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The long-established law firm of Robert Ferguson & Sons is merging with John Jackson & Dick, and relocating to JJD’s office.

Lindsays has strengthened its corporate law team with the appointment of Nicholas Howie. Mr Howie’s legal work is underpinned by a practical corporate background, having worked for the commercial arm of a construction firm and in management roles for an international supermarket retailer befor

There would be no prosecutions for simple drug possession offences committed in drug consumption facilities, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain has said. Responding to a request for a focused statement of prosecution policy in relation to a pilot safer drugs consumption facility in Glasgow, Ms Bain said: &l

Craig Marshall has been appointed as the new group CEO of Irwin Mitchell, following the loss of former group chief executive officer, Andrew Tucker. Mr Marshall joined Irwin Mitchell in 2007 when the firm merged with Scottish law firm Golds before being appointed chief executive officer of Irwi

A Court of Appeal judge has endorsed the use of ChatGPT but sounded a note of caution on using AI in areas beyond one's expertise. Lord Justice Birss admitted to incorporating content generated by the AI chatbot into a judgment. He described it as "jolly useful" for providing a concise summary of a

Scotland's police service is institutionally racist, its new chief constable has said. Jo Farrell endorsed the statement of her predecessor, Sir Iain Livingstone, that the single force had a racism problem. Before his retirement in May he said that Police Scotland “is institutionally racist an

Tony Lenehan KC points out that the purpose of juryless trials, despite protestations to the contrary, is to raise the conviction rate in rape cases. Readers of SLN are likely tired of articles from me and my colleagues about the damage removing juries will certainly do to our criminal justice syste

Refugee legal reforms will have a disproportionate impact on sexually diverse claimants, academics have warned. Researchers have said the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 is a missed opportunity to resolve other issues about how to make clear assessments about people’s sexual backgrounds and t

A review into the delayed Ferguson Marine ferries by a senior lawyer has found no evidence of fraud. The review follows a BBC Disclosure show that alleged the process for awarding the contract may have been a sham.

Shakespeare Martineau has built on its Scots law offering with the appointment of dispute resolution partner Fiona Pask in Edinburgh. Bringing with her more than 17 years of litigation experience, Ms Pask will be heading up the dispute resolution team and developing the firm’s litigation pract

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Ailing Chinese rights lawyer Li Yuhan jailed for six-and-a-half years | Radio Free Asia

A man who changed his surname as a joke has been refused a British passport until he changes it back. Kenny Fu-Kennard, previously known as Kenny Kennard, was refused a passport by the Home Office on three occasions this year, the Daily Mirror reports.

As the youngest of seven children and growing up in Aberdeenshire, home life was a bit disorganised and my schooling suffered, but I had been interested in law from an early age and had tailored my subjects to what I thought would be needed to study law at university. Money was tight and I worked in

Ronnie Clancy KC writes about a sensational murder trial stemming from a toxic political rivalry and scurrilous journalism that took place in the High Court in Edinburgh 200 years ago, the full version of which appears on his blog Read me my Rights. The accused was the survivor of a duel betwee

When Daria Shapovalova arrived in Aberdeen to study for a PhD in international law she never imagined that a decade later she would still be there, lecturing at the University of Aberdeen and leading the institution’s Centre for Energy Law. Her initial encounter with the city had been inauspic