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The number of venture capital ‘megadeals’ in the UK has increased tenfold over the last decade, according to a report by Shoosmiths in partnership with data platform Beauhurst. Ten years ago saw just five ‘megadeals’ – where £50 million or more was invested into U

TLT has signed the Greener Litigation Pledge as part of its aim to be a net zero business by 2025 and to support its clients with their own sustainability goals. Signatories commit to actively reducing, with a view to minimising, the environmental impacts of litigation in the English and Welsh court

Menus could show how many calories there are in meals under new Scottish government plans to encourage healthy eating. Calorie labelling on restaurant and takeaway menus could become mandatory under the proposals meant to help tackle obesity.

A middle-aged Liverpudlian spent three nights in a maximum-security jail after being mistaken for one of Italy's most-wanted mafia bosses. Prosecutors apologised to the 54-year-old, named only as Mark, after he was arrested at gunpoint at a restaurant in the Hague and taken blindfolded to jail, Dutc

A sheriff has ordered the Brexit Party to pay just over £22,000 in unpaid invoice expenses to an advertising company based in Glasgow. VMS Enterprises Ltd, a supplier of mobile advertising services in the form of mobile billboards and electronic boards, was contracted by the then-Brexit Party

Stephen O'Rourke QC has been appointed principal crown counsel, replacing Alex Prentice QC in the role. Mr O'Rourke, whose seniority is immediately below that of the lord advocate and solicitor general, will lead the advocate depute team.

Holyrood has approved the use of coronavirus vaccination certificates to enter some events and higher risk venues. MSPs voted in favour of the measure, which will come into effect on Friday October 1.

Supporters of a small East Lothian hospital that is closing its doors to new patients have instructed Balfour and Manson's Elaine Motion to consider legal action against the NHS. Friends of the Edington Hospital in North Berwick were "shocked" when NHS Lothian announced on September 1 that no new pa

A student of law at the University of Aberdeen has become the first ever recipient of a new annual award in honour of a successful lawyer from the city who passed away last year.

The Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Act 2019 received Royal Assent on 24 April 2019 but Part 2 of the act, which allows Scottish courts to impose a periodical payment order (PPO) for future pecuniary losses in a personal injury claim rather than to award damages as a

The UK government has unveiled its first-ever "super courtroom", which will allow up to a dozen defendants to face trial at the same time. The first super courtroom has been created at Manchester Crown Court, which has been revamped to create a space which is three times the size of a normal courtro

Eilidh Dobson and Iain Drummond comment on legal aspects of the ongoing materials shortage. It will be news to few that the construction industry is experiencing a serious shortage of key materials. The Construction Leadership Council first warned of shortages (in timber, steel, pitched roofing, pla

Donald Findlay QC has launched a new website. Mr Findlay, Scotland's top criminal lawyer, became an advocate at the Scottish bar in 1975 and a Queen's Counsel in 1988. He is renowned for being fearless in his pursuit of justice for his clients and is widely regarded as having shaped modern-day

Alan McKee, a director at McKee Campbell Morrison Solicitors, has been joined the board of Business Beats Cancer Glasgow.He is a dispute resolution and corporate recovery solicitor who regularly represents the interests of the SME business community in the Scottish courts. Mr McKee is also a tutor i

The Faculty of Advocates and the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) will be hosting a virtual event on the process of joining the Scottish Bar entitled How to become an Advocate. This event aims to demystify the process of becoming an advocate and will cover topics such as the ad