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Shepherd and Wedderburn corporate finance team has reported a busy first half of the 2020/21 financial year, supporting clients with strong and sustained deal activity despite the challenging environment created by the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm’s corporate finance lawyers advised on deals wi

CMS has advised M-Squared Lasers group (MSL) and its management team, on a complex, £32.5m multi-jurisdictional financing transaction to acquire a substantial part of business growth fund’s (BGF) shareholding in MSL. The deal also incorporates a significant investment into MSL by the new

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published its annual report, showing strong overall performance, despite the impact of Covid-19. Key highlights include ending the year with the lowest ‘work in progress’ in many years, without any backlogs at any stage in the complaint

A new video features Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor, discussing his life and role in the famous trials. At age 27, in his first turn as a prosecutor, Mr Ferencz led what was then called "the biggest murder trial in history."

Online shoppers who shelled out hundreds of pounds for a new PlayStation 5 console have been left disappointed after instead receiving bags of grain, rice, cat food or nothing at all. Amazon has announced an investigation into what it said was a "small proportion" of orders which had apparently fall

A tenant of commercial premises in Granton, Edinburgh, has been unsuccessful in its action against an agent of its landlord for reduction of invoices and repayment of sums it alleged were wrongfully paid to its landlord’s agents.  The Glasgow Angling Centre Ltd, which was assigned the ten

A crowdfunder has been established for the appeal against conviction of the late Abdelbaset al-Megrahi over the Lockerbie bombing. Mr Megrahi was convicted on 31 January 2001 for the murders of the 243 passengers and the 16 crew on board Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York, and 11 residents of

The practice of sending elderly patients to live in locked units in Scotland has been brought to an end following court action by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The EHRC said it reached a settlement on ending the "unlawful detention of adults with incapacity" by NHS Greater Glasgow and Cl

LAR Housing Trust has announced the appointment of Philip Rodney as its new chair while three new trustees have joined the housing charity's board. Mr Rodney, a consultant, columnist and non-executive director was formerly chair of Burness Paull. He joined LAR’s board in April last y

The criminal justice system is being brought “to its knees” in England and Wales, James Mulholland QC has said. The chair of the Criminal Bar Association told The Guardian that the pandemic had worsened the crisis but that severe cuts to the Ministry of Justice since 2010 had left it dan

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a talk entitled Penalties for Enablers of Defeated Tax Avoidance on 25th November 2020 from 2pm to 3pm. The speakers will be Ken Curran and Lesley Shakles of HMRC. They will provide an overview of legislation

A new report published by Eversheds Sutherland in partnership with KPMG IMPACT highlights the need for companies to take greater account of climate risk and move towards decarbonisation. The Climate Change and Corporate Value: What Companies Really Think report collates the views of 500 corporate le

The 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Nuremberg Trials is to be celebrated with a ceremony this evening.  The event, to be held in Courtroom 600 – the historic site of the trials at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany – will comprise a speech and a pane

The Vatican has launched an investigation after the Pope appeared to 'like' a titillating photo on Instagram. A photo of Brazilian model Natalia Garibotto in a revealing "schoolgirl" outfit was briefly liked by the Pope's account, @franciscus.

The High Court of Justiciary has upheld on appeal the conviction of a man charged with the sexual assault of a 25-year-old schoolteacher in Dumfries while he was in Scotland to take part in an ice hockey tournament. Colin Grimason argued that a miscarriage of justice had occurred as a