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Axiom has announced the appointment of Gavin Walker KC as its new stable director and chairman. He takes over from Lady Ross following her appointment to the bench. Mr Walker called to the bar in 2003 and joined Axiom at its inception. He took silk in 2017.

A man attempted to murder his lawyer by stabbing him in the chest at a solicitor's office in Glasgow.

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society (SLAS) has expressed its opposition to alternative business structures (ABS) ahead of the Law Society of Scotland's AGM this week. SLAS debated a motion by Michael Sheridan that the society should call upon the Scottish Parliament and Scottish government to exc

New proposals to "improve the planning and regulation" of public processions and marches are to be introduced. An action group set up to consider how to better facilitate processions, has set out six recommendations in a newly published report, which have been accepted by the Scottish government, th

A salesman who was found guilty of being part of a £3.3 million fraud against Edinburgh University has been jailed for seven years. Aasim Johar, 54, colluded with the university’s former assistant director of estates and buildings Geoff Turnbull to mastermind a bogus procurement scheme t

Dentons has advised the John Lewis Partnership on Waitrose's acquisition of Dishpatch, the meal-kit delivery service that provides restaurant-quality home dining in collaboration with some of the UK’s leading chefs. Dishpatch, founded in 2020, replicates a restaurant experience without leaving

Labour and the Conservatives must stop giving honours to their friends and allies, according to a senior group of politicians, judges and civil servants. Former Supreme Court justices Lord Sumption and Lord Neuberger as well as Dominic Grieve KC, former attorney general, are among the 34 signatories

Alex Hutcheon + Co Solicitors has appointed two new partners to the business. Peterhead-born Andrew Bruce, who joined the firm this month, brings with him more than 18 years’ knowledge and expertise in residential and commercial property across Aberdeenshire. With considerable experience also

The head of an English police force has been sacked for exaggerating his military credentials, including by wearing a Falklands War medal despite being a 15-year-old cadet during the conflict. Nick Adderley, the suspended chief constable of Northamptonshire Police, has been found guilty of gross mis

Despite improved transparency, a Holyrood committee has found that inconsistency, bureaucracy, and inflexibility are still creating challenges for small businesses and third sector organisations looking to participate in public procurement. A decade on from the introduction of the Procurement Reform

Anderson Strathern director and part-time sheriff Mark Thorley is soon to be embarking on a challenging walk across the Pyrenees from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. It is around 540 miles and will take him an estimated 52 days.

A senior Vatican official is set to testify in the English High Court next month in a civil case brought by a London financier who alleges that his prison sentence in the Holy See was imposed following an unfair trial. In a rare departure from the Vatican's typical claims of diplomatic immunity, Arc

Former president of the Mental Health Tribunal in Scotland, Dr Joe Morrow, is due to receive an honorary fellowship from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It was announced at the college’s international congress in Edinburgh that Dr Morrow, the Lord Lyon King of Arms, will receive the fellow

Employee ownership in Scotland is has rapidly accelerated, with nearly 300 employee-owned businesses having a growing economic impact, according to Lindsays. Lawyers at the firm have been involved in more than 20 deals in recent years where the control of businesses of all kinds has transferred to e

There are more than 20 investigations underway into solicitors who worked for the Post Office in cases linked to the Horizon scandal, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. The SRA is investigating the conduct of Post Office or Royal Mail Group lawyers during the period in which subpost