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Arnot Manderson Advocates has obtained 24 individual rankings including 8 in Band 1 across fourteen wide ranging practice areas in the recently announced Chambers and Partners listings. As well as the haul of individual rankings Arnot Manderson has achieved stable wide recognition in Private Client,

The first law student to graduate from a scholarship scheme set up in memory of the respected lawyer Kirk Murdoch has started a traineeship at Pinsent Masons. Dundee graduate Emilia Gordon has joined the firm in London on a two-year training contract and will initially be working in Pinsent Masons&r

The 22nd annual Pro Bono Week takes place across the UK from 6 to 10 November 2023. This year's Pro Bono Week centres around the following themes: Join Edinburgh Law School alumni, staff, current students, and members of the wider legal community to learn about and celebrate the voluntary contributi

Chairman of Terra Firma Chambers Michael Howlin KC will today step down after over six years in the role. Current vice-chairman James Findlay KC will become chairman with Roddy McIlvride KC taking up the position of vice-chairman.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Egypt official tells Europe to take in 1m Gazans if ‘you care about human rights so much’

A '90s rap star convicted of illegally funnelling foreign money to Barack Obama's election campaign and acting as a Chinese agent is facing a retrial on the basis his defence lawyer allegedly relied on AI to write his closing statement. Pras, best known as one of the Fugees, was found guilty last ye

A review into the delayed Ferguson Marine ferries by a senior lawyer has found no evidence of fraud. The review follows a BBC Disclosure show that alleged the process for awarding the contract may have been a sham.

Morton Fraser has been reappointed by two key players in the SIPP and SSAS market, XPS Self Invested Pensions and Barnett Waddingham. Morton Fraser has featured on XPS Self Invested Pensions Scottish panel of solicitors for the past eight years. The firm has previously supported the business’s

Gilson Gray has appointed Ben Finnie as regional sales manager and Charlotte Caird as property manager in Dundee. Mr Finnie brings a wealth of experience, having spent the past eight years in management roles across the Dundee property market, including at Thorntons. He joins the firm from boutique

The Scottish property market is due to follow the same trajectory as England and Wales, experiencing a slowdown as housing supply remains steady but consumer ability to buy continues to be restricted, according to Landmark Information Group’s latest property trends report.

Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse claimants, academics have warned. Researchers have said the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 is a missed opportunity to resolve other issues about how to make clear assessments about people’s sexual backgrounds and t

PBW Law has received a ranking for Police Law in the Chambers UK 2024 directory, as well as an individual ranking for Professor Peter Watson. PBW Law was awarded the two rankings in recognition of its work in representing police officers in fatal accident inquiries, public inquiries, judicial review

Andrew Malkinson, the man who served 17 years for a crime he did not commit, has revealed that he is penniless and living in a tent. The 57-year-old’s conviction for raping a young mother in July 2003 was quashed by the Court of Appeal last month, after DNA analysis associated the crime with s

A de recenti statement of distress will now be corroborative of rape instead of a mere lack of consent after a bench of seven judges overruled Smith v Lees. In Smith v Lees 1997 JC 73 the High Court stated that, where a complainer has given evidence that she was raped or sexually assaulted, evi

Police are looking for thieves who stole 35 portable toilets from a racetrack. The cubicles, some of which had not been emptied, were taken from Ludlow Autograss Club in Pencombe, Herefordshire on Sunday.