Legal news

Two new partners among Lindsays promotions
Senior associate and two associates complete latest round

Further digital business coming, SCTS promises
Outer House and sheriff court digital capability being addressed

Yousaf sets out emergency trial law options
Discussion paper published ahead of talks and update to Parliament

High Court considers impact of COVID-19 on bail appeals
Two with records stay remanded on robbery charge; but position may change

Iain Nicol joins Lefevres as litigation director
Personal injury lawyer moves to niche firm

Private client partner hire at Anderson Strathern
Siobhan McGuigan joins Glasgow office from Blackadders

John Scott QC to oversee police use of emergency powers
Chief Constable commissions human rights lawyer to chair scrutiny group

Faculty voices dismay at lack of remote hearings
Vice Dean's letter warns of financial and reputational consequences

Four Scots employment judges named
Salaried judges take up post between April and July

Lord Weir becomes Scotland's latest judge
Robert Weir QC joins Court of Session bench

Civil court business down again in 2018-19
Decline in debt cases leads 11% overall drop

Justice Secretary briefs Holyrood on coronavirus response
Letter to Justice Committee answers questions raised

Death announced of Sheriff Deirdre MacNeill
Glasgow sheriff passes away at age 65

VW owners win preliminary ruling in "Dieselgate" claim
Judge finds emissions-cheating software a "defeat device" under EU rules

Serco lock change opponents refused appeal permission
Supreme Court panel decision marks end of the road

Lord Kinclaven retires from bench
Outer House judge steps down after 15 years

Royal Assent for Coronavirus (Scotland) Act
Emergency powers to counter COVID-19 in force from midnight

Registers launches digital advance notice service
Advice remains to delay transactions if possible

Credibility can be assessed against other complainer
Appeal Court affirms jury can decide effect of similar account

Home Office eases right to work checks during COVID-19
Video calls allowed, subject to verification after shutdown

Ledingham Chalmers hires rural law partner
Gary Webster joins from Macleod & MacCallum

Three promoted in Pinsent Masons' Scottish offices
Partner and two legal directors named among global round

Jackson to step down as Dean of Faculty
Resignation from 30 June in view of Salmond trial discipline proceedings

APIL and ABI agree to waive limitation during COVID-19
No time bar defence to be raised where date falls during court shutdown