SPONSORED: Call for information - Ernest Arthur Thomas
Would any person holding the disposition or having information relating to the purchase of Flat 0/1, 2 Willowbank Crescent, Glasgow, G3 6NB, by the late Ernest Arthur Thomas (thought to be purchased in the 1970s) please contact Bethany Reed at Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP.
SPONSORED: Why law firms should invest in a cyber incident response simulation
Cyber resilience requires firms to have a proven and workable incident response plan that gives them the best chance to survive and recover from a serious cyber breach, writes Lindsay Hill, solicitor and CEO of Mitigo Cyber Risk Management.
Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including calls to scrap Lord Advocate's dual role — Monday July 6
You weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including an announcement by the Law Society of Scotland calling on the government to consult on changing the role of the Lord Advocate.
The end of the affair: Are partnerships no longer lawyers’ chosen corporate relationships?
Will the traditional partnership structure still appeal to lawyers in years to come? Peter Ranscombe reports.
Assisted dying and the law in Scotland: Both sides now
In the second instalment of our assisted dying series, we look at the subject from both for and against perspectives, writes Ellie Philpotts.
New £1,000 student prize to find future star of Scotland’s legal sector
Budding lawyers across Scotland are poised to battle it out to win a prestigious £1,000 student prize and the chance to secure a legal traineeship at a historic firm.
New fraud offence: what Scottish law firms need to know now
The introduction of the corporate “failure to prevent fraud” offence under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (ECCTA 2023), has prompted renewed attention on fraud across the legal sector.
Meet the five new Senators appointed to the College of Justice by His Majesty the King including former Lord Advocate
His Majesty the King, on the recommendation of First Minister John Swinney, has appointed five new Senators to the College of Justice, including a former Lord Advocate.
Is it finally time to consign the dual role of the Lord Advocate to history?
Peter Ranscombe asks if the time has come to split the Lord Advocate’s dual role as Scotland’s chief prosecutor and the Scottish Government’s top law officer?
Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including new CCTV footage contradicting prison death evidence — Monday June 29
You weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including previously unseen footage of a man who died after being restrained by prison officers, which contradicts the version of events put forward by officials.
Assisted dying and the law in Scotland — the story so far
Assisted dying is an emotive topic, writes Ellie Philpotts. You don’t have to work in law or medicine, or even passionately belong to one side of the debate to see how impactful its realities are to many.
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