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Laurence Kennedy Advocate Laurence Kennedy has written to the Lord Justice Clerk following our report on the appeal of KM v HMA in which the court was highly critical of defence counsel. In the opinion issued by the court counsel was identified only as "L Kennedy". Unfortunately there are two advoca

A man acting under a power of attorney who challenged the lawfulness of a Scottish local authority’s decisions relating to the provision of community care services to his elderly mother has had his appeal refused. The petitioner and reclaimer “PQ” claimed that the respondent Glasgow City Counc

Today sees the launch of Benchmark Advocates – a collaboration which takes a contemporary approach to the marketing and delivery of advocacy services. Thomas Leonard Ross QC and advocate Edith Forrest have worked with leading IT professionals to create the vehicle, which aims to complement traditi

Scottish solicitors have endorsed amendments to practice rules intended to raise standards around their anti-money laundering practices and incidental financial business - the vote was counted at the Law Society of Scotland's special general meeting, in Edinburgh yesterday. The Law Society’s curre

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Roseanna Cunningham A new bill has been submitted to the Scottish Parliament outlining the long-term future of Crown Estate Scotland.

Liam Entwistle Liam Entwistle, a partner at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has been appointed a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Shona McCusker In the wake of Carillion's collapse, Shona McCusker looks at the contractual protections available to construction parties.

The Scottish Parliament has launched a website ahead of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016 coming into force on 12 March this year. The Lobbying Register website must be used by anyone who engages in regulated lobbying to record details of their activities.

A property developer who entered into an agreement with a bank to sell 26 homes he had purchased with loan funding after he became liable to repay more than £2.5 million in loans is challenging a bid by the lender to terminate the contract. The bank claimed that the pursuer failed pay the rental in

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Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems can bring an individual action in Austria against Facebook Ireland, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. However, he cannot bring proceedings on behalf of seven other users in Austria, Germany and India who assigned him their claims for

The excellent piece below by Robert Pirrie of the WS tonehociety records the friendship, some may say ‘bromance’ between Robert Burns and Robert Ainslie WS. It was one of many friendships the poet had with lawyers, reflecting the prominent role of ‘writers’ as they were known in the intellec

Lawyers can still book a place at a seminar to be held next Monday on the workings of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. Top experts will explain the legislation and highlight the key issues for all those involved in using the new rights.

Robert Burns found his friendship with Writer to the Signet Robert Ainslie to be "almost necessary to my existence". Robert Pirrie, chief executive of the WS Society, reveals how the Scottish bard and the Edinburgh lawyer formed an enduring friendship as their remarkably candid correspondence b