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A judge has condemned a prison authority's decision to deprive an elderly accused man of a wheelchair. Seventy-seven-year-old Edward Cairney, who, along with Avril Jones, 58, is accused of murdering Margaret Fleming, was due to appear in court to apply for bail after their trial collapsed. The two d

Mattac, a new law firm providing a range of services including estate agency, conveyancing, litigation, wills and personal injury has launched in Edinburgh. The firm aims to offer a fresh approach to legal services, with a focus on transparency, accessibility and a 'plain English’ approach.

Murray Beith Murray partner Ruthven Gemmell has been awarded the Austrian Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, one of the nation’s highest honours.

Morton Fraser has appointed agricultural law specialist Linsey Barclay-Smith as a partner to its agricultural and rural property team. Ms Barclay-Smith, who has over 20 years of experience in agricultural and rural property law at firms including Turcan Connell and Thorntons LLP, is one of

The European Court of Justice has ordered Poland to reverse the forced retirement of 27 Supreme Court judges pending the outcome of a court battle over the compatibility of its judicial reforms with EU law. The court granted a request from the European Commission to order Poland to immediately suspe

A new litigation finance body has launched a bond for ordinary investors to provide the money for lawsuits, with a view to reaping the rewards of successful cases. The litigation bond within an individual savings account, from Just Isa, aims to raise money for lawsuits against banks and profess

Insurance policy documents are so hard to understand that university-level reading abilities may be required to make sense of them and even industry experts struggle to cut through the jargon, according to a Which? investigation. The consumer organisation used readability software to analyse 40

Four Scotland-based legal tech companies have been selected to go on a trade mission to Zurich and Vienna, with the delegation being led by the Law Society of Scotland. Supported by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and organised by the Department for International Trade (DIT) and Scottish Development I

Pictured: Martin Ewan (right) receives the award from TechX’s technology accelerator manager Stuart MacKinven. Pinsent Masons has been named partner of the year by the Oil & Gas Technology Centre’s (OGTC) accelerator programme TechX.

A man who allegedly dipped his rear end in a holy water fountain while high on meth has been arrested. Zachary Burdick, 21, is said to have disgraced himself in the Spirit of Life Church in Mandan, North Dakota during Mass on a Tuesday morning.

The office of the Advocate General for Scotland is asking the Court of Session for leave to appeal a decision of the Inner House made last month. In September, the court permitted a group of politicians to ask the Court of Justice of the European Union for a ruling on whether MPs can revoke the Arti

Craig Watt looks at a recent case proving the worth of old-fashioned pleading points. According to the Commercial Court’s webpage, the keynote for framing written pleadings in a commercial action is “flexibility”. This reflects the intention that commercial actions should provide a

The number of homicides recorded by police in England and Wales rose to its highest level in a decade in the year leading up to June 2018, new figures reveal. When last year's London and Manchester terror attacks are excluded, the latest figures show a 14 per cent rise in the homicide rate from 630

Name checks are to be undertaken when UK bank customers transfer money from next summer to deter rising bank fraud. Currently, if a person wants to send money they are asked for the recipient's account name, as well as number and sort code. However, the bank does not check if the name is correct.

Ashley Paterson, who has been admitted to the New York State Bar, reflects on her journey to qualification. Ashley's admission comes as the Scottish Bar Association of New York (ScotBarNY) looks to connect Scots law students and graduates with host organizations in New York City for work exper