Legal news

Blackadders elects two partners to management board
Emma Gray and Petra Grunenberg ensure gender balance

Amended practice rules on incidental financial business now in force
Solicitors should update standard client documents on insurance

Tacit relocation should end for commercial leases: Faculty
Doctrine has "unwelcome consequential effects"

Burness goes pink and blue for Baby Loss Awareness Week
Coloured lights for Glasgow office to show support

Society calls for strengthened children's rights in Act review
Response includes support for sibling contact rights

SCTS begins quarterly criminal cases statistics series
First edition shows more solemn but less summary business

Mass data misuse action against Google dismissed in High Court
Inadequate case that damage suffered, judge rules

Commissions "disappointed" at decision against new level crossings law
Administrative changes acknowledged, but not a substitute

Death announced of top Government lawyer Murray Sinclair
Society pays tribute to dedicated solicitor and Council member

Misogyny could be part of hate crime law: Yousaf
Consultation coming on how else to tackle bad behaviour

Appeal to solicitors to join “world’s biggest sleepout”
Teams needed to support Sleep in the Park on 8 December

No provocation direction needed where not live issue at trial
Police statements not a basis for misdirection challenge

Senior associate joins Gilson Gray in East Lothian
Cheryl Edgar moves from Garden Stirling Burnet

Two senior appointments at Aberdeen Considine
New private client head and banking associate named

2019 Scottish Legal Awards open to entries
Three additional categories for in-house lawyers

Interim Deputy Public Guardian named
Carrie Diggins also to be Deputy Accountant of Court

SYLA announces October events
Career, networking and social events on calendar

Ministers plan to extend female genital mutilation protection
Consultation opens on additional scope of offences, and victim anonymity

Partner appointment at Kergan Stewart
Stephen Smith promoted at Glasgow commercial firm

National film studio grounded by small landholding rules
Court refuses to allow resumption of site

Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland 2017-18 report published
Figures given on six appointment rounds

Revenue Scotland takings up 11%, annual report reveals
LBTT and landfill taxes bring in £707m in 2017-18

Burges Salmon to become Society's neighbours in office move
Agreement reached to lease part of Atria One building

Opposite sex civil partnerships to be recognised in England, May reveals
Prime Minister makes announcement at Conservative conference