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Shepherd and Wedderburn’s private wealth and tax team has been named Out-of-London Practice of the Year at the Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2022. Judges described Shepherd and Wedderburn as "one of the best Scottish independents" and noted that the firm’s private wealth and tax team in

Shared Parenting Scotland has endorsed the view of an English judge that court is not the forum for solving "relationship disputes". Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division, issued a blunt reminder to parents that courts are not the best place to resolve such problems, which are at th

Blackadders’ employment team are donning their kilts and walking 26 miles to raise vital funds for Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

Thorntons has bolstered its senior team by awarding partner status to three legal directors and promoting four associates to legal director.

A judicial review action by a man seeking asylum in the UK who was seriously injured in a Glasgow hotel in a stabbing incident has been refused by the English High Court.  Claimant MG argued that the Secretary of State for the Home Department was obliged to commission an independent investigati

A law firm in Dunblane has raised more than £1,200 to support the life-changing work of nine charities by volunteering their expertise to write wills. Barty’s, a branch of Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP, took part in annual charity will-writing campaign Will Aid at the end of 2021,

I have just read [Connor Beaton's] review of Prima Facie in Scottish Legal News and I felt compelled to contact you with my thoughts. Apart from your introduction, I would disagree with your review and would like to offer an alternative interpretation which might add to your thoughts on the pla

There’s no denying that Jodie Comer's West End debut, brought to cinemas yesterday by National Theatre Live, is electrifying. From the moment she walks on stage as Tessa, a confident criminal defence lawyer on the verge of greatness at the London bar, Comer demands nothing less than rapt atten

Staff from Lindsays swapped legal papers for plant pots during a visit to an Edinburgh garden project set up to help people with mental health problems.

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The Law Commission of England and Wales is to launch a new project to review the law around autonomous flight. The two-year review is sponsored by the Future Flight Challenge at UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) and supported by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and Department for Transport (D

A police commissioner who vowed to crack down on speeding has been given a six-month driving ban for speeding. Nottinghamshire's Conservative PCC Caroline Henry was caught breaking the speed limit five times in just 12 weeks.

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has awarded Kier the preconstruction services contract to deliver HMP Glasgow, the new prison that is set to replace Victorian-era HMP Barlinnie in 2026. HMP Glasgow will be a modern facility built on a 54-acre site in Provanmill. SPS intends that it will be designe

The next edition of CLT Scotland’s popular Scots Law Series will be taking place live online during October with delegates able to choose from 10 individual conferences. Roy Spiers, CLT Scotland’s Director of Programmes, said: “Practical, statutory and caselaw developments have con

Politics has been a very odd place over the last few weeks and months, where apparently in starting consideration of a policy proposal, the law has not always seemed to be the first point of reference and politics rather than law has been the deciding factor. It is almost a relief to be back looking