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The Supreme Court has held that the sale and leaseback of an Aberdeenshire care home did not dispose of the seller’s entire interest in the property for the purposes of VAT legislation. The appellant, Balhousie Holdings Ltd, acquired the care home in Huntly in 2013. It was originally dete

The Scottish Conservatives have pledged to abolish the "not proven" verdict in a series of criminal justice election promises. Leader Douglas Ross highlighted a "disproportionate number of not proven verdicts in rape cases", which, he said, "certainly doesn't deliver for the victim [sic] and it stil

MBM Commercial has announced a number of promotions.  In the corporate team, Caroline Urban, who is based in the firm’s London office, has been promoted to director. As well as working with a wide range of corporate clients, she heads up the firm’s German desk and co-hosts MBM&rsquo

A case of constitutional importance, AXA General Insurance Co Ltd v Lord Advocate 2012 SC(UKSC) 122 is Sheriff K J Campbell's favourite entry in Session Cases, whose bicentenary we celebrate this year. Nominate your favourite cases here. What an intriguing challenge: nominating the top Session

An Edinburgh law firm's 145-year connection to its founder is to come to an end. Urquharts has been operating in Edinburgh since 1876 and the retirement of Roderick Urquhart will mark the end of an era.

James & George Collie has announced the appointment of Louise Armstrong as a family law solicitor in the firm's Stonehaven office. Ms Armstrong advises clients on all aspects of family law and is also a qualified collaborative lawyer.

Blackadders has announced the appointment of a new partner alongside 13 other promotions. The firm also announced the appointment of Neil Pickthall as its new chief operating officer.  The promotions are firm-wide and include lawyers based in their Aberdeen, Arbroath, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glas

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society has welcomed the decision by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) to seek a reduced annual levy. Andrew Stevenson, secretary of SLAS, said: “We are glad to see that the commission has decided to seek a reduced levy. Our response to the draft SL

Conor McGregor has failed in a legal fight with a clothing firm over sportswear that bears his name. The 31-year-old MMA fighter applied to register his name as a trademark in order to sell clothing in Europe.

Dentons' UK, Ireland and Middle East region is to give people freedom of choice over when to work from home or the office. Dentons' UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) region is to launch a new agile working policy that will give people freedom over choosing when to work from home or the office. It

Communities and businesses within Scotland's construction sector are being urged to be vigilant and report signs of modern slavery with the launch of a new Police Scotland campaign to raise awareness of the issue. Last year police received 228 referrals of people across Scotland who may have been th

New "sobriety tags" which detect whether offenders have broken drinking bans will be rolled out across England following their successful rollout in Wales last year. The legislation underpinning the use of the tags in cases of alcohol-fuelled crime came into force last May and the tags became availa

Thorntons took its annual Charity Wills Campaign online for 2020 and with the November campaign raising £60,000 for Cash for Kids, it means the total campaign fundraising pot has surpassed £500,000 since Charity Wills began more than 20 years ago. Every Charity Wills month, Thorntons wil

The finalists of the Law Society of Scotland’s annual national schools debating competition have been confirmed, after a nail-biting semi-final that saw the return of the unseen motion. The four teams going through to this year’s grand final of the Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tourname

All but one of President Joe Biden's first judicial nominees are women or from ethnic minorities, in line with his commitment to diversify the bench. Mr Biden yesterday unveiled 11 nominees for the Federal Circuit, the District Court and the Superior Court for the District of Columbia, of whom nine