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DLA Piper has launched its Model Law on Institutional Investor-Public Partnerships (ML-IIPP) initiative aimed at helping African policymakers facilitate the deployment of trillions of dollars of private capital into domestic green infrastructure programmes and projects. The Model Law was led by Dr S

An audience member who booed a child actor has been banned for life from the Royal Opera House in London. The man, who has not been named, booed and shouted "Rubbish!" as 12-year-old Malakai M Bayoh sang an aria on the opening night of a new performance of Handel's Alcina.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has successfully defended five recent applications for leave to appeal against decisions to reject complaints as ineligible. In all five cases, complainers applied to the Inner House of the Court of Session for leave to appeal against SLCC decisions th

A Hamilton sheriff has allowed for a personal injury action by a woman who sought damages from her husband on the ground that he raped her to proceed despite it falling outside of the normal three-year time limit on such actions. Pursuer AM sought permission for the action under section 19A of the P

A desire to succeed despite adversity motivates people to pursue a legal career, but barriers caused by finances and careers advice are obstacles, a new study suggests. Those who have become solicitors and barristers said experiencing difficult circumstances in their lives and their personal qualiti

Balfour and Manson has announced it will pay staff a £1,000 pre-Christmas bonus payment to support them with the rising cost of living. All 86 employees in the business, which also has 22 partners, will receive the discretionary payment in their salary on 28 November.

Pinsent Masons has advised space flight company, Orbital Express Launch Limited (known as Orbex), on securing the land rights needed to build and run the UK’s first spaceport in Scotland. Pinsent Masons advised Orbex on all aspects of its negotiations and leasing agreements with Highlands and

The Scottish housing market continues to weaken, with last month bringing another decrease in buyer demand and agreed sales, according to the October 2022 RICS Residential Market Survey. Prices though were still increasing according to respondents.

Brandon Malone has stepped down as chairman of the Scottish Arbitration centre, passing the chairmanship to Lord Glennie, who was vice chairman of the centre. During his time in the role, Mr Malone spearheaded an energy arbitration project with CEPMLP at the University of Dundee. He was also appoint

A man who helped smuggle £450,000 worth of cocaine from England to Scotland has been jailed for three years and nine months. Football scout Jordan McKinlay, 30, was handed the sentence by Lord Scott at the High Court in Glasgow after having earlier pleaded guilty to supplying drugs.

The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill does not solve existing tensions (which remain unresolved in the courts) between the Gender Recognition Act 2004 (GRA) and the Equality Act 2010 (“the EqA”), writes barrister Amanda Jones. The bill will introduce new conflicts with the EqA. T

A plane passenger has failed in a bid to conceal a gun inside an entire raw chicken. Security officials at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport took to Instagram yesterday to share photos of the "personal fowl".

Morton Fraser has been named one of the Top 15 Best Law Firms to Work For in the UK in the Best Companies to Work For 2022 lists.

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) has referred the cases of former subpostmasters (SPMs) to the High Court of Justiciary. The convictions of Aleid Kloosterhuis, Anne Quarm on behalf of William Quarm (deceased), Susan Sinclair, Colin Smith, Judith Smith and Robert Thomson have bee

The Scottish government has lodged a legislative consent memorandum recommending that the Scottish Parliament withholds its consent for the UK government’s Retained EU Law (Reform and Revocation) Bill. The bill seeks to revoke over 2,400 pieces of EU legislation that were included in the UK st