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A Scottish health board which is being sued by a patient for £1.5 million has had an application to remit the clinical negligence claim against it to the Court of Session dismissed. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court ruled that while the case was “imp

The question of whether the UK can unilaterally revoke its notification of withdrawal from the EU is a step closer to being answered after the deadline passed for written statements and observations to be submitted to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). This followed the Inner House o

We are pleased to announce that Scottish Legal News has broken through the 12,000 subscribers mark with the addition of 147 new readers in October taking subscribers to 12,026. October also saw 38,629 visitors to www.scottishlegal.com and the number of Twitter followers rise to 9,221.

Terra Firma Chambers has again been recognised in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners UK Directory as one of the leading stables at the Scottish bar, retaining its Band 1 rankings for Planning and Environmental Law, Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Tax. Terra Firma remains the only stab

A man whose extradition is sought by the United States over accusations he committed fraud against two companies has mounted a legal challenge against the Scottish and UK governments over the absence of a safeguard in Scots law against deportation. Lawyers for James Craig, 65, argue that the adminis

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

A United Nations specialist on human rights is visiting Scotland this week to highlight ways to strengthen the prevention of torture. Jens Modvig, chair of the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT), will explain to a meeting of civil society organisations how Scotland

Hard work paid off for three Gildeas employees recently when they graduated with paralegal qualifications. Jodie McGregor and Marilyn McKee from the firm's Edinburgh office and Michelle Wright, who is based in Glasgow, undertook the specialist paralegal qualification in reparation law through C

A debate exploring whether complainers in rape cases should have their own lawyer in court is being staged by the Faculty of Advocates in association with Rape Crisis Scotland. The issue to be discussed will be: “This house believes that prosecution in the public interest cannot deliver justic

Limited tickets are still available for Jackson Boyd's charity ceilidh tomorrow night at Sloans in Glasgow. The ceilidh will raise money for the firm's nominated charities: SAMH, Cystic Fibrosis Trust and Brightest Star.

The anonymous blogger known as the Secret Barrister has encouraged the incoming Director of Public Prosecutions to make surprise court visits to see the "daily pressures" on the system. Max Hill QC begins a five-year term as head of the Crown Prosecution Service (C

A copy of the novel Lady Chatterley's Lover used by the judge in the obscenity trial over the book in 1960 has sold for £56,000 at auction. An anonymous online bidder picked up the book, which was expected to fetch £15,000.

A man convicted of unlawful sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl has successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to impose an extended sentence. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary quashed the extension period after ruling that the sheriff failed to explain why she considered

A man who claimed to be entitled to PPI compensation in a situation in which there had been an intervening insolvency by virtue of a trust deed has had his appeal unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court, for whom the question was whether the trust deed had been brought to an end by th

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is to merge with CCW Business Lawyers, with effect from 3 December 2018. The merged firm will be known as Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP. This latest merger marks the next stage in it’s a strategic growth plan and comes as the firm enters its 16