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Alastair Milne Balfour and Manson partner Alastair Milne retires today after almost 35 years in the legal profession.

Arnot Manderson Advocates has welcomed Sarah Trainer and Cat MacQueen to the stable following their admission to the Faculty of Advocates in a historic but socially distanced calling ceremony held in Parliament House earlier today. Ms Trainer arrives as a specialist in family law, child law and crim

Axiom Advocates has welcomed two new members, Andrew McWhirter and David Blair. Mr McWhirter joins from Brodies LLP and is looking forward to developing his practice. He has experience in commercial disputes including contractual, construction and professional negligence disputes. He also has p

Compass Chambers has welcomed Andrew Bergin, Tom Brownlee and Hugh Masters as its newest members after they called to the bar today. Mr Bergin comes to bar after eight years as a solicitor in both private and in-house practice. He brings considerable personal injury experience of cases concerning em

Ampersand has welcomed Mary Ellen Stewart to the stable, following her call to the bar today. Ms Stewart was previously a solicitor with Brodies LLP, where she had a busy practice dealing with a broad range of commercial disputes.

Deliveroo has succeeded in its employment case in the Court of Appeal. The IWGB union had brought a case seeking employee status for Deliveroo couriers but judges upheld the rulings of the inferior courts that riders are self-employed.

Hundreds of visitors to Brighton Palace Pier were charged more than £2,100 (nearly €2,500) to go on rides after a major payment processing error. Payment provider Worldpay said the date of the transaction, beginning with 21 for 2021, was inadvertently processed as the transaction amount.

Two people who were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a woman in Shetland have failed to challenge their convictions in the High Court of Justiciary but succeeded in having the punishment parts of their sentences reduced. Ross MacDougall and Dawn Smith were convic

Joanna Cherry QC MP is returning to the bar on a limited basis and will defend feminist activist Marion Millar in her first case, Scottish Legal News can reveal. Ms Cherry has accepted instructions through Beltrami and Company to defend Ms Millar, who has been charged by police with offences under s

Louise Usher looks at the implication of the recent case of Maya Forstater, a woman who succeeded in an appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal after losing her job for saying people cannot change their biological sex. The Employment Appeal Tribunal has concluded that gender-critical view

Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray MP has called on the UK government to support a judge-led inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 in Scotland. At Scotland Questions in the House of Commons, Mr Murray said grieving families deserve answers from both governments after a catalogue of mistakes during

The cost of private surgery to remove transvaginal mesh will be reimbursed under a proposed new law. The Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill will establish a scheme to reimburse those who have paid privately to undergo mesh removal surgery.

The inquiry into undercover policing operations in England and Wales has referred the first suspected miscarriages of justice identified through its investigations to a dedicated panel set up by the Home Office. The case, involving 12 individuals, relates to an incident on 12 May 1972 when political

The Press and Journal has published an obituary of Alan McNiven, who has passed away at the age of 70. "One of the leading figures in Scotland’s legal community, Alan McNiven, has died aged 70 after a long fight against a form of Parkinson’s disease."

An educational initiative teaching school pupils oral advocacy skills is looking for legal tutors. The School Mock Court Case Project runs an educational programme through a UK and worldwide inter-school competition that sees school children argue a mock trial in a real court in front of a sheriff.