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Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP's head of clean energy and banking partner Clare Foster is among the new members of the board of RenewableUK. Ms Foster brings to the role a wealth of legal knowledge in renewable energy finance across multiple clean energy technologies.

Murderers who refuse to disclose the location of a victim’s body may be denied parole under a new law set out by the Justice Secretary David Gauke. Named after Helen McCourt – murdered in 1988 – whose killer has never revealed her whereabouts, ‘Helen’s law’ will p

A Scots-born US law professor who has spent his career battling racism and is now leading the fight for reparations has been profiled by Scotland on Sunday. "Early exposure to prejudice drove Eric Miller across the Atlantic to demand reparations for African American victims of Oklahoma’s infam

Via Lorna Jack: The Law Society of Scotland hosted a group of its past presidents at its Atria One headquarters in Edinburgh as the solicitors' body celebrates its 70th year.

Throughout June, Clyde & Co Scotland raised over £2,000 for local charity LGBT Youth Scotland.

A man detained for breach of a deportation order thought Scotland was not part of the UK, a court has been told. Claudiu Szabo, 31, from Romania, had been ordered to leave after he was convicted of numerous shoplifting and drug offences in London.

A former member of the armed forces found guilty of the rape of two ex-partners has had an appeal against his sentence dismissed. John Falconer, who was convicted of three charges of rape and sentenced to eight years with an extension period of three years, claimed that the sentence imposed was &ldq

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has said in response to the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal’s recent consultation on the standard of proof to be applied in misconduct proceedings that it should lower the standard of proof to the civil standard. The SLCC takes the view

Lady Rae has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Glasgow in recognition of her contribution to Scots law. She received her honorary doctorate of laws at a ceremony on 27 June 2019.

The flexibility of the British constitution, once thought to be such a strength, has played a large part in destroying the country. In this edited version of a recent lecture delivered in Cambridge, Professor Conor Gearty (LSE) explains why he now believes more than ever that only the experience of

As many as three quarters of detainees in Scottish prisons went without attending a single a single education or skills class in the past month, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. A Scottish Liberal Democrat freedom of information request answered by the Scottish Prison Service reveals t

The ICO published new Guidance in relation to cookies and similar technology which means that the cookie banners that many websites currently use are no longer adequate and no longer provide a legal basis for placing cookies and other similar technologies on devices. It also applies to mobile apps w

A human rights lawyer who had been jailed for abusing Air India cabin crew after she was refused alcohol is believed to have killed herself days after being released from prison. Barrister Simone Burns, 50, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment in April after racially abusing and spitting at ste

Blackadders has supported the recent move to employee ownership by Glasgow-based Aspire Housing and Personal Development Services.

Crofting law can sometimes seem like an existential exercise, wondering how to make sense of a confusing set of rules in an uncertain world. It is not possible to discuss crofting without reference to the law, and as this book by Brian Inkster shows, there is a considerable body of legislation which