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Addleshaw Goddard (AG) and Irish law firm Eugene F Collins are to merge. The business, people and all 25 Eugene F Collins partners will become part of the Addleshaw Goddard group by 1 March 2022.

Pupils from 16 schools across Scotland have progressed into the semi-finals of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament, organised by the Law Society of Scotland. The second-round heats of the annual debating competition in January saw 32 teams from 31 schools debate the motion "This house woul

New legislation has been published to ensure all nationals of Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain can stand as candidates in Scottish local government elections. Following changes made in 2020, all nationals from these countries can already vote in local elections and those with settled status or

Solicitor Nadhia Ahmad-Ali has been appointed as a non-executive director to the board of Scottish Ballet. Ms Ahmad-Ali was recently made head of legal for Europe at UnitedHealthcare, part of the UnitedHealth Group, a Fortune 500 company. Before this, she worked at The Weir Group PLC and Cigna, wher

Balfour and Manson senior associate Michaela Guthrie has gained a Law Society of Scotland accreditation in medical negligence law. Ms Guthrie joined Balfour and Manson as a trainee in 2014, spending the final year of her traineeship working closely with partner Ann Logan. She has specialised in medi

The Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has called on the Scottish government to start justifying its use of emergency regulation-making powers and detail why they are being used in each instance. The powers, known as the ‘made affirmative procedure’, al

Four men have been jailed for life for the murder of a man who was shot in the head as he sat in a car at traffic lights. Kenny Reilly, 29, was shot in Maryhill, Glasgow, on 16 April 2018 and died two days later.

Jurors in a high-profile criminal case in Quebec have been supplied with cannabis to pass the time until they reach a verdict. The jury has been sequestered while considering kidnapping charges brought against a local businessman. The jurors are staying in a hotel and will not be allowed to return h

A Lord Ordinary has quashed a decision of a tribunal that a sheriff should not be removed from judicial office after he was found to have acted inappropriately towards a female lawyer. A petition challenging the decision that Sheriff John Brown was fit for office was made by the lawyer, X, who argue

Miners who are to be pardoned for historic convictions will receive no compensation, Justice Secretary Keith Brown has said. Mr Brown dismissed calls for compensation to be paid to miners pardoned over strike action in the 1980s.

Insurance risk and commercial law firm BLM is expected to hike NQ pay across the UK, according to reports. The firm, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, currently offers newly-qualified solicitors a starting salary of £45,000 (roughly €53,400) in London and £32,000 (€38

Farrah Mahmood and Nick Harbison have both been promoted to the position of associate director at Scullion LAW in Glasgow. Ms Mahmood said: “I am absolutely delighted to be promoted to associate director at Scullion LAW. It is an incredible opportunity in recognition of my achievements, effort

Scottish business sentiment remained positive in the fourth quarter of 2021, but the rising cost of energy impacts prospects for 2022 and operates as a drag on the outlook for economic growth, despite the easing of pandemic restrictions.  The results of the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Bus

Thorntons has bolstered its Dundee conveyancing team by merging with Kim Barclay Solicitors. Founder Kim Barclay began her career at Thorntons, later launching her own successful residential property and will and executory practice – and two decades on she is rejoining the team. Paralegal Fion

A lawyer has been fined after he said female barristers were “hysterical” and “overemotional”. Feliks Kwiatkowski, 66, who called to the bar in 1977, was fined £500 and reprimanded.