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Blackadders LLP has announced a series of promotions across its Scottish offices. Dario Demarco becomes legal director, Richard Wilson, Robyn Lee and Susan Currie all become associates whilst Blair Duncan and Stefan Docherty take up the roles of senior solicitor.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Russia names lawyer Chikov, journalist Varlamov ‘foreign agents’ | The Moscow Times

More than £20 million has been paid to victims of historic in-care abuse through Scotland's Redress scheme in just over a year. Since the scheme launched in December 2021, 404 applicants have received payments totalling £20.1m.

A Compass Chambers team will be cycling 85 miles through the Scottish Highlands when they take part in the Etape Caledonia to raise funds for Revive MS.

Language defence groups in France are taking legal action over the excessive use of English by public institutions and businesses. Notre Dame and La Poste are the latest targets the French purists' ire. They have cited as the most egregious case “Ma French Bank”, the online bank recently

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association is hosting a raffle offering a range of prizes as part of its Spring Ball, which takes place tomorrow in Edinburgh. This year the charity raffle will be in aid of LawCare. LawCare is an independent charity working to promote good mental health and wellbeing in

The Inner House of the Court of Session has upheld a commercial judge’s decision that a limited company was entitled to be registered as shareholders in another group of companies as a consequence of loan facilities that had been made available to them. Members of the Allanvale Land group argu

Sue Gilchrist comments on a new bill intended to protect employees from sexual harassment. The UK government has intervened on draft legislation currently before parliament to address the risk that employers will take “unreasonable or drastic measures” to avoid being held liable for the

Applications are now being invited for scholarships offered through the Faculty of Advocates which can help ease financial tensions during the training period for the bar. Those hoping to begin devilling in 2024 should submit their applications by no later than 28 April this year. 

Professor Nehal Bhuta, chair of public international law, Professor Sharon Cowan, professor of feminist and queer legal studies and Edinburgh Law School graduate Karina McTeague, co-founder of the Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law and who serves on the Advancement Advisory board, have been elect

A recent spike in online scams with fraudsters impersonating real law firms is a warning to all solicitors to be on the front foot to protect themselves and their clients. The Law Society of Scotland has seen an influx of online scams by fraudsters trying to con solicitors’ clients out of sign

Prison officials in the US have been left red-faced after two inmates tunnelled their way to freedom using a toothbrush. Prisoners John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, used "primitive-made tools constructed from a toothbrush and metal object" to "exploit a construction design weakness" in Newpo

Uganda has introduced the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" as part of a new law criminalising LGBT+ identities, which has been condemned by human rights campaigners and governments internationally. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023, which was introduced by an opposition politician and ove

Recent legal news has been dominated by the coming into effect of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 in England and Wales. Previously, the law provided that individuals aged 16 and 17 in England and Wales were capable of entering a marriage, provided that they had parental con

Thousands of children could be protected from witnessing their parents thrash out family disputes through the English and Welsh courts, following plans to mandate mediation for separating families announced by the UK government today. Proposals will see mediation become mandatory in all suitable low