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The Courier has published an obituary for Douglas Williams, who passed away last month at the age of 67. "Mr Williams, a much respected and well-known figure in Fife legal circles, was popular with colleagues at Cupar Sheriff Court and led a spirited campaign to oppose the controversial closure of t

The Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association’s (FACBA) annual charity donations will support research into blood cancer and child refugees from Ukraine this year. FACBA Vice-chair Jennifer Bain KC said: “We are keen to help charities wherever we can as they face the unrelenting pres

A new research project is to examine legal failings associated with the Post Office scandal in a bid to prevent similar injustices occurring in the future. The landmark study, led by researchers at the University of Exeter and UCL, comes as a statutory judicial inquiry into the scandal continues.

The arrest of a French publisher by British police following his arrival in London over his participation in protests in France has been condemned. Ernest Moret, 29, is foreign rights manager for the French publisher Editions La Fabrique and the science fiction author Alain Damasio.

Macdonald Henderson has advised Opulus in its acquisition of George + Co, a firm of chartered tax advisers and accountants located in Edinburgh’s West End. The acquisition is part of Opulus's strategic plan to extend its geographic footprint throughout Scotland, and it marks the company's entr

The average price of a Scottish property in February 2023 was £180,287, an increase of one per cent on February 2022, the latest provisional statistics from the UK HPI show. Comparing with the previous month, house prices in Scotland decreased by 2.6 per cent between January 2023 and February

Burges Salmon has advised Rivington Solar Limited and European Energy UK Limited on the sale of two ‘shovel-ready’ co-located solar and battery storage projects based in Scotland – one at Strathruddie Farm and one at Montreathmont Moor. Renewable Connections, part of the Armstrong

An English copyright judge has ruled that the 2019 John Lewis Christmas advert featuring a dragon unable to control its fire did not infringe the copyright of a children’s book author who had self-published a book with a similar premise. Fay Evans, who authored a work titled Fred the Fire-Snee

BTO Solicitors LLP is marking the start of its new financial year with three internal senior promotions, including a new partner and senior associate within its personal injury defender team. New partner Mark Hastings, who has been with BTO for almost eight years, is now a member of a 13-partner-str

CMS has announced that three of its Scottish-based colleagues have been promoted to partner level. Fiona Henderson, a finance lawyer from the firm’s Aberdeen banking team, joins Glasgow-based David Dennis and Davinia Cowden on this year’s list of global partner promotions.

A military reservist has been arrested after allegedly applying to be a hitman on a spoof website called "rentahitman.com". Josiah Ernesto Garcia, 21, a US Air National Guardsman, faces up to 10 years' imprisonment after being charged with the use of interstate facilities in the commission of murder

The Labour Party has pledged to ban zero-hours contracts which it says are on the rise in Scotland. Angela Rayner, Labour's deputy leader and shadow secretary of state for the future of work, will today address the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) in Dundee, where she will say a Labour governme

The Inner House of the Court of Session has set out its preliminary views following a hearing about a solicitor’s non-compliance with a request by the SLCC for files and responses required to investigate a complaint. Lords Malcolm, Pentland and Tyre ordered the solicitor to hand over the files

Ann Leslie, the chief executive of LAR Housing Trust and a former partner at MacRoberts, has been appointed to the board of Historic Environment Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland is the lead body for the historic environment in Scotland and is an executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) d

The RSE, Scotland's national academy, has appointed solicitor Margaret Morton as director of development to support its strategic priorities and expansion of its work nationally and globally. Previously a senior corporate lawyer and now an experienced fundraising leader, Ms Morton joins the RSE from