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The Edinburgh office of Brodies LLP has won a regional award for best workplace fit-out from the British Council for Offices (BCO). The firm's offices, located in the top three floors of Capital Square, were singled out at the BCO's annual Scottish awards in Glasgow, which recognise projects that de

Scottish Legal News editor Kapil Summan speaks to historian and former Supreme Court justice, Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption, at his home in London. They discuss criminal reforms; the limits of law; the decline in legislative drafting in the UK; free speech and the need to stand up to the new cult

White Oak, a lender, has announced a new partnership with the Law Society of Scotland. The new initiative will strengthen White Oak’s collaboration with the legal sector, providing the Law Society's 12,000 Scottish solicitors and their clients with access to flexible funding solutions to suppo

Scotland's juryless trials pilot has been criticised by retired judges south of the border. Lady Hale, formerly president of the Supreme Court, and Wendy Joseph, a former Old Bailey judge, said the scheme may undermine faith in the legal system. Their remarks came during a discussion at the Hay

DAC Beachcroft’s Claims Solutions Group has promoted four lawyers to associate in its Scottish offices, as part of 36 UK and international associate promotions. The new DAC Beachcroft associates in Scotland are:

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay. Katie and William both died while in legal custody at Polmont HMYOI. An FAI is mandatory under Section 2(

Sheryn Omeri KC will be updating delegates on employment status and the gig economy at CLT Scotland’s Employment Conference which will take place online on 8 June. Ms Omeri currently represents the lead claimant Uber drivers in Uber BV v Farrar & Aslam which resulted in the Supreme Court h

An Edinburgh sheriff has determined that an adult did not have the capacity to revoke a power of attorney granted in 2014 in favour of a new one in 2021 after an application was made by the Public Guardian challenging the second grant. Fiona Brown, the Public Guardian, applied under the Adults with

Darth Vader felt the light side of the law when a Chilean judge reduced his sentence from a lifetime frozen in carbonite to just 30 years. The Star Wars villain appeared in the dock in Chile's second city, Valparaíso, for a mock trial staged by real judges and lawyers as part of Chile's Herit

Students Fiza Ali and Zara Tahir representing Glasgow Caledonian University were successful in the final of the inaugural Sheriff Principal's Mooting Competition, hosted by the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow. The competition was between the providers of legal education in Glasgow and open t

Joanne Grimmond, a respected and well-established legal figure in the Scottish residential property sector, joined Thorntons earlier this month as a partner. Formerly a partner and head of Perth with Blackadders, she has nearly 20 years of experience in the Scottish residential property sector.

Lindsays has completed its largest merger to date by integrating with Miller Hendry, which comprises seven partners and some 50 staff, bringing total partners to nearly 50 and staff to 300. Managing partner Alasdair Cummings said: “We are incredibly proud that Lindsays is now a firm of four ci

CMS has announced the addition of two senior associates and transactional real estate specialists, Charlotte Miller and Keith Barber, to its data centre division. Based in Glasgow, the team is set to further fortify its UK and European operations, advising data centre clients with a focus

A Scottish Parliament committee has launched a public consultation to seek views on new Scottish bankruptcy laws.  The Bankruptcy and Diligence Bill will, among other provisions, create a “mental health moratorium”, meaning enforcement action against someone with serious mental

The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that a person accused of possessing indecent photographs of children did not require access to legal advice before responding to a police request to supply a password for an electronic device during a premises sear