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Scottish Labour MSP Katy Clark has today published a consultation on her member’s bill for the reform of Scotland's widely criticised freedom of information regime. The Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill aims to extend freedom of information (FOI) legislation to cover all organisati

A Glasgow sheriff has ordered the operators of the SSE Hydro Arena to pay nearly £100,000 to an American religious charity after finding it had no defence for cancelling an event involving a controversial religious speaker. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which arranged with Scottis

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is building a case against a video game developer whose new horror game is set in a furniture store. One-man indie game studio Ziggy recently raised almost £57,000 to fund the development of its new survival horror game, The Store Is Closed.

Liam McMonagle takes a look at the IP issues surrounding Amazon's $1bn show, The Rings of Power.  Like many people, I’ve enjoyed watching The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime after a hard day’s work. However, as an intellectual property (IP) lawyer, it’s hard not to recognise th

A solicitor from Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has received an accreditation in recognition of her expertise in trauma. Emma Letham, associate at WJM, has gained the trauma-informed lawyer certification from the Law Society of Scotland.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has appointed two new board members. Lynne Collingham and Dale Hughes joined the SLCC board on 15 June and 12 August 2022 respectively. The appointments are for five years.

Alan Stewart is joining Inksters as a consultant solicitor from today. Mr Stewart was a co-founder, in 1997, of McCartney Stewart in Renfrew. For the past three years, after Hugh McCartney retired, he has run that firm as a sole practitioner.

Serious cuts to the justice budget in Scotland will result in the closure of court buildings, a reduction in sittings and job losses, Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee will hear. Following last week’s Criminal Justice Committee pre-budget evidence session where the police and fire services

Ledingham Chalmers LLP has announced the acquisition of Inverness-based legal practice Anderson Shaw & Gilbert (ASG). The deal, part of the Aberdeen-headquartered firm’s nationwide growth plans, creates a business with around a £14 million annual turnover and headcount of 196 includi

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David J Black makes a likely connection. Fans of the brilliant, yet chilling, HBO series Succession seem to assume that the part of merciless Logan Roy, played to terrifying perfection by Brian Cox, is a thinly disguised portrayal of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch. If so, they really don’t kno

Mitchells Roberton has merged with conveyancing practice Wisharts Law. Owned by husband-and-wife team, Frances and Robbie Wishart, the firm, which operates from offices in Nelson Mandela Place, was founded in 2014.

A 16-year-old girl who was prohibited from having contact with her seven-year-old brother has lost a judicial review case against a sheriff’s decision to refuse an appeal against the original decision of a children’s hearing to continue his Compulsory Supervision Order with the non-conta

Work is to begin next year on the transformation of Arbroath’s historic courthouse into a community hub, The Courier reports. Plans have been laid for essential repairs to the roof of the High Street building, eight years after the last sheriff court case was heard there.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is hosting a session on stress awareness this Wednesday. Coffee with the Committee is the SYLA's series of informal drop-in sessions, which allows its membership to engage with the committee and use the committee's experiences as a resource.