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Julie Hamilton considers the role of mediation in commercial litigation and whether the flexibility it offers may be the route to avoiding, or at least limiting, the disputes that get to court. What is mediation?

A decision in the case brought against the lock-change evictions of asylum seekers in Glasgow carried out by Serco will be handed down tomorrow. The appellate decision in Ali v Serco Ltd, Compass SNI Ltd and the Secretary of State for the Home Department will be delivered by judges in the Inner

House prices in Aberdeen have dropped by 4.7 per cent since last year, according to a new report. Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited, in cooperation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research, has published statistics for the third quarter of 20

Almost all of the UK's top 200 law firms have been exposed to threats from cybercriminals, new research shows. A report from Crowe, an audit, tax, advisory and risk firm, in conjunction with KYND, a cyber risk prevention company, shows that 91 per cent of firms analysed are exposed to having th

The Scottish Arbitration Centre held its annual arbitrator training day in Edinburgh on 7 November.

Glasgow lawyer Mike Dailly has joined the Evening Times as a columnist. The solicitor advocate, who campaigns for social justice and community rights, said it was the “the best community paper ever”.

The longest running and most costly trial in Scottish legal history is the subject of the first episode of a new BBC series re-examining high-profile public scandals.

Thorntons has become an accredited Living Wage Employer through Living Wage Scotland this week. Thorntons’ director of people Shirley Phillips said: “At Thorntons, we have always focussed on creating a positive working environment where everyone is treated fairly. We value all of our col

A case in which lawyers are seeking recognition of Sikhs as an ethnic group has reached the High Court. Lawyers for the Sikh Federation argue it would be unlawful for no Sikh ethnicity tickbox to be included in the 2021 census, as the Office for National Statistics recommended last year.

Digby Brown has announced that a record-breaking £83,000 was raised for Spinal Injuries Scotland (SIS) at the firm’s annual Winter Dinner Dance.

Police officers trained to look out for "green tongues" as evidence of cannabis use have fallen for "junk science", lawyers have said. The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) continues to list a "possible green coating on the tongue" as an indicator of cannabis use in its drug recog

A woman who was jailed for life with a minimum of 25-and-a-half years after being found guilty of the murder of her husband has had the punishment part of her sentence reduced following an appeal. Haider Hayat was killed by his wife Saima Hayat and husband and wife Muhammed Rauf 

Support for a new statute on heritable securities rather than changing existing legislation has been voiced by the Faculty of Advocates. The Conveyancing and Feudal Reform (Scotland) Act 1970 introduced the standard security, the only permissible form of heritable security – the legal term in

Vinit Khurana QC has joined 2 Temple Garden chambers in London. Mr Khurana, who is also a member of Ampersand Advocates, called to the Scottish bar in 1999 and took silk in 2018. He is a specialist practitioner in the healthcare sector with experience across a broad range of medical law issues.

Harper Macleod has advised City Property on a series of three complex funding arrangements totalling £646 million. City Property is ultimately controlled by Glasgow City Council, which required the funding to meet its obligations under the equal pay settlement it agreed with members of staff.