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Inksters has grown its consultant solicitor practice during the pandemic and opened a new office on the Isle of Eigg. The firm recently celebrated 22 years in business and now focusses solely on the consultancy model, which sees all of its solicitors benefit financially directly from the fruits of t

Lindsays has welcomed Mike Piggot to its team in Dundee as a solicitor offering dispute resolution and litigation services to businesses and individuals. Mr Piggot studied and trained in the city before entering the profession. He also worked for several years with the Dundee Citizens Advice Bu

On 13 June 2019, the rules for Criminal Injuries Compensation Schemes were amended to remove what had previously been referred to as the ‘same roof rule’. The rule had prevented victims who had been living with their assailant as members of the same family at the time of the assault prio

Pinsent Masons has announced an employee rewards package for the last financial year and confirmed repayment of the UK government furlough money, The Lawyer reports. The firm said it was restoring salaries to the 98 per cent of staff who took part in its reduced working hours scheme in 2020 and that

The long-awaited relinquishment and assignation procedure in respect of 1991 Act agricultural tenancies came into force on 28 February 2021. Simon Boendermaker explains the details.  Relinquishment

Thursday 3 June 2021, 7.30 – 8.30pm The Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship in Scotland is delighted to welcome Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness to an evening of questions and discussion.

A student from the Aberdeen Law Project has helped a client whose stepfather died intestate to find an heir. Stepchildren do not inherit on intestacy in Scotland which meant that, as no known relatives could be identified, the Crown had a right to the stepfather’s estate.

Dentons is putting home-grown talent at the heart of a marketing campaign designed by MadeBrave as the law firm celebrates its Scottish operations’ 150th anniversary. Lawyers and support staff from across the firm are starring in a range of short films as well as print and digital advertising,

A drug dealer inadvertently landed himself with a lengthy prison sentence after taking a photograph of a block of Stilton cheese. Carl Stewart, 39, was identified as a user of the EncroChat mobile encryption service by forensic experts using an image he shared of a block of cheese in the palm of his

The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against conviction by a man convicted of attempted murder made on the basis that he had a ‘jigsaw’ basis for a special defence of self-defence. Aaron Dines, also known as Morrison, was sentenced to 8 years’ imprisonm

James Wolffe QC and Alison Di Rollo QC are to resign once replacements for them are found. A survey by Scottish Legal News in March found that a majority of lawyers would like to see the Lord Advocate's dual role split so that his political and prosecutorial functions are entirely separate.

Terra Firma’s Robert Sutherland has been appointed as the Scottish editor for Garner’s Environmental Law. Garner's is the leading environmental law loose-leaf publication containing a comprehensive collection of UK acts, statutory instruments, Scottish acts and Scottish statutory instrum

The law of damages for unlawful eviction in Scotland fails victims and does little to deter landlords. It requires urgent reform, write Rebecca Morton, Shaun McPhee and Ben Christman of the Legal Services Agency. Eviction without a court order is both a crime and a civil wrong in Scotland, yet victi

Nationwide Building Society, the UK’s second-largest mortgage lender, has predicted that house prices will continue to rise this year beyond the end of the stamp duty holiday. The lender has warned, however, that higher costs could make it harder for first-time buyers to get on the property la

Laws intended to protect the privacy of children are being used by judges to cover up decisions in England and Wales, Sir James Munby has said. The former president of the High Court’s Family Division said that curbs on media reporting “prevent public officials being held to account