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Optimum Advocates has welcomed Deirdre Flanigan to the stable today. She calls to the bar as a recipient of the Scottish Council for Law Reporting and as a Lord Hope Scholar. Prior to calling, she spent seven years as a solicitor and has significant advocacy experience in the sheriff courts across S

A Crown appeal in the High Court of Justiciary against what it considered an unduly lenient sentence for a man who raped a woman in front of her seven-year-old son has succeeded in adding four years to his headline sentence. Respondent TJ was originally given a headline sentence of five years for ra

Themis Advocates has welcomed its newest members, Bilaal Shabbir and Kristian Whitaker. Prior to calling to the bar, Mr Shabbir was head of Court of Session litigation at a boutique litigation firm in Edinburgh. As a solicitor, he had a significant and varied judicial review practice encompassing im

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published an update report on its expectations for improvement to Law Society of Scotland investigation timescales. In March 2023, the SLCC published a report on its review of the time taken by the Law Society of Scotland to investigate conduct com

TLT has been featured in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2023 ranking for its continued commitment and achievements in addressing gender inequality in the workplace. The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality is a listing of employers taking action and making gender equality part

South Koreans grew younger yesterday after a new law came into effect that uses the internationally recognised system of age calculation. The law supersedes one of the country's traditional methods, where individuals are considered a year old at birth, accounting for the time spent in the womb.

The Scottish Parliament has voted unanimously to pass the Charities (Regulation and Administration) Bill. The bill aims to improve the accountability and transparency of charities and increase the powers of the independent Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).

Lindsays partner Jennifer Gallagher has maintained her status as Dundee’s only triple-accredited family lawyer. Ms Gallagher has had her accreditation as a specialist in child law approved for a second spell by the Law Society of Scotland.

The Scottish government’s response to the Scottish Mental Health Law Review is a positive indication of governmental commitment to much needed legislative reform, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The society stressed, however, the importance of avoiding any further delays to implementatio

The Supreme Court has has signed up to the Black Talent Charter. The court joins over 20 signatories who have already signed up to the charter.

The Scottish Law Commission has today published a third discussion paper consulting on reform of the law of securities granted over land and buildings in Scotland. Heritable securities – often referred to as mortgages – are at the heart of many high-value commercial property and finance

A fuel company that settled a personal injury action by one of its lorry drivers has lost a claim against the company that serviced the tanker lorry he had been driving for a contribution to the settlement after failing to establish negligence. Andrew Gray & Co (Fuels) Ltd settled a claim by pur

Amendments to legislation incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will deliver a "clear, coherent and workable bill that provides some valuable protections for the rights of children in Scotland", according to the Scottish government. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill was

An Italian teacher who was dismissed after being absent for 20 out of 24 years of her service at schools around Venice has pledged to share her version of events. Cinzia Paolina De Lio was terminated from her position in 2017 after returning to work for four months, prompting a flurry of complaints.

Exorbitant costs are preventing individuals and community groups from bringing legal challenges to safeguard the environment in England and Wales, according to NGOs. A shared report by the RSPB, the Environmental Law Foundation (ELF), and Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland sugg