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Ampersand has welcomed Sarah McWhirter and Tony Convery to the stable. Stable director Isla Davie KC said: “We are delighted that Sarah and Tony are joining Ampersand. They are already highly regarded as lawyers, and this is the start of incredibly promising careers for both at the Bar. Not on

A man who escaped police custody in the middle of a snowstorm apparently turned himself in less than an hour later to escape the cold weather. Demarkus Davis, 20, allegedly escaped from a police car on the way to a jail in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday night, when temperatures were as low as -10°

The Scottish Land Commission has made three new appointments. Charlie Davis has joined as project manager for diverse land ownership, Lisa Busby as training coordinator and Hanna Wheatley as the new research officer.

A pair of prison escapees have reportedly left behind a note promising to return after dealing with family business. The prisoners, 40-year-old Davad Zukanovic and 46-year-old Lil Ahmetovic, allegedly escaped the prison just outside Rome earlier this month.

The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow was delighted to welcome members and colleagues from across the profession to this year’s "Procurators’ Puzzler".

A sheriff conducting an inquiry into the death of a self-employed gardener who died after being struck by falling timber has concluded that his death could have been avoided if the drop zone into which timber was expected to fall had been more clearly identified and there was a clear means of commun

A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a transgender woman prisoner by self-inflicted plastic bag asphyxia has concluded that the Scottish Prison Service had unlawfully isolated her while deciding how to proceed with her custody arrangements and made 12 recommendations for improvement of SPS pr

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has allowed an appeal against the dismissal of a claim for sexual harassment by an Employment Tribunal in Cardiff after ruling that it erred in law in considering whether a person found to have sexually harassed the claimant was acting in the course of his employment.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal by a woman who raised a personal injury claim against an ambulance technician and the Scottish Ambulance Service against a lord ordinary’s decision that her direct case of breach of duty against the second defender was irrelevant in

One of the world’s foremost experts in forensic investigation will deliver a public lecture at the University of Dundee later this month exploring how science and technology are used in criminal investigations. Dr Sheila Willis, former director general of Forensic Science Ireland, will deliver

The body responsible for advising judges on criminal sentences in England and Wales has pushed back against the justice secretary’s call to scrap new guidance on sentencing offenders from minority groups. The Sentencing Council said that ministers from both major parties or their representativ

Dundee University is set to shut down its forensic science research hub, putting 24 jobs at risk as the institution grapples with a £30 million budget shortfall, The Courier reports. Staff at the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science were informed of the decision by centre director P

The Sheriff Appeal Court has recalled an interlocutor dismissing a breach of contract action raised by a son after his father removed him as director of one of their companies and had the business wound up against an implied term of a previous verbal contract between the two. It was averred by Gerar

Ampersand Advocates received two individual recognitions at the Legal 500 Scotland Awards held on 29 November in Edinburgh. This year, the stable celebrates the awards of Alan Moffat, named Clerk of the Year, and Una Doherty KC, who has been crowned Silk of the Year.

An unruly passenger whose behaviour forced his plane to divert has been ordered to repay the airline for the additional fuel costs. In an unusual move, a court in Perth, Australia ruled that the 33-year-old man should pay $8,630 AUD (around €5,200 or £4,400) to the airline to cover fuel c