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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is immune from US civil proceedings brought by the fiancée of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the US government has said. Hatice Cengiz is suing Mr bin Salman and 28 others in the Washington D.C. federal district court over Mr Khashoggi's 2

Just Employment Law is set to turn Firhill Stadium purple tomorrow to raise awareness for pancreatic cancer.

A former employee of a bed and breakfast has been awarded £1,085 in outstanding holiday pay after he brought a case against his former employers before the Employment Tribunal. Nikolay Nikolov was employed by Craigatin House & Courtyard Ltd from September 2021 to July 2022. He argued that

Global law firm Clyde & Co has bolstered its Scottish team with the promotion of Ross Fairweather, Lyndsey Combe and Kay Darling to senior associate. The trio have been promoted in their respective fields of large loss and catastrophic injuries, clinical negligence and defender disease litigatio

The time may have come for British judges to resign from judicial roles in Hong Kong, former Supreme Court president Lady Hale has suggested. The retired judge's measured remarks, reported by The Times, come as the territory's authorities bid to overturn a court ruling allowing a British barrister t

Claire Mitchell KC has been recognised with an honorary degree from the University of Dundee for her work on the Witches of Scotland Campaign. Ms Mitchell, an eminent criminal defence advocate who was until recently based in Dundee, launched the WoS campaign on International Women's Day 2020 alongsi

An Edinburgh shop ordered to replace its purple frontage with a "dull grey" has launched a petition to keep its colourful façade. The owner of House of Boë, a gin shop on South Queensferry High Street, was ordered to restore the original grey which was replaced with the bright purple in

Around a quarter of Scotland's prison population last year was held on remand, the largest proportion on remand on record, new figures show. The Scottish government yesterday published its prison population statistics for 2021–22, showing that the average daily remand population increased by a

UK law firm TLT has elected Bristol-based lawyer Sasha Butterworth as senior partner for a three-year term starting on 1 January 2023. Ms Butterworth takes over from Andrew Glynn, who has been senior partner at TLT for seven years after being re-elected in 2019.

Dear Editor, Kevin Drummond was quite properly advising, or even exhorting, sheriffs to be vigilant to ensure that those in the Scottish Court Service (SCS), as it then was, did not attempt to interfere with their judicial function. Sadly, some thought his warnings were “over the top”. N

Millar & Bryce has announced its integration with case management specialists Denovo Business Intelligence. The integration will allow lawyers using Denovo’s CaseLoad software platform to order property searches through Millar & Bryce.

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.