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Arnot Manderson Advocates has welcomed the appointment of stable member Ruth Charteris to the rank of Queen's Counsel. This brings the number of senior counsel in Scotland’s full service stable to 11. The stable is also pleased to announce that Ms Charteris will join Crown office as an advocat

Caroline Fraser has joined Lindsays' private client team in its Dundee Office. Ms Fraser is well known for her work across the full spectrum of private client matters, from wills and power of attorney to issues surrounding care and inheritance tax.

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has announced the appointment of Victorie-Anne Gomez-Llorens and Helena Siebenrock as co-student directors. Ms Gomez-Llorens, from Reims, France, and Ms Siebenrock, from Frankfurt, Germany, will be co-student directors and are succeeding Jonathan Goodyear, the ALP&rsqu

The SQA's appeal system is not compliant with human rights, according to an expert in child law at Glasgow Caledonian University. Dr Tracy Kirk wrote to Holyrood's Education Committee as part of a submission for the youth-led campaign group SQA Where's Our Say.

CLT Scotland has launched the next event in the Scots Law 2020 Conventions Series. Taking place online from 23rd-27th November, delegates will be able to choose from 10 individual conferences, each providing 3 hours of CPD.

The Scottish Feminists Judgments Project (SFJP) has launched its third and final podcast episode. The Podcast series, which was launched last month, aims to consider whether important legal cases might have been decided differently if the judgment had adopted a feminist perspective.

A £400 million collection of rare stamps and other paraphernalia including calligraphy by Chairman Mao has been stolen. The items were stolen from a flat in Hong Kong belonging to Fu Chunxiao, who is a citizen of the mainland and is well known in collecting circles.

The English Court of Appeal has refused an appeal of a decision to grant planning permission for a primary school near a United States Air Force base in the Lakenheath area. David Gathercole, who was substituted for the original petitioner Lakenheath Parish Council, sought a judicial review of the d

The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen of Elie QC, has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Boris Johnson following a debacle arising over a government bill. The UK Internal Market Bill allows ministers to “disapply” rules agreed over the goods that cross between Britain and N

The UK government has refused to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament on its UK Internal Market Bill. The UK government says it regrets that Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Alok Sharma MP will not be able to appear before Holyrood’s Finance and Constitution

Judgment in a business interruption insurance case that featured 15 Queen's Counsel and 20 junior counsel has been handed down by the High Court. The court found in favour of the arguments advanced for policyholders by the Financial Conduct Authority on the majority of the key issues.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has announced that its new Application Programming Interface (API) for the Civil Online service is ready for a wider rollout. Civil Online, which was launched in April 2019, is a fully digital service for simple procedure cases, enabling cases to proc

Terra Firma Chambers has announced that Alasdair Burnet has been appointed to the rank of Queen’s Counsel. Nominated by the Lord Justice General and recommended by the First Minister, Mr Burnet is one of ten new silks approved by Her Majesty The Queen.

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has announced that Anna Robertson has been elected chair of the board. Ms Robertson succeeds Margaret Ross, who retired from the School of Law at Aberdeen University last month.

Noel Ferry looks at the implications of the Children (Scotland) Bill, and where it could have gone further. The Children (Scotland) Bill has been passed by the Scottish Parliament, ushering in a number of significant changes to Scottish family law.