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DAC Beachcroft has been named one of the 50 best businesses to work for in Scotland by Best Companies. Employees across DAC Beachcroft’s offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh took part in Best Companies’ employee engagement survey late last year, responding to 70 questions about the

A man who drunkenly banged on the doors of a closed courthouse after mistaking it for a pub has been fined. Gareth Murphy, 47, was discovered by patrolling police and arrested for being intoxicated in a public place.

The estranged wife of former Rangers Football Club owner Sir David Murray has been granted a court order preventing a firm of solicitors acting for her husband in a divorce action. Kae Murray sought an interdict after a lawyer who acted for her when the couple signed a pre-nuptial agr

The percentage of High Court trials adjourned due to lack of court time has declined. The figure fell from 2.2 per cent in 2014/15 to 0.9 per cent for the first three quarters of 2018/19 – a drop of 1.3 percentage points, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) statistical bulletin sh

A duty of care should be imposed on online services which host and curate content which can openly be uploaded and accessed by the public, a House of Lords committee recommends. The Lords Communications Committee has said that, given the urgent need to address online harms, Ofcom's remit should expa

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

A stimulating and entertaining talk by Lady Wolffe to mark International Women’s Day (IWD) ended with a hope that such days could soon be consigned to history. Lady Wolffe said it was 110 years since the first IWD in New York, and the day was now celebrated by millions of people – w

Gillespie Macandrew has promoted charity and private client lawyer Lianne Lodge to partner.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced the appointment of associate Elisa Miller to its Inverness office. Ms Miller joins the firm from the Inverness office of Ledingham Chalmers LLP, which she joined in 2005.

DWF has announced a market capitalisation of £366 million ahead of its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. The offer price for the recently-incorporated DWF Group Limited has been revealed today as 122p per share.

Rising dementia rates have prompted calls for Scots to get their affairs in order as they enter old age, The Herald reports. The number of people with dementia is expected to rise by 50 per cent in the next two decades.

Burness Paull LLP and Brodies LLP have scored double wins for their intellectual property teams at an international awards ceremony. The Managing IP Awards saw Burness Paull named winners of the Scottish Patent Contentious Firm of the Year and also Scottish Copyright Firm of the Year award

In the second episode of Morton Fraser's podcast series, Stuck in the Middle, David Hossack a partner and accredited mediator chats with Graham Boyack, director of Scottish Mediation about the Justice Committee's report "I won't see you in court".

Former Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders broke Whitehall rules after leaving public service to join City law firm Linklaters last year, a watchdog complained. Ms Saunders, 58, whose tenure at the Crown Prosecution Service was controversial, failed to inform Whitehall officials that she

In Friday's edition of Scottish Legal News (8 March 2019) we mistakenly stated that Lady Wolffe authored the opinion in AP, Gordon Burns and Joseph Millbank v Lord Advocate. It was in fact authored by Lady Carmichael. We apologise for this error.