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Employment duo Ingrid McGhee and Steven Harte have joined Weightmans in Glasgow. Ms McGhee has a wealth of experience in the provision of legal services and was a partner at LexLeyton, where she was responsible for establishing the firm’s multi-national practice north of the border.

Mackinnons Solicitors LLP, with offices in Aberdeen, Cults and Aboyne, has announced the promotion of Angus Easton, Kirstin Ejsmont, Kim Harkness and Jane Merson to the position of senior associate and of Fiona Copp to that of senior solicitor. Partner Pat Gray said: “These

A new guide details the best practice on gender-neutral drafting for the legal profession. The publication has been prepared by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel and the Government Legal Department.

A landmark case brought against three NHS trusts by a woman who was not told during her pregnancy that her father has Huntington's disease has begun in the High Court in London. The claimant, known only as "ABC", said she would have had an abortion if she knew at the time that her father has the con

A state prosecutor has been shot dead after a loaded shotgun went off in court. Addelaid Ferreira-Watt, 62, a senior barrister, was shot in the thigh and is believed to have died from blood loss in the freak incident on Monday at the regional court at Ixopo, 85 miles from Durban.

A man is suing Burger King on behalf of vegans and vegetarians after finding out its "0% beef" burger is cooked on the same grills as its beef counterpart. The fast food chain has been rolling out its plant-based "Impossible Burger" across Europe and the US in recent months.

A publishing company which sued a former employee for more than £100,000 after she fell victim to a “whaling fraud” has failed in a legal action to recover the funds. Peebles Media Group raised an action against its former credit controller Patricia Reilly, claiming she w

A parking ticket mistake by a council could see drivers claim almost £500,000 from it in refunds. Angus Council has failed in an appeal after it supplied phone and online payment methods on tickets but no postal address.

A new report produced for the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee critically analyses the Children (Scotland) Bill 2019. The report, written by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane of Edinburgh Napier University, outlines the extent to which the proposed legislation, which is currently at stage

The case of Dickie & Moore Limited v The trustees of the Lauren McLeish Discretionary Trust is a good example of how, sometimes, a scattergun approach is best used to try to resist an adjudicator’s award, writes Greg Flett. In this action, an adjudicator determined that Dickie & Moore,

The papers of a symposium on intestate succession law have been published online. 'Reforming Intestate Succession Law' took place at Edinburgh Law School on 11 October 2019.

An academic and campaigner who was proclaimed a ‘living legend’ in his home city for his support of the civil rights movement will receive an honorary degree at Abertay University’s winter graduation. Dr Jimmie R McLellan’s profile grew while he was a student at the Univ

With the deadlines for vacation schemes fast-approaching, SEMLA and international law firm CMS are delighted to announce a joint event on “My CMS Journey: How to secure a traineeship at a Top 10 Global Law Firm” at the Glasgow office of CMS on Friday 6 December between 10.30am and 1pm. A

Computer algorithms must be regulated to ensure the digital world is not lawless, Supreme Court justice Lord Sales has said. Delivering the Sir Henry Brooke Lecture at the British and Irish Legal Information Institute, Lord Sales called for the creation of an expert commission to counter the “

McDonald Johnson Lawyers, a full service law firm based in Newcastle, Australia, has joined DWF, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The deal will see 16 people, including eight lawyers join DWF in Australia. With over 100 years of practice, McDonald Johnson Lawyers specialises in insurance,