottish police dealt with the miners’ strike as well as how th

Rooney Nimmo has announced that Neil Anderson has joined the firm as a partner, based in its London and Edinburgh offices. Mr Anderson is a highly-experienced commercial lawyer who has spent his legal career focused on providing practical legal and commercial advice to public and private sector orga

Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent busybodies.

Benjamin Bestgen explores trust and trustworthiness in his latest jurisprudential primer. See his last post here. Literature and movies are full of stories that have, either at their core or as a necessary ingredient, the topic of trust and trustworthiness. Recently, Marriage Story (2019) dealt with

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic which has temporarily halted normality, one pillar of Scottish society has never been far away from the headlines, writes Bryan O'Donnell. Arrigo Sacchi once proclaimed: “Football is the most important of the least important things in life”. He has cl

Amidst the coronavirus pandemic which has temporarily halted normality, one pillar of Scottish society has never been far away from the headlines, writes Bryan O'Donnell. Arrigo Sacchi once proclaimed: “Football is the most important of the least important things in life”. He has cl

Stacey Cassidy and Michael Spence have joined TLT in Scotland. Ms Cassidy joins the projects, infrastructure and construction team as a partner in Glasgow, bringing transactional construction experience and attracting clients to the firm in line with its strategic growth plan. She previously worked

Regulations to allow a limited number of short-term prisoners nearing the end of their time in custody to be released early have been laid in Parliament to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme is limited to those sentenced to 18 months or less and who on 4 May have 90 days or less left t

The owners of a shopping centre in Cumbernauld have succeeded in a petition for judicial review made against a decision of North Lanarkshire Council to grant planning permission for a major development near Cumbernauld Town Centre. Bridges Antonine LLP argued that the council had erred in their

Clyde & Co has announced the appointment of Vikki Melville as managing partner for Scotland. Ms Melville is an insurance lawyer who has been with the firm for 17 years since joining Simpson & Marwick in 2003, which went on to merge with Clyde & Co in October 2015.

DLA Piper has advised long-standing client Greencoat UK Wind on the acquisition of the South Kyle wind farm in Scotland from developer Vattenfall for £320 million once the farm begins operating in Q1 2023. South Kyle is located 5km to the east of Dalmellington on the boundary of Dumfries &

A five-year-old boy has been caught driving his mum's car in an ambitious bid to cross the United States to buy a Lamborghini. Police in Utah were stunned after they pulled over the car to find a "young, very underage driver", CNN reports.

Brodies LLP has announced eight new partners in its latest round of promotions and appointments.

Property developers and their contractors could find themselves at legal loggerheads unless Scottish government guidance and legislation on construction work during the coronavirus crisis is made clearer, an expert has warned. Andrew Boccoli, who leads on advice to the construction sector at Li

The Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) has condemned the spending plans of the SLCC, which has laid its final budget for 2020/21 before the Scottish Parliament. It increases by 3.5 per cent the general levy which must be paid by every practising solicitor.