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Burness Paull has promoted five of its lawyers to partner. The newly appointed partners are Jo McLean (technology and commercial), Fiona Carlin (restructuring and insolvency), Kirstin Beattie (construction and projects), Lisa Byars (employment), and Stuart Gardiner (real estate).

Four new members have been appointed to the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission Board. Gerrard (Ged) Bell joins as a lay member. Denise Emslie and Inonge Siluka will also join as lay members on 31 January 2027, along with Shareen Gault who joins as a lawyer member.

Pinsent Masons has announced this year’s partner promotions, with 23 lawyers set to join the firm’s global partnership. Glasgow-based Natalie Colaluca and Stuart Newlands and Edinburgh lawyer Kirstyn Gleeson are included in the 23-strong promoted group, while five Scotland-based lawyers

Turcan Connell has announced 31 promotions across its legal, tax and business support teams as well as the appointment of a consultant.

An iconic clip of a man's arrest in Australia after eating "a succulent Chinese meal" is to be preserved in Australia's National Film and Sound Archive. The incredible and memorable monologue unleashed by Jack Karlson during his arrest in Brisbane in 1991 was captured by a TV news crew from the Seve

A new partner heads a field of 15 promotions at Lindsays. Lewis Crofts has stepped up from his previous role as director in the rural - land and business team, based in Edinburgh.

The Dementia Trust is celebrating a successful first year of its ‘Planning Ahead’ campaign, which encourages Scottish families to have early conversations around power of attorney. The 2026 pilot of ‘POA Month’ in Edinburgh delivered a measurable impact with participating fir

Hundreds of thousands of KitKat chocolate bars have been stolen by criminals with "exceptional taste". Nestlé said 413,793 bars, weighing 12 tonnes in total, had been stolen while being transported from a factory in Italy to Poland.

Israel's oldest human rights organisation has launched a legal bid to repeal a new law which would see Palestinians hanged within weeks of a terrorism-related conviction. In spite of a strong international backlash, Israeli legislators yesterday voted 62-48 in favour of a bill promoted by the Israel

CMS is to host a new event aimed at helping junior professionals enhance their understanding of ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) issues within the workplace. The Breaking Down the Buzzword event is led by CMS’s Scotland ESG Focus Group in collaboration with CMS Link, a networking gro

The US intends to launch its Artemis 2 rocket this week, marking the first time humans will venture beyond low-Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. As well as highlighting the technological and scientific challenges of manned space flight, the programme also emphasises the legal complexities of send

A report by the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) on the Law Society of Scotland’s conduct investigations welcomes progress made on timescales and notes challenges and opportunities ahead. In its final report on the Law Society's conduct complaint investigation timescales, the SLCC c

Harper Macleod has become the first law firm to be awarded the Highland Employer Charter Gold accreditation, recognising the firm’s commitment to high-quality employment practices, people development and positive engagement across the Highlands. The charter, established by The Highland Council

The Faculty of Advocates hosted a delegation of Ukrainian judges and legal professionals in Parliament House last week to celebrate the relationships that have been established between Ukrainian and Scottish lawyers since Russia’s invasion in 2022. The event began with a reception in the Laigh

The Slave Trade by Auguste François Biard, 1840 The United Nations General Assembly has voted to recognise the enslavement of Africans in the transatlantic slave trade as “the gravest crime against humanity”, in a resolution proponents say could advance calls for justice and repar