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Plans to devolve a number of tribunals to Scotland as part of the Smith Commission reforms have been delayed for at least two years, The Herald reports. A report from the president of the Scottish Tribunals, Lady Smith, indicates plans to hand control of tribunals over to Scotland will be delayed un

Counsel for a man sentenced to a prison term for unlawfully publishing information about women who gave evidence against Alex Salmond has sought permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. Dean of Faculty, Roddy Dunlop QC said his client, Craig Murray, 62, should be given leave to appeal to the UK's

Dickson Minto has announced the appointment of two new partners and a new finance director. Craig Roberts, Nicola Mitchell and Alex Smith have taken up the respective positions. Mr Roberts and Ms Mitchell are based in the firm's Edinburgh office and support clients across the firm. They both joined

Austin Lafferty has been elected dean of the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow.

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has promoted four members of staff: two to associate and two to senior solicitor. Sarajane Drake, from the firm’s commercial property team in Glasgow and Kirstin MacDonald, in the corporate team at the Inverness office, have each been promoted to the r

Burness Paull's Callum Sinclair is among a number of experts appointed by the Scottish government to help Scotland become a leader in the development and use of trustworthy, ethical and inclusive artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. The Scottish AI Alliance Leadership Circle will work to deliv

The European Commission has published the final version of the new Standard Contractual Clauses (New SCCs). This is an important development for multinational companies, and for any business that engages in international data transfers, writes Scott McGeachy. The New SCCs will be required for transf

A pair of feuding neighbours have returned to court over an unwanted Facebook friend request. Mary O'Neill complained that she had received a friend request from her neighbour Peter Malcouronne, even though she is subject to a restraining order banning her from contact with him.

In part three of his series on the ME/CFS saga, David J Black examines the durability of medical dogma in the face of facts and the risk of a new psychogenic orthodoxy prevailing with a generation of Long Covid sufferers, whose malady bears a striking resemblance to ME/CFS. See also: parts one and t

A Crown appeal by stated case against a sheriff’s decision to uphold a no case to answer submission in a case against a teacher charged with assaulting children with additional support needs has succeeded in the Criminal Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court. The Procurator Fiscal for

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have said they will use this Thursday’s justice debate to offer Parliament the chance to trigger reform of the fatal accident inquiry system.  The party has called for inquiries to be removed from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service altogether and

The Herald has published an obituary of Heriot Currie, who passed away in April at the age of 68. "A commanding figure in court, he could pick out the salient points in an argument and then comprehensively deliver the highlights to the jury. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of case law and was a ma

Leigh Herd, an associate in Shepherd and Wedderburn’s construction disputes team, has been confirmed as vice chair of the Scottish branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in a brace of new appointments for the firm’s lawyers. Ms Herd's appointment as vice chair comes as

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP (RCCW) has announced two promotions within its commercial property and private client departments, with the elevation of Craig Veitch and Gillian Smith to associate. Mr Veitch joined RCCW in March 2019, having attended Aberdeen Grammar School and graduated fr

Lindsays has welcomed two new team members to its residential conveyancing teams in Edinburgh and Dundee.  Alex McNeil has joined as a solicitor in Edinburgh and Natasha Vials has become the newest paralegal in Dundee.