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Susan O’Brien QC Susan O’Brien QC will chair the statutory national public Inquiry into historical abuse of children in care, the Education Secretary, Angela Constance has announced.

An adoption order granted by a court in Ethiopia is thought to be the first foreign adoption order to been recognised and registered at common law in Scotland. A married man who was granted adoption of the child of his wife’s previous marriage before the couple relocated to Scotland has had the ad

Harper Macleod has announced two new Partners have joined the business, strengthening the firm's Edinburgh operation. Jennifer Jack (pictured, left) has joined from DWF and Sophie Coffey (pictured, right) has joined from Brodies, with both appointments coming as the firm prepares to move from Melvil

Scottish Legal Training held their latest masterclass in Edinburgh on Monday. This time it was the turn of some of the country's finest family lawyers to present talks on some of the current issues in their field. The event was chaired by Shona Smith head of family law at Balfour and Manson LLP.

Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt QC

A survey by Brodies LLP has revealed that almost 66 per cent of businesses are putting themselves at risk of missing deadlines, wasting money on outdated commercial agreements, or being forced into expensive litigation because they are not managing their contracts effectively. The study, which canva

Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt QC (pictured), senior counsel at Westwater Advocates, has completed the 50-mile Edinburgh Night Ride challenge. Sir Crispin embarked on the race to raise almost £3,000 for Westwater Advocates' chosen charity Dyslexia Scotland, which works to improve awareness and att

Naomi Pryde This week's SLN Spotlight falls on Naomi Pryde, a litigation and dispute resolution solicitor at Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP in London. Naomi was recently elected to the Law Society of Scotland's Council, where she will represent the constituency of England & Wales.

President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger President of the Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger said in a speech that judges have taken power from democratically-elected politicians by taking advantage of European and human rights legislation.

Alison Saunders, director of public prosecutions The number of convictions related to violent crimes against women increased in England and Wales last year new figures show.

Lord Malcolm An advocate has successfully appealed against a complaints body’s decision that he provided an “inadequate professional service” in a case in which he was acting as counsel for a pursuer in Court of Session action.

A woman who made false domestic abuse allegations has been sentenced to two months imprisonment while her mother has been handed a community payback order. At Jedburgh Sheriff Court Sheriff Kevin Drummond QC sentenced Gayle Hunter to two months imprisonment and imposed a community payback order on h

A convicted criminal who was refused audience with Scottish judges on the matter of privately prosecuting the Lord Advocate is to to appeal to the UK Supreme Court. Russell Stirton, 54, sought the permission of the Criminal Appeal Court in Edinburgh to privately prosecute Frank Mulholland QC.

A prisoner has been awarded £480,000 after medicine he was prescribed gave him an erection for six days – leaving him impotent. Rodney Cotton, 50, of Brooklyn, New York, said prison wardens ignored his pleas for help as he lay in solitary confinement.

The next generation of workers will work very differently, writes Simon Allison. Millennial: born between 1982 and 1995, millennial is the term used to describe the next generation of workers.