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A lawyer from Thorntons has been appointed to the Fife Chamber of Commerce.

The UK government will need to put an extra £2.5 billion aside to deal with legal claims against the National Health Service (NHS), according to new figures. Increasing levels of compensation and bigger legal bills have caused the spike, the NHS Litigation authority, which deals with claims against

Ireland's High Court has ruled that retired judge Barry White can return to work as a barrister despite a Bar Council rule that prevents him becoming a member of the Law Library. Following Mr Justice Max Barrett’s ruling published last week, Mr White, 71, will be allowed to practice before the Cir

The owners of a pub and proprietors of properties within a tenement which was destroyed by a fire are to be awarded more than £2 million in damages after a judge ruled that the building’s electricity suppliers were at fault for the blaze. The Court of Session held that the electricity company wer

Malicious prosecution can exist in civil proceedings as between private individuals, the Supreme Courthas ruled. Mr Gubay controlled a leisure company, Langstone, of which Mr Willers was a director. Mr Willers was later dismissed as director of Langstone and in 2010 Langstone sued Mr Willers for all

The Faculty of Advocates has identified improvements it believes could be made to a blueprint for a new corporate insolvency framework. The UK government, through the Insolvency Service, is seeking views on whether legislative change would improve the UK corporate insolvency regime and “provide a

Colin Hart Judges in the Supreme Court will publish their decision on the Scottish government’s "Named Person" scheme next week, with the court unusually offering a preview of the judgment to the media an hour before its publication.

Calum Steele Police Scotland is in such dire financial straits that it is sending officers to charity shops to source equipment that can be bought for a couple of pounds in most supermarkets, according to the Scottish Police Federation (SPF).

Stewart Gordon Lindsay has welcomed a new solicitor to its corporate team.

Lord Carnwath In a speech entitled “People and principle in the developing law”, delivered at the University of Cambridge, Lord Carnwath discusses three cases he heard while a judge in the Chancery Division.

Maya Foa Foreign Office concerns over Egypt’s human rights record have led to a “step-change” in the UK’s approach to that government, according to a new FCO human rights report.

Douglas McLachlan Anderson Strathern has partnered with Visiting Arts to host their Arts & Law Conference on 23rd August 2016. The event has been arranged to take place during the Edinburgh Festival and it aims to bring together professionals from across the arts and legal sectors. The Arts is a

Lord Keen of Elie QC A former Dean of Faculty has been given the civil justice brief by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

A bird conservation charity has successfully challenged plans to develop four offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the decisions by the Scottish Ministers to grant consent for the construction of the marine electricity generating proj

ed by a flood in her engine room. Her main engine was damaged beyond repair. The flood was caused by (i) the crew’s negligence in failing to close the sea inlet valve in the emergency fire pumps, (ii) damage to the pumps, (iii) the negligence of previous contractors who had failed to seal bulkhead