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Calls have been made for an inquiry into the malicious prosecution of two men involved in the sale of Rangers after the Lord Advocate publicly apologised to them and said there had been no criminal misconduct at the Crown Office. James Wolffe QC said the case against David Whitehouse and Paul Clark

A coronavirus resilience fund for legal aid firms and law centres, worth up to £9 million, has opened for applications. The Coronavirus Resilience and Recovery Fund for Legal Aid has been created to provide financial support to enable legal aid services to the public to continue during the pan

Catherine Smith has joined Compass Chambers. Ms Smith has extensive experience in reparation and public law and specialises in personal injury, clinical negligence and judicial review.

A University of Stirling legal academic is launching a new body to bring together all sectors of the profession in Scotland. Dr Guido Noto La Diega, associate professor at the university’s law school, has been awarded funding from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to create the Scottish Law and I

Judicial assistants (JAs) from the Supreme Court are to speak at a virtual event hosted by the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association later this month. This event offers the opportunity to learn more about the role and to hear from those who have experienced life working at the court, the work the

Strathclyde Law School’s Mediation Clinic hosted the UK’s first mediation clinic conference on 6 February. The virtual conference was attended by 120 people, including from India, Lebanon, Kenya, Georgia and Ireland. The keynote speakers were Carrie Menkel-Meadow, one of the founders of

TLT has partnered with Carbon Intelligence to support the development of a sustainability programme for the firm. Carbon Intelligence will also undertake a full strategy and business review, providing TLT with an analysis of risks and opportunities in terms of its sustainability strategy and approac

Should men be able to reject fatherhood without attracting legal obligations? Benjamin Bestgen considers this and other questions around abortion in this week's jurisprudential primer. See his last one here. Abortion remains the subject of one of the most contentious social debates of

A lawyer who appeared before a judge on Zoom as a cat was unable to switch the filter off.

An English judge has ordered that a negative Trustpilot review posted by a dissatisfied former client of a solicitor firm be removed from the website after rejecting his defences to the claim. The defendant, Philip Waymouth, paid Summerfield Browne Ltd a fixed fee of £200 in exc

Costs incurred by the Crown Office as a result of its malicious prosecutions of two men amount to around £24m, the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has officially confirmed. But the sums – and any future costs Scotland's prosecution body may incur – will not mar its operational effe

Thorntons has reported a 2.6 per cent growth in turnover for the year to 31 May 2020 to £30.5 million as well as an increase in profits of 12 per cent. Although the final months of trading were impacted by the pandemic, the 58-partner firm remained on a firm financial footing as a result of it

Dear Editor I was disappointed to read Douglas J. Cusine’s letter in which he ridicules the campaign to secure a pardon, apology and memorial to those (mainly women) tortured and executed as witches under an Act of Parliament. His comparison with the misfortunes suffered at the hands of R

A cross-justice initiative in South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway (SSDG) is saving time at court and has already dealt with more than 200 cases. The initiative sees criminal justice and good behaviour reports provided securely by the local authority social work departments and the Crown, 48 hou

Fishing rights may have been one of the main sticking points of the Brexit negotiations, but not all recent fish-related battles have been waged between Britain and Brussels. In a case that played out much closer to home, the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) challenged the Scottish