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Harper Macleod LLP has announced eight new partners as it emerges strongly from a financial year dominated by the pandemic. The eight new partners are: Natalie Dissake (debt and asset recovery), Amy Walsh (business development), Kathleen Martin (private client), Marina Harper (personal injury),

Solicitor and politician Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh is to appear before the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) next month. A virtual preliminary hearing in Law Society v Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh will take place on May 11.

Titans of the bench and bar feature in Lady Paton's charming first-hand account of Dunlop v McGowans – her choice of top Session Case. Vote for your top three here. My choice for top Session Case is Dunlop v McGowans, the Inner House decision on prescription reported in 1979 SC 22. T

It has been announced that there is to be a consultation on the retention/abolition of the 'not proven' verdict. Some of those proposing its removal have prayed in support of their approach a statement by Sir Walter Scott that the verdict is a “bastard verdict”. Others have said that ret

Burness Paull has underlined its commitment to diversity and the health of its staff by appointing a dedicated inclusion and wellbeing manager. In what is believed to be a first for a Scottish corporate law firm, Emma Smith has taken up a new post dedicated to overseeing the firm’s respect and

A new law firm has been launched in the north-east. Esson & Aberdein will be led by Joni Esson, who spent more than 10 years at Stronachs, and Rob Aberdein.

Stefanie Glassford follows up on her original post detailing the altered approach that the European Patent Office (EPO) has taken with respect to oral proceedings being held by video conferencing. The legality of holding oral proceedings without the consent of all parties has been formally ques

Prosecutions for the possession of cannabis have declined dramatically in the UK over the past decade, according to new figures. New analysis from House of Commons researchers shows that the number of prosecutions fell by around a third from 160,733 in 2010/11 to 110,085 in 2019/20.

Digby Brown has pledged to work with 12 other law firms to support a new campaign, #ActionMeso, which aims to raise awareness of the dangers of asbestos and the cancer called mesothelioma, which is caused by exposure to asbestos. The UK has the world’s highest incidence of mesothelioma with ar

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is hosting an informal drop-in session that will allow members to engage with the committee. The session, focusing on interview skills, will be held at 1pm tomorrow.

Russian laws are more difficult to understand than the work of Immanuel Kant, new research has found. A researcher at Moscow’s Higher School of Economics compared 600 laws with the philosopher's Critique of Pure Reason.

"Travelling with an enormous piece of luggage only seems like a contradiction in terms to those who feel properly dressed for every occasion in T-shirt, jeans, and trainers," writes Bernhard Roetzel. But have times changed and should smart casual or something worse prevail? We hope not. Benjami

Rival dynasties, councillors, bankers and union officials have been dragged into a major row over the future of a prestigious Bordeaux vineyard. The 32-strong Duffau-Lagarrosse family is selling Château Beauséjour in Saint-Émilion, which it has owned since 1847, The Times reports

A bench of five judges in the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against conviction by a man convicted of rapes occurring eight years apart from each other in a re-affirmation of the use of the Moorov doctrine in sexual offence cases. Mark Duthie&n

Former Lord Advocate and current senator Lord Mulholland is expected to be the first witness to appear at a proof held today in David Grier's £5 million compensation case against the Lord Advocate. Mr Grier, who was unsuccessfully prosecuted for fraud for his role in the acquisition of Ra