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Colin McEachran QC MBE passed away on Saturday at the age of 82. The retired advocate was president of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal for Scotland (PATS) from 1995 until 2013.

Criminal solicitors in London are to refuse low-paid cases this week in protest at legal aid rates. More than 100 solicitors have voted to stop representing people accused of assaults and burglaries on medical workers from tomorrow.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Clearview AI Inc £7,552,800 for using images of people in the UK, and elsewhere, that were collected from the web and social media to create a global online database that could be used for facial recognition. The ICO has also issued a

A clinical negligence case raised against the Grampian Health Board by a woman who claimed to have suffered back pain following a caesarean section has been refused by a lord ordinary.  Arlene Chisholm claimed that a spinal anaesthesia had been performed negligently prior to the operation, leav

Three drunken tourists who trespassed into a bear enclosure in Alaska have been jailed. The men were sentenced last week for the incident in 2018 which saw them wade into the Brooks River at the Katmai National Park and interrupt the salmon-loving bears' dinner.

Thorntons has strengthened its specialist property teams with the promotion of three new partners. Nicola McCafferty in Dundee and Aimee Gibbons in Glasgow have been appointed as commercial real estate partners while Hannah Fraser in Edinburgh has been elevated to residential property partner.

Deficiencies in Scots law around advance choices and medical decision-making in intensive care situations put human rights in jeopardy, according to a Law Society of Scotland report. A Law Society working group of legal experts, medical practitioners and academics authored the report, published toda

Growing up in care should be a “protected characteristic” in equality legislation, the UK government’s care tsar has said. Josh MacAlister, a former schoolteacher who founded social work charity Frontline, was tasked by the government with leading a review of children’s socia

Lindsays is helping to promote a showcase of young artists in support of a mental health charity as part of the acclaimed Van Gogh Alive exhibition in Edinburgh.

Inksters has won the UK Self-Employed / Sole Trader of the Year Award at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) Awards held in Glasgow on Thursday and hosted by TV personalities Clare Balding and JJ Chalmers. Having won the Scottish regional heat for this award in March Inksters were up against th

The 11th edition of the Aberdeen Student Law Review (ASLR) is being launched at an event today. ASLR said in a LinkedIn post: "We're publishing some fantastic articles on a broad range of current and topical legal issues, ranging from decommissioning liability on the UKCS to cyber-attacks as an emer

Advisers stationed at GP surgeries, council offices, libraries, and other convenient locations can help more people get more timely access to civil justice, according to a new think tank report. The Social Market Foundation said that legal support for civil justice can better reach the those in need

The commitment of the Church of Scotland and its fellow churches to promoting truthfulness in both public and private life has never been more important, the Kirk’s General Assembly has been told. The comments came from Lord Hodge, Deputy President of the Supreme Court, who has been appointed

A judicial review petition challenging the policy of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to withhold compensation for victims with unspent criminal convictions has been refused by the Outer House of the Court of Session. A, the petitioner, had applied to CICA, the second respondent, for com

A senior judge has found the University of Bristol liable for multiple breaches of legal duties it owed to undergraduate student Natasha Abrahart in the lead up to her suicide on 30 April 2018. Ms Abrahart's body was found in her private flat on the day she was due to give a presentation to fel