The procurator fiscal has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Badreddin Abdalla Adam Bosh. Badreddin Abdalla ...

Emma Naylor and Jonathan Blackwood have been appointed as the new deputy student directors of the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP). Anna Robertson, chair of the ALP board, said: “Emma and Jonathan have ...

Linda Hafthorsdotir sought to reduce her divorce from Bjarni Eyvindsson, after not having entered the divorce proceedings, in order to resolve financial loose ends that arose as a result of their ...

The legacy of the Post Office scandal shows the rules around legal professional privilege need urgent reform, a new report shows. Ethical standards and rules about corporate governance should be ...

The interim results of the Scottish Law Agents Society (SLAS) survey on regulation of the legal profession highlight a deeply concerning overwhelming dissatisfaction with the current regulatory system ...

Professor Chloë Kennedy has been awarded over £372,000 from the Leverhulme Trust for a new research project entitled ‘A History of Hurt Feelings and the Law’. The four-year project will be led ...

Harper Macleod has advised the owners of two events companies on their sale to London Marathon Events (LME). LME has acquired the companies which run the increasingly popular Loch Ness Marathon & ...

Bankability is key in the world of infrastructure and energy investment, as it indicates whether or not a risk is acceptable to third party lenders who are generally considered to be cautious by ...

The court system south of the border is facing a potential crisis as criminal barristers leave the profession for better-paid roles, the chair of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has warned. Mary ...

Kee Solicitors has announced the appointment of Nick Hay, who joins the firm’s property & conveyancing department as a partner. Mr Hay has more than a decade of experience as a conveyancing solicitor ...

A man has been arrested after police discovered his shipping label on the box containing three puppies he had abandoned at a car wash. Arkansas man Jeremy Roberts, 20, was charged with three counts of ...