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Shepherd and Wedderburn’s banking and finance team has reported a busy 12 months. In the year to 30 April 2023, the team advised clients including banks, funds, financial institutions, alternative lenders, public bodies, corporate borrowers and sponsors, on over 140 deals with a total value of

The prisoner transportation and custody firm used by the courts is putting "unacceptable pressures" on the justice system with its severe delays, a lawyer has said. Defence solicitor Matthew McGovern tweeted that GEOAmey's service was an "absolute disgrace" after highlighting a delay of more than 10

It could have been a rerun of Clochemerle, that droll 1970s Simpson and Galton series about the hotly disputed provision of a public pissoir in an ultra respectable French village. In 2021 Miranda Dickson inherited her three story townhouse in Edinburgh’s Drummond Place from her parents, Ian a

Agricultural charity RSABI has announced its flagship annual outdoors team event, the Great Glen Challenge, will this year be sponsored by Gillespie Macandrew.

Two oil and gas sector specialists from law firm CMS have launched a new book outlining the ‘radical’ approach of the UK’s MER (maximising economic recovery) regime governing North Sea drilling operations. Maximising Economic Recovery: A New Approach to Regulating the UK's Offshore

More than 160 high school pupils have attended a virtual event designed to inform and inspire the next generation of Scottish solicitors and advocates, including young people from less-advantaged backgrounds. The Law Society of Scotland’s Virtual Summer School took place over four days last we

Chris Rae discusses the potential for Scotland to replicate Norway's success in the data centre market by leveraging renewable energy sources, reusing waste heat, attracting investors, and addressing infrastructure and planning barriers to drive economic growth and enhance environmental sustainabili

A private landlord who was removed from the landlord register because her local authority did not consider her a fit and proper person has successfully petitioned for judicial review of an Upper Tribunal decision upholding that decision. Petitioner Anu Sharma argued that the “fit and proper pe

Reconviction rates have decreased from 2018-19 across almost all groups, new statistics from Scotland’s chief statistician show. This is the first year that reconviction data affected by the pandemic has been published and is therefore not considered to be indicative of longer-term trends

A janitor at a laboratory who was irritated by a beeping alarm on a fridge is alleged to have switched it off and caused the destruction of decades of scientific research. The mega fridge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, stored cell cultures and other samples at minu

A research project suggests that socio-cognitive biases might be a factor in the disproportionate number of misconduct complaints brought against solicitors from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The first report of the study, which ai

Eversheds Sutherland has relocated its team in Edinburgh to Capital Square, a new development located in the heart of Edinburgh’s Exchange district.

Lord Armstrong and Lord Beckett have been appointed to the Second Division of the Court of Session effective from 23 June 2023 and 1 July 2023 respectively. Lord Armstrong was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in February 2013.

Drugs minister Elena Whitham has welcomed research from Public Health Scotland which concludes that minimum unit pricing (MUP) has saved lives, reduced hospital admissions and had a ‘positive impact’ on health. In their final report of a series, researchers said that "robust, independent

The Court of Session is to become the first court in Scotland with a regular live streaming service, allowing cases to be viewed remotely by the public. Inner House cases held publicly will be live streamed from today.