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A new bill to pardon former miners convicted of certain offences related to strike action in the 1980s has been published. The Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill follows an independent review, led by John Scott QC, into the impact of policing on Scottish communities during the 1984-85 st

Malcolm Combe, lecturer in law at Strathclyde University and chair of the Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum, looks at the relevance of land and human rights now and what the work of the newly-established forum hopes to achieve.  This is a blog post about the new land and human rights forum,

Dr Sarah Hendry, head of Dundee Law School, is among the finalists at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2021. She specialises in water and environmental law. Her research interests in Scots, EU and comparative water law extend across both water resources and water services.

The number of corporate insolvencies in Scotland rose by 29.4 per cent to 211 in July-September this year – compared with the April-June figure of 163. Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidations meanwhile rose to 179 for July-September – an increase of 35.6 per cent on the 132 recorded for

The term "zoonotic disease" is one which has entered the public vocabulary in the past 18 months as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, for those working with livestock, zoonoses aren't a new concern. A recent Health & Safety prosecution highlights the serious consequences for businesses

There are "reasonable questions" around the money used by Donald Trump to buy his properties in Scotland and the continuing source of the wealth used to finance them, a court has been told. A judge in a case on the Scottish government's refusal to pursue an unexplained wealth order (UWO) into the fo

Rosina Dolan, a partner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, took to the streets of the capital earlier this month alongside 40,000 people to run the London Marathon. The solicitor’s efforts raised an impressive £2,240 – significantly exceeding her original £1k target &nd

The BBC has profiled lawyer Manjula Pradeep who was born in Western India to a Dalit family, a community on the lowest rung of the caste ladder. Growing up she experienced severe discrimination and indignity because of her background. She was also the victim of sexual abuse yet excelled at school an

A three year limitation period applies in the majority of injury claims in both Scotland and England, with the courts in both jurisdictions having equitable discretion to allow a claim to proceed despite being issued late. This raises the question of the effect in this context of a period of delay o

Shepherd and Wedderburn partner Louisa Knox has been appointed as a non-executive board director at Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE). Ms Knox specialises in pensions law, working on a range of clients on all pensions related matters including ongoing advisory, scheme restructuring, ESG and r

Robert Milligan QC's new book Funding Personal Injury Litigation in Scotland is now available to purchase. 2021 has been a landmark year in the funding of personal injury litigation in Scotland. Long-awaited changes in relation to damages based agreements (DBAs) and qualified one way cost

The Scottish government has "no understanding" of the seriousness of the legal aid problem, a lawyer has said. The reaction follows a letter from from legal affairs minister Ash Regan to Ken Dalling, president of the Law Society of Scotland, and Julia McPartlin, president of the Scottish Solicitors

We will hear lots about net-zero targets and tackling climate change in the coming weeks as COP26 arrives in Glasgow. Scotland has set itself the ambitious target of reducing emissions of all greenhouse gases to net zero by 2045. The rest of the UK, in common with most other countries, is targeting

Harper Macleod's corporate team has advised Beecatcher Pte Limited, a Singapore based company, on its acquisition of Byron Bakery Ltd in November 2020. Operating since the 1950s, Byron Bakery is a well-known bakery and retail store based in Aberdeen which has developed an extensive customer base and

When 12 ships from the Crimean port of Kaffa docked at Messina, Sicily, in October 1347 they carried more than onward consignments of exotic articles from the ancient oriental silk route. They also brought the bacterium versinia pestis. This had been passed from rodents and fleas to the ships’