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Arran Mackenzie has joined Addleshaw Goddard as a partner from Burness Paull, bringing a track record of more than 15 years doing deals in the global energy hub. Ms Mackenzie has extensive experience in the onshore and offshore energy sector, and has recently been involved in renewable energy transa

Professor Alexandra Braun, Lord President Reid chair of law at Edinburgh Law School, has written an article entitled Compensating unpaid domestic care in the testamentary context: An opportunity for Scots law – for the Edinburgh Private Law Blog. "According to the Scotland’s Carers resea

Jennifer Jack says that she was an early speaker. “My mother tells me that one of my first words was ‘organised’ – which perhaps set me on the path to becoming a lawyer,” she smiles. It’s certainly a quality that her job – as the partner leading Ha

Legal professionals in Dundee have raised hundreds of pounds to help some of the most vulnerable people in Scotland access legal services for free.

The average price of a property in Scotland in September 2022 was £191,941, an increase of 7.3 per cent on September 2021 but a 0.9 per cent decrease compared with the previous month.

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has ruled that the First-tier Tribunal erred in questioning the validity of a guarantee agreement between a private landlord and the parent of her tenant in an undefended action by the landlord for payment. Appellant Alice Woro sought payment from respondent Ian Brown

The Supreme Court will deliver its judgment in the latest independence case next week. The Scotland Act 1998 allows the Lord Advocate to “refer to the Supreme Court any devolution issue which is not the subject of proceedings” (para 34 of Schedule 6 SA).

A lost dog has been found after it walked into a police station. Rosie, who was scared by a firework on 3 November, walked into Loughborough Police Station the same day.

The world’s first code of practice governing the use of DNA and other biometric data in a criminal justice setting comes into practice in Scotland today. The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, Dr Brian Plastow, consulted extensively across the criminal justice sector while drawing up the detail

Abuse victims are turning their back on a Scottish government redress scheme amid a catalogue of delays, failures and broken promises, Digby Brown has said. Redress Scotland, which launched a year ago, was designed to provide one-off payments of between £10,000 to £100,000 as well as non

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that Police Scotland spent almost £5 million on settling legal claims in the 2021/2022 financial year and warned that police leadership will need to ensure that such claims are kept to a minimum. Justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP highlighted th

Gor­don Jack­son KC has been given a five-month ban from practice for naming complainers in the Alex Salmond trial while he was on a train. Mr Jackson has, however, been given permission to appeal the decision of a Faculty of Advocates committee.

Dentons has netted close to £8,000 for two employee-nominated charities at its annual fundraising ball in Glasgow – the first time the event has been held since 2019 due to pandemic restrictions. Attended by more than 100 Dentons employees from across Scotland, the masquerade ball held a

An Employment Tribunal judge has struck out a claim by a former employee of an Edinburgh game developer after ruling that her conduct during proceedings, in which she had alleged the respondent’s solicitor had abused and harassed her, had been unreasonable. Michelle Donnelly raised the claim a

In October 2022, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI), David Neal, published an 84-page report which looked at various aspects of indefinite leave to remain applications (ILR) which were processed between September 2021 and February 2022. Given the Home Office pledge to