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The woman who was told "over and over" not to go to the bar, yet who ultimately became Scotland's first female judge, has spoken about her path to the bench. In the latest episode of the University of Glasgow Law Podcast, Lady Cosgrove speaks to senior lecturer Maria Fletcher.

An event for lawyers, legal academics and equality bodies looking at challenges and ways to improve diversity in the legal profession will be held in Glasgow this month. The Scottish Discrimination Law Association (SDLA), Scottish Ethnic Minority Lawyers Association (SEMLA) and MacRoberts LLP are jo

Scotland’s legal tech sector is set to benefit from support from the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) in developing innovative solutions to ensure GDPR compliance which can be used across a range of different sectors and businesses. The Law Society of Scotland has signed a memorandum of u

Macdonald Henderson has advised Inspire Scotland on the acquisition of Gladstone Childcare. Inspire Scotland is a provider of residential care and Gladstone Childcare provides services to children across Scotland.

A statue of the late Russian socialist leader Vladimir Lenin will be erected in a western Germany city for the first time after a court ruling. The statue, made in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and bought at an auction, will be installed in front of the Gelsenkirchen headquarters of the Marxist-Leni

A gay paedophile couple serving life sentences after being found guilty of murder have failed in a legal challenge against a decision by prison authorities to ban them from telephoning each other. Partners Charles O’Neill and William Lauchlan claimed they should be treated as “near relat

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned traders that if they exploit the coronavirus outbreak to take advantage of consumers they will face enforcement action and that, if necessary, it will ask the UK government to introduce price controls. The CMA will consider any evidence that com

The UK government has been asked to clarify who will be responsible for implementing checks on trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain after the Scottish government ruled out checks at Scottish ports. Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots told MLAs earlier this week that Scott

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has appointed Burges Salmon to its legal services panel to provide advice and advocacy services on corporate and operational matters. SEPA is Scotland's principal environmental regulator and flood risk management, forecasting and warning authority. I

Dubai's 70-year-old billionaire ruler kidnapped two of his daughters and left the youngest of his six wives fearing for her life after he discovered her affair with a bodyguard, a judge has found. Sir Andrew McFarlane said that, on the civil standard, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's actions

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has thanked Colin McConnell for his work as chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) following his decision to retire later this year. Mr McConnell has led the SPS since May 2012, following a career in prisons in Scotland, England and Wales and Northern Ire

A man who was beaten and raped by monks as a child has been given more than £300,000, The Times reports. Victim T was molested at St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, about 40 years ago. He was the victim of Brother Farrell, who was jailed in 2016 and Brother Ryan, who is now dead.

Ampersand’s Aidan O’Neill QC and Laura-Anne van der Westhuizen were in attendance at the Legal 500 UK 2020 Awards winner’s event in London to celebrate their successes in winning “Scottish Bar Senior of the Year” and “Scottish Bar Junior of the Year” respect

A lawyer is going the extra mile to support the foundation set up by sports hero Doddie Weir – by running half-marathons in four different Scottish cities. Diana Mackenzie, a litigation solicitor in Balfour and Manson's Aberdeen office, will tackle the first race in Inverness this weekend

Harper Macleod has revealed that 10 per cent of its people joined the firm through a modern apprenticeship scheme as the firm marked Scottish Apprenticeship Week by celebrating its most recent graduates. The firm was visited by James Kelly MSP as its the latest batch of modern apprentices quali