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Karen Wylie has re-joined Morton Fraser, where she had previously spent 14 years of her career. Ms Wylie, who joins as a senior associate, advises individuals on a range of family law issues, including separation, high-value divorce, child disputes, pre-nuptial agreements, declarators of parentage,

A Lord Ordinary has refused to grant an application made by the daughter of a deceased man for a decree ordaining her adopted sister to seek a full account of her intromissions as both attorney and executor-nominate of the deceased’s estate and to repay the estate for monies she had taken from

A one-year-old puppy managed to make multiple online purchases in the video game Watch Dogs with its owner’s credit card.

Facebook owner Meta is set to be told it cannot force users of its services to agree to personalised ads in what privacy campaigners have said will be a "huge blow to Meta's profits in the EU". The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) yesterday said it had adopted three binding decisions addressing

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has reported complaint numbers rebounding after two years of reductions linked to Covid-19 restrictions. Its annual report also highlights ongoing work to improve customer service, to drive efficiencies and to advocate for reform to modernise the legis

Data leaks at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service have nearly doubled in the past year to more than 150. Some of the data breaches were so egregious they were reported to the Information Commissioner's Officer (ICO).

Murgitroyd, has acquired the UK-based IP business TLIP Ltd. TLIP was founded in Glasgow in 2014 and employs 14 people (nine patent attorneys and five support staff) based at its offices in Cambridge, Leeds and Dublin. TLIP employees based in Leeds and Dublin will join their new colleagues in Murgitr

An employment lawyer is advising businesses to consider carefully the implications of new flexible working proposals, which will give employees the right to request flexible working from the first day in a new job and put more onus on employers to discuss options with staff. Chris Phillips, employme

A right-wing judge was among those arrested on suspicion of plotting to storm the Reichstag and overthrow the German government.

Following the recent hearing on the provision of information relating to third-party complaints against solicitors, Law Society members should be aware that its guidance on this is under review and may be subject to change at short notice. The Court of Session opinion in the case of Scottish Legal C

Recently I attended events which got me thinking about the kind of society we are now living in – and the role of the legal profession in it. At the Scottish Mediation conference, Professor Gurchathen Sanghera, a specialist in peace, conflict and violence from the School of International Relat

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has an office in Edinburgh, has featured in the Top 75 employers list in the 2022 Social Mobility Employer Index. This year saw around 150 businesses and public sector organisations enter the index, which assesses employers across seven key areas, including engagem

Hunter & Robertson Solicitors has announced the appointment of Terence Docherty as a director. Mr Docherty has experience in many areas including residential and commercial conveyancing and private client matters.

The Sheriff Appeal Court has allowed an appeal by a firm that sought the dismissal of an action raised against it by their former commercial agent in Scotland after it ruled that a plea of res judicata should have been accepted by the sheriff. Pursuer and respondent Hugh Beattie originally raised th

A police chief who flashed her badge after being stopped for riding a golf cart on the street has been forced to resign. Mary O'Connor, head of the police force in Tampa, Florida's third-largest city, was the passenger in a golf cart that was pulled over last month for driving on a road without a li