News

The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission are launching the first of a series of public consultations about legal reforms aimed at ensuring the country is prepared for the introduction of automated vehicles. This is an early milestone in a three-year review to examine a

The Scotland for a People’s Vote campaign has welcomed the decision of the Scottish Parliament to formally approve its “unequivocal support for a public vote on the final terms of the Brexit deal” – the first legislature in the UK to do so. Holyrood voted by 65 MSPs to 3

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of leading company lawyer Tom Lawrie, who has passed away at the age of 84. Mr Lawrie had been a partner in Maclay Murray & Spens and acted for many of Scotland's largest companies.

Our sister publication Scottish Construction Now has just celebrated its 15th anniversary by upgrading its www.scottishconstructionnow.com website and confirming its status as an essential read for construction lawyers seeking to keep up to date with Scotland's dynamic construction sector. SCN edito

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.

Dr Luca Siliquini-Cinelli has joined Dundee University as a lecturer in law. Before taking up his latest appointment, Dr Siliquini-Cinelli was a senior lecturer in law at Liverpool Hope University and between 2014 and 2017 was lecturer/senior lecturer and the deputy director of research at Deakin La

After demonstrating their experience and understanding of professional regulation, three solicitors in Scotland have been accredited with the Regulation of Professional Conduct Law specialism. The award which was developed and launched in early 2018, highlights the specialist knowledge involved in t

Friday 23rd NovemberThere are only a few places left for our Annual Conference this year and the closing date for booking is Monday 12th November. Book your place here

The Bar Council of England and Wales has hit out at reports suggesting the UK government will consider reintroducing Employment Tribunal fees, The Times reports. The fees introduced in 2013 were scrapped last year after they were ruled unlawful by th

A pensioner who identifies as middle-aged has launched a legal bid to have his age changed in order to improve his prospects on dating app Tinder. Emile Ratelband, who is 69 years old but feels 49, had his application for a new birth date rejected by a local authority.

A man who was given a community payback order after threatening to share intimate images of his former partner with her children in an act of so-called “revenge porn” has had an appeal against his sentence rejected. The Sheriff Appeal Court dismissed that appellant’s claim that the

Members of the Edinburgh Bar Association (EBA) have voted to stop accepting court appointments in summary cases where accused persons are not permitted to carry out their own defence, saying the money offered for such work is inadequate. EBA president Leanne McQuillan told The Herald: “If some

A Scottish Parliament committee has supported raising the age of criminal responsibility from eight to 12. Scotland has the youngest age of criminal responsibility in Europe and in the rest of the UK the age is 10. 

The recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of Sciotto v Fondazione Teatro dell’Opera di Roma serves as a great reminder to employers in the arts industry of the complexities involved in employing fixed-term employees, write John Macmillan and Cono

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has published a summary of the responses to its consultation on the court rules for certain civil cases with a value of £5,000 or less. There were 25 responses to the consultation on the Simple Procedure Rules, which focused on the operation of the rul