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On Wednesday 18th June 2020, a three-day proof conducted with Cisco Webex concluded in the Commercial Court. It is the first proof to be heard in the Court of Session since the beginning of lockdown on 23 March. The pursuer is a company which operates a strawberry farm near Arbroath. It contends tha

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In his second paper 'talk' prepared during lockdown – Remedies, Contract and Delict – Terra Firma's Neil Beynon offers some suggestions for returning to practice in a way that enables the legal system to function properly and fully so as to enable the rule of law to flourish. R

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A free online course on the judiciary of England & Wales is back by popular demand. Earlier this year the judiciary, in partnership with King’s College London, launched a free online course about the work of the modern judiciary.

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Police have seized dozens of bags full of cannabis which were apparently delivered to the wrong house. A bewildered household in Houston called the cops after receiving an unexpected package filled with weed, which remains illegal in the state of Texas.

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Lady Rae has retired from the bench. Lady Rae was admitted as a solicitor in 1974 and worked as an apprentice and assistant at Biggart Lumsden and Co, Balfour and Manson, Biggart Baillie & Gifford and Ross Harper & Murphy between 1974 and 1977. In 1977 she became a partner at Ross Harper &am

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Members of the Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit Committee have launched a call for views on the operation of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016. The act requires a parliamentary committee to review the operation of the act from when the duty to register came into force, up to March 2020.

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The latest patent, trademark and design data from the UK Intellectual Property Office shows an impressive performance from Scotland in 2019. Scotland filed 1,168 registered design applications in 2019 compared with 757 applications the previous year – representing a 54.2 per cent rise. This bu

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Vicky Fox has been appointed the next chief executive of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, taking over from Mark Ormerod CB, who retires in September. Ms Fox is currently the director of regulation and insight at the Independent Parliamentary St

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Donald Findlay QC has said that defending Paul Ferris when he was accused of the killing of Arthur Thompson Jr was his most memorable moment in the courtroom. Mr Ferris was a teenager when he became an enforcer for Arthur Thompson, one of Glasgow's most notorious crime bosses.

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Animal protection charity OneKind has hailed the Scottish government’s decision to accept an amendment bringing full protection for mountain hares in Scotland as a “triumph”. Scottish Green MSP Alison Johnstone lodged an amendment to the Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, P

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