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Female barristers are leaving the profession because of a failure to prevent bullying by judges, lawyers have claimed. The head of the criminal bar has highlighted incidents of judges belittling women advocates and attributes this to the judges being men, The Times reports.

Aberdeen law graduate Hanifi Bariş, who has been in a Turkish jail since last summer, faces an extended sentence. On 4th July 2018 he was arrested in Istanbul and charged with “posting items of criminal content” on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Ledingham Chalmers has appointed employment law expert John Lee to its team in Edinburgh. The University of Strathclyde graduate is qualified to practise in Scotland, England and Wales and has worked in London and Edinburgh advising clients from a wide range of sectors including energy and util

Eighteen members of the Faculty of Advocates have gone through intensive training and emerged as Fellows of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The group used a specially-designed course at Aberdeen University for the first steps on to the platform of international arbitration.Those now proudly

A Northern Ireland human rights lawyer has admitted spitting in the face of a cabin crew member following a racist rant after she was refused alcohol on a flight from India to London. Simone Burns, 50, known as Simone O'Broin, was at first served three bottles of wine, at which she declared: “

A team of lawyers from Brodies LLP has raised over £26,000 for cancer support charity Maggie’s Centres by trekking 70km across the Arctic Circle.

On this International Women’s Day, the School of Law at the University of Glasgow is preparing to celebrate one notable alumna in particular – Madge Easton Anderson. Ms Anderson was the first woman to be admitted to practice law in Scotland and indeed she was the first UK female lawyer.

Natalie Wallace, solicitor in the corporate team at Harper Macleod, looks at the theme of IWD2019, #BetterforBalance, and what it means for the legal and corporate world. The theme for this year's International Women’s Day is #BalanceforBetter. Creating a more gender-balanced world is sur

Law is no laughing matter. Yet when Shona White, a real estate associate with Shoosmiths leaves her Edinburgh office at night, comedy is often on her mind.

An Employment Tribunal judge has upheld a ruling that an SNP councillor's beliefs about Scottish independence are similar to a religion. Chris McEleny, SNP group leader on Inverclyde Council, brought a discrimination case against the Ministry of Defence (MoD) last year, claiming it unfairly tar

By Leon Hutchinson, senior manager at PwC Every year, PwC’s Law Firms’ Survey provides a fascinating snapshot of the current state of the UK legal sector. In this year’s study the picture appears fairly bright, with over 90 per cent of firms reporting growth in fee i

Boyd Legal Solicitors announced the appointment of Kelly Matthews as an associate at the firm's new Kirkcaldy office.

At the High Court in Glasgow today, Lord Matthews sentenced 16-year-old Aaron Campbell to detention without limit of time, with a punishment part of 27 years, after he was found guilty of the abduction, rape and murder of Alesha MacPhail. On sentencing, Lord Matthews said: "It is difficult to i

BTO Solicitors LLP has appointed David Gibson as its new chairman, succeeding Alan Borthwick. As part of BTO’s new management structure, the firm has also announced its first chief operating officer. Mr Gibson said: "It is a great privilege to be appointed chairman of BTO. I would like to than

The Aberdeen Law Project has announced the promotion of Martyna Proczek to the position of student director.  Ms Proczek, 20, a third-year law student, is succeeding Lauren Frame as the project’s ninth student director.