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A barista who is determined to carve out a career in law has been awarded the Kirk Murdoch Scholarship, which was set up in memory of the respected lawyer and business leader. Jo MacLeod, 27, worked in a number of retail jobs after leaving school but gave up her full-time Starbucks position to retur

A team from Burness Paull raised over £11,000 by growing moustaches and taking part in physical challenges during ‘Movember’ this year.

Scottish Legal News spoke to Niamh Hargan about her busy life as a media lawyer and novelist. Lawyer by day and writer by night – literally – Niamh Hargan juggles a demanding job in media law while penning novels in her spare time.

Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, working alongside the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), has secured what is believed to be one of the largest financial settlements for a worker diagnosed with the lung conditions Silicosis and SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus). Both conditions are caused by

Dr Paul Behrens, a member of the Ending Conversion Practices Expert Advisory Group, responds to criticism of its recent report. Reports by experts tend to be read by experts only, then shelved forever. You can certainly not say the same about the report by the Scottish Expert Advisory Group on Endin

It was my first meeting with new colleagues following my law firm’s merger with a larger, international firm. The litigation partners were having an away day to develop a plan for growing the division. Any anxiety about whether the integration would go smoothly was quickly dispelled; they were

All new-build homes in Scotland will soon have to meet the internationally recognised ‘Passivhaus’ standard after the Scottish government agreed to progress legislation proposed by Scottish Labour MSP Alex Rowley. The Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bil

Police are no longer interested in catching scammers and con artists, a top fraud lawyer has claimed. Clare Montgomery KC, of Matrix Chambers, said she did not believe police “have any interest in prosecuting fraud anywhere”.

Paul Young has joined Shepherd and Wedderburn as a partner in the infrastructure team, bringing to the firm and its clients over 10 years’ expertise, with a particular focus on the energy, infrastructure and real estate sectors. Mr Young, who trained at Shepherd and Wedderburn and spent a numb

Inksters Solicitors has started the year with two major announcements. The firm has appointed Adam Johnson as its chief operating officer (COO) in Glasgow; in Dunkeld, Katherine Paulin joins the firm as a consultant solicitor.

Local authorities have fined a man for “praying for [his] son, who is deceased” near an abortion facility in Bournemouth. Adam Smith-Connor stood still and silent on the public street for a few minutes before being approached by “community safety accredited officers”.

Plexus Law has announced the appointment of Bobby Murray to the casualty & personal injury team. Mr Murray, who brings 10 years’ experience in Scottish casualty litigation, will join as an associate partner in the Edinburgh office.

Dallas McMillan Solicitors has announced their two charity partners for 2023. All members of staff were asked for their nominations for charity partners and the clear winners were Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH) and Homeless Project Scotland.

Blackadders LLP has grown its private client team with a number of new appointments across the firm's Glasgow and Edinburgh offices. Five new lawyers have joined the team in the past two months. Karen Phillips joined the firm as a partner in the Edinburgh office in December with a task to build the

Lord Kitchin is to retire from the Supreme Court at the end of the legal year, 29 September 2023. He became a Supreme Court Justice in October 2018, making him the fifth longest serving of the current justices.