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A family has been awarded £100,000 damages following a fatal road traffic accident involving a supermarket delivery van and an fuel tanker near their home which resulted in the lorry crashing into their garden and spilling thousands of gallons of aviation fuel. Morag McKenzie, her daughter, an

European Lawyers Day at the Faculty of Advocates featured a highly informative and thought-provoking talk by Philippe Sands QC, law professor, author and international counsel. Mr Sands spoke on “Contemporary challenges to global justice” and explored topics such as Brexit and the US in

Govan Law Centre has announced the appointment of Lorna Walker as a partner in the firm of Dailly & Co., Solicitors at Govan Law Centre. Mike Dailly told Scottish Legal News: “Lorna has been a senior solicitor at the law centre for a number of years leading on our casework to accommodate r

Pictured (back, L-R): Jon Findlay, Kenneth Miller, John Gildea; (front, L-R): Euan Stirrat, Pauline Milligan and Charles Bow As of today, the business of Marshall Ross & Munro, 106 Hamilton Road, Motherwell will be incorporated into the well-established Lanarkshire law firm, John Jackson & D

American lawyer David Rudolf, whose client Michael Peterson was the focus of the Netflix hit The Staircase, has said mounting interest in crime documentaries and podcasts is helping to hold the criminal justice system to account. Mr Rudolf, who is speaking in Edinburgh on November 25th, told Scottis

Arnot Manderson Advocates is delighted to report the remarkable achievement of thirty-three individual Rankings (including fifteen in Band 1) across twelve wide-ranging practice areas in the recently announced Chambers and Partners listings. As well as the haul of individual rankings Arnot Manderson

Morton Fraser has appointed Elise Turner as a senior associate to its employment law team. Based in the firm’s Glasgow office, Ms Turner, an employment law specialist, joins Morton Fraser from Dentons, where she worked for more than nine years.

The departure of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III from the position of US Attorney General would normally be a matter for celebration. His appalling track record is everything you might expect from an Alabama lawyer named in honour of two Confederate heroes. But he did at least have the s

SLN reflects on one of Scotland's most famous miscarriages of justice as a new play – Oscar Slater - The Trial That Shamed A City – opens at the Òran Mór in Glasgow this week, running until Saturday. Book your tickets here. On 6 May, 1908, Jewish immigrant Oscar Slater

MacRoberts LLP announced today that Euan Duncan is the firm’s new chair. The new role will involve the strategic development of the business, maintaining and acquiring new clients and contacts and internally encouraging and supporting all members of staff and partners.

Allan Rooney, founding partner of Rooney Nimmo and president of the Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY), reflects on the qualities needed to succeed in business. Be entrepreneurially minded – if you’re wired that way

A senior judge has warned that too few people are qualifying as criminal lawyers, The Brief reports.

An independent review into allegations of a bullying culture at NHS Highland will be conducted by John Sturrock QC. Health Secretary Jeane Freeman had previously announced plans for an independent review to look into the allegations that were raised in September.

In the first of a two-part series, Glasgow law student Poppy Mulligan reflects on how studying abroad in the US inspired her and widened her horizons. Poppy studied for the LLB at Glasgow University (2013-2017) and for an LLM at Cornell University (2017-2018). In July this year, she passed the