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Editor's note: All animals are cancellable, but some are more cancellable than others. That is the inference to be drawn from the manner in which we pick and choose history's villains. David Hume is out but Marie Stopes, eugenicist and admirer of Adolf Hitler, is apparently in. Edinburgh Council has

Balfour Beatty has been awarded the contract for the first stage of the Scottish Prison Service’s (SPS) project for the design and construction of HMP Highland, designed by BakerHicks.

The recent high profile case of Tylicki v Gibbons in the English High Court reiterates that professional sportspersons can successfully sue their fellow competitors for negligence, writes Ahmed Khogali. The core issue of the legal dispute concerned a “duty of care” in sport. The case exa

Anderson Strathern Asset Management, the financial planning and investment business wholly owned by Scottish legal firm Anderson Strathern LLP, grew funds under management to £341 million in 2021, up from £250m in the previous year. Graham Clark, CEO, said: “Market uplift contribut

JUSTICE has warned that Dame Elish Angiolini will encounter "institutional defensiveness" in her inquiry into the rape and murder of Sarah Everard. JUSTICE working party chair Sir Robert Owen has written to Dame Elish, copying in Home Secretary Priti Patel, in respect of the public inquiry into the

Scotland's justice sector is to be "transformed", the Scottish government has announced. Its new strategy will ensure sure "victims' voices are heard" and will place women and children "at the heart of service delivery" in addition to reassessing the role that prisons and the use of imprisonment sho

Clan Childlaw is calling for a more child-friendly and accessible legal aid system, in response to an ongoing consultation about financial eligibility for those applying for legal aid. It said the current legal aid system expects children and young people to navigate a complicated system which is no

The Scottish legal system can be a mystery to English lawyers and there are plenty aspects of Scots law which are (understandably) entirely alien to our friends south of the border. One area of practice on which Scots and English lawyers can agree is the principles applicable to the interpretation o

A priest dubbed “Don Euro” because his flock had unknowingly funded his lifestyle of swingers’ parties, diamonds, luxury holidays and the services of sex workers has been jailed for extortion. Luca Morini, who has been defrocked by the Vatican, was sentenced to seven-and-a-half yea

DLA Piper has increased NQ salaries, with rises for its London lawyers as well as a substantial boost for those elsewhere. London NQs will be given an eight per cent pay rise, from £88,000 to £95,000.

The House of Lords International Agreements Committee has today written to the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, with concerns about the government’s dismissive response to its Working Practices: one year on report. In the letter, published today, the committee calls on the government to rethink i

A farming business which was ordered to reduce the noise levels produced by two wind turbines on its farm in Torphins has lost an appeal challenging an abatement notice issued by Aberdeenshire Council under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It was argued by Frank A Smart & Son Ltd that

The Edinburgh Tax Network and Chartered Institute of Taxation invite you to join Janet Mui and Graeme Muir of Brewin Dolphin for an update on financial markets and analysis of pensions by webinar on Thursday 24th February 2020 from 1pm to 2pm. At this event, Janet and Graeme will discuss: This event

Digby Brown Solicitors has confirmed every staff member can now take one day off for charity work. As the personal injury firm has 285 employees it means as many as 285 days can be used to help good causes.

Thorntons now has 47 qualified mental health first aiders across the business. The firm invested in the training to place a stronger focus on mental health and wellbeing as society emerges from the pandemic.