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Holmes Mackillop has promoted Glasgow-based Robbie McAdam from solicitor to senior solicitor within its dispute resolution and litigation team. Mr McAdam joined Holmes Mackillop last August having qualified with a national personal injury firm the previous year before moving to a global commercial f

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Jacqueline McQuillan. Ms McQuillan, 50, died of bronchopneumonia in Monklands Hospital on 29 October 2018.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to reduce the use of remand as new figures revealed that the cost of a prison place has risen by more than £10,000 per year since 2017. A freedom of information request to the Scottish Prison Service has revealed that the av

Lord Beckett has been sworn in as lord justice clerk. The installation ceremony took place at the Court of Session in Edinburgh yesterday.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has announced the promotion of Amy Howard to senior associate. Ms Howard, who is based in the Glasgow office, started with the firm as a trainee in 2017.

The UK government will lay legislation today that confirms a new national living wage of £12.21, and a new national minimum wage of £10 per hour from April.

Pinsent Masons’ Scottish corporate team rounded off a successful 2024 with completion of a range of multi-million-pound national and international deals. The firm’s head of corporate in Scotland, Barry McCaig, said despite challenging conditions, finance would be available in 2025 for th

First Minister John Swinney has firmly ruled out a proposed ban on cats. The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission (SAWG) has suggested strict new measures on outdoor cats because of their "significant impact on wildlife populations", the BBC reports.

Lord Pentland was sworn in as lord president and lord justice general at the Court of Session yesterday. He said: “The solemn oaths I have just taken on my appointment as lord president of the Court of Session enshrine the fundamental values underpinning the judiciary: independence, impartiali

The review body for alleged miscarriages of justice in England and Wales is to assess an application from Lucy Letby, the English nurse convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. Ms Letby, a former nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital, is currently serving 15 whole

The Advocate General for Scotland, Baroness Smith of Cluny KC, will deliver the Aberdeen Law Project's annual lecture this year. The lecture, which is being held on 21 March, serves as a platform for leading legal figures to share their expertise with students, professionals, and the wider public.

Disabling Barriers Scotland (DBS) is hosting an event entitled 'Creating a Culture of Belonging in the Scottish Legal Profession' featuring speakers Gillian Carty (partner and chair, Shepherd and Wedderburn), Lindsay Jack (head of diversity, careers and outreach, Law Society of Scotland) and Fraser

Judges in England and Wales have been told not to post about their jobs on social media amid rising online and physical threats, as the Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr, launches a taskforce to improve judicial security. In a letter to judges, Baroness Carr said she was “increasingly concerne

The Right Honourable Lord Pentland has been sworn in as lord president and lord justice general.

The cops really do love doughnuts: a police union has come under fire after calling a man a “snitch” for posting a video of officers doing doughnuts in the snow. The video, recorded by Hamon Brown, showed officers in Houston, Texas, engaging in reckless driving during a snowstorm, despit