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Justice will survive the Covid-19 pandemic, Tony Lenehan writes. All lawyers love traditions. Members of the Faculty of Advocates maybe more so. The horsehair wigs, the silken gowns. Advocates have had the same professional home in Parliament House in Edinburgh for 488 years. That’s about 90 y

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Edinburgh-based Red Rock Power Limited on the sale of 50 per cent of the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm development and subsequent joint venture with ESB. Once complete, the wind farm will generate approximately one gigawatt of electricity, powering up

The legal profession must act to ensure there is no "lasting detriment" to young lawyers as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic striking early in their careers, the deputy president of the UK Supreme Court has said. Lord Hodge spoke on the courts' response to the pandemic at the British Irish Commerci

Daniel Wincott, Blackwell professor of law and society at the University of Cardiff, explores the impact of Brexit on devolution across the UK. Brexit has exposed the underdeveloped and fragile aspects of devolution in the UK. Devolved governments’ relationships with London are strained. The a

The UK Supreme Court could be left with just one woman judge in a few months' time, risking a reversal of progress on diversity on the bench, campaigners have warned. Lady Black has announced plans to retire early next year, leaving Lady Arden, who is due to step down in 2022, as the sole woman on t

The Johnny Depp case shows you should never go to court before quantifying the risk, writes Peter Graham. Last week the newspapers reported the judgment in the case of Johnny Depp’s libel action against News Group Newspapers.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is hosting an event in collaboration with Tilney Group for first-time buyers. “Starting from Scratch - First-Time Buyers” will be held on Thursday 12 November at 12.30pm.

Two dairy factory workers have been arrested in connection with a viral video showing one of them taking a bath in a milk tank. A video uploaded to TikTok shows a worker at the factory in south-central Turkey fully submerged in milk and pouring it over himself.

A former IT worker for Dundee City Council who was sentenced to five years and four months’ imprisonment for fraud has successfully appealed against the length of his sentence. Mark Conway’s case was referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in August 2019. The SCCRC

Legislation that gives children the same legal protection from assault as adults comes into force on Saturday 7 November. The Children (Equal Protection from Assault) (Scotland) Act 2019 removes the defence of “reasonable chastisement” from the physical assault of children.

The Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill has passed stage one at Holyrood. The purpose of the bill is to clarify and strengthen the statutory underpinning of defamation in Scots law. The bill seeks to do this by placing certain key elements of common law on defamation on a statutory

A petition has been lodged for judicial review of the decision by Highland Council to approve plans for the proposed spaceport development in Sutherland. Development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) intends to create Space Hub Sutherland on land owned by Melness Crofters Estate on

Clyde and Co successfully defended a claim on behalf of First Group before the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court. The claim centred on whether a collision between a bus and a van was caused by the negligence of the bus driver or the unexpected occurrence of black ice.

The October circulation figures for Scottish Legal News are just in and reveal more steady progress with 120 new subscribers to the free daily newsletter taking the total to just over 13,500 and 235 new followers on LinkedIn. Unique users on the website were up a thousand to just shy of 70,000. Ther

Inverness Justice Centre has been recognised nationally as the ‘Most Considerate Site’ in Scotland while the old Inverness Sheriff Court is being transformed into a visitor attraction.