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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has promoted two of its lawyers to partner and four to legal director, effective May 1. The newly assumed partners are construction law specialist Lauren Thomson and corporate finance specialist John Morrison, both of whom have been with the firm since they were trainees.

Doctors may end a mentally incapacitated person's life where they have previously consented to assisted suicide, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled. The ruling represents a major development of case law in the Netherlands, where assisted suicide has been legal in certain limited circumst

Benjamin Bestgen discusses how moral judgements are affected by aesthetic perception in his latest jurispurdential primer. See also parts one, two and three. In March 2020, Singapore’s High Court dismissed a challenge to repeal s.377A, a colonial-era law that penalises homosexual acts between

A homeowner has won a planning battle started after a neighbour challenged her decision to paint her front door pink. The woman was forced to make a retrospective planning application after a neighbour complained to the local authority about the paint being "too bright".

A developer of commercial wind farms that applied for planning permission for a wind farm within the consultation zone of the Eskdalemuir Seismic Array has succeeded in petitioning the court for a time extension to begin proceedings for judicial review. The planning application of Energiekontor

The corporate team at Harper Macleod is on course to complete more than 30 deals worth over £50 million during the lockdown period – in a positive sign that corporate Scotland is still open for business. Since the UK's lockdown began on 23 March, the firm's team has completed 12 deals re

Sheriff Principal Anwar has officially taken her oath of office before the Lord President, Lord Carloway and is now sheriff principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, replacing Sheriff Principal Ian Abercrombie. She was appointed as a part-time sheriff in 2011 and a resident sheriff at G

You might recall headlines a few years ago, amid political jostling, of £1 million free of inheritance tax? Well, as of 6 April this year, this became true – for a limited number of people in particular circumstances. So who falls into this 'magic million' category? Firstly, it’s i

Robert Spano has been elected president of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Judge Spano, who succeeds Greek judge Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos, will take office on 18 May.

Supreme Court Justice Lady Arden has spoken to Inspiring Girls International about her career in law. Lady Arden talks about Dame Rose Heilbron DBE, the High Court judge who inspired her growing up, the advice she has adopted from Hillary Clinton and highlights from her own career.

The UK has dropped to 35 out of 180 countries in the 2020 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in part due to a "worrying legal environment" for journalists in Northern Ireland. The international NGO said the UK's efforts to promote media freedom globally were unde

Scammers are duping the public and businesses with counterfeit goods to profit from the panic and fear caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) has reported a spike in counterfeit crime along with cybercrime and fraud as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, wi

Dr Kath Murray, Lisa Mackenzie and Lucy Hunter Blackburn highlight some concerns between gender representation legislation and consistency with the Equality Act. In early 2018, with support from most parties, the Scottish Parliament passed the Gender Representation on Public Boards Act, aimed at imp

Scullion LAW is offering free wills to everyone in Scotland aged 18+ in aid of Marie Curie. Scullion LAW is the only law firm in Scotland offering this service. It has completed 700 sills since the campaign launched in 2015 and the firm hopes to be able to create over 1,000 by August while raising a

Inspired by the extraordinary exploits of Captain Tom Moore, the slightly younger Lincoln (aged one), son of Terra Firma deputy clerk Tracy Whitelaw, has embarked on his own daily garden walk to help raise funds for the NHS.