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Ampersand Advocates has welcomed Jenny Nicholson back to practice, following maternity leave. “A strong negotiator who has achieved fantastic results for clients” (Legal 500 2020 edition), she acts for both pursuers and defenders in a wide range of civil litigation and is ranke

The Scottish Building Society has today announced an emergency support package for customers in financial difficulty due to COVID-19, including a pledge that no-one will be at risk of losing their home over the next 12 months. As well as banning repossessions, the society is extending the current th

Scottish fintech Aveni has secured seed investment of £520,000 for its video conferencing based AI technology, which aims to transform client interaction in financial and professional advice sectors in the new age of ‘digital client service’. The investment, led by the TRICAPITAL a

Correspondence between Queen Elizabeth II and her representative in Australia during his controversial dismissal of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam in 1975 can be released to the public, judges have ruled. Three years after his Labor Party's narrow election victory, Mr Whitlam was removed fr

A Christian minister who penned the 80s anthem So Macho has succeeded in a legal fight after comparing homosexuality to paedophilia, The Times reports. The Rev George Hargreaves, 62, said he suffered discrimination after colleague Elizabeth Akano said to him that “people are born gay” an

Former Attorney General for England and Wales Dominic Grieve QC will be a visiting professor in law at Goldsmiths, University of London, it has been announced. Throughout his career as a barrister and politician, Mr Grieve has worked at the intersection between the law and politics and taken a parti

Running out of shows to binge-watch on Netflix? Try Terra Firma’s YouTube channel. Over the past month, Terra Firma Chambers has hosted four webinars providing vital information and updates across some of its core practice areas.

Well done to Diana Mackenzie who ran her own version of the Edinburgh Half Marathon in Aberdeen. Earlier this year, Diana, who is a solicitor in the Balfour and Manson Aberdeen office, set herself the challenge of running a half marathon in four of Scotland's cities in aid of the firm's chosen

A new book by an academic at Edinburgh Law School is to be launched at a virtual event this month. The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times, by Professor Jo Shaw, will be launched at an event chaired by Professor Neil Walker.

In the tenth in his series on jurisprudential primers, Benjamin Bestgen looks at how the law might handle cognitive enhancements as new drugs are developed and our perceptions change. The movie Limitless deals with a struggling author who is given a drug that vastly increases his cognitive abil

A man who bought one of the world's most expensive cars, a Ferrari 250 GTO, is entitled to have its original gearbox, located years after the sale in a US workshop, a judge has ruled.

A farmer who was expelled from his family farming partnership has been granted decree of reduction of the expulsion notice. Ian Rennie raised an action against the other members and trustees of the partnership seeking reduction of his expulsion notice and interdict to prevent it being held out

A bill changing the law of culpable homicide by introducing two new offences has been introduced at Holyrood. The bill would create two different statutory kinds of culpable homicide – culpable homicide where death is caused recklessly or by gross negligence.

Criminals are exploiting the coronavirus pandemic and playing on the fears of businesses and the public, Scotland’s Serious Organised Crime Taskforce has heard. Organised crime groups are now focussing on targeting those most vulnerable at home and in the care sector, including:

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has recruited two new partners to join its infrastructure projects & energy practice (IPE). Suzanne Moir, a former partner at DWF, joins today and will be based in Edinburgh. Martin Stewart-Smith, based in London, joined in April from the London office of Bracewell LLP.