Legal Review 2024: Food for thought for hospitality industry under pressure
In many respects Scotland’s hospitality industry defines us a nation. We cannot escape from the fact that visitors and our own citizens enjoy what we do best. A warm welcome,...
Legal Review 2024: Did the Budget give a green light to clean energy action?
With the dust settling on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget, which she claimed would help deliver the government’s mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower, the energy sector has welcomed...
Legal Review 2024: Devils, advocates and the ongoing fight to defend the rule of law
Asked about the issues currently exercising the minds of the legal profession, Roddy Dunlop, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, does not have to think long. “The unprecedented weight of...
Ellis joins Lawson at helm of Burness Paull
New managing partner to ‘build on success’ and engage with AI future Law firm Burness Paull has appointed Mark Ellis as its managing partner, working alongside Peter Lawson who will...
Hydrogen – a new asset class in renewable energy
One of the technologies projected to play a role in the race to net zero for the UK is hydrogen. Hydrogen presents the opportunity to be a cleaner fuel alternative...
The importance of philanthropy in the charity sector
Generosity and philanthropy are well-established and important parts of British society. However, real financial challenges exist for the charity sector as local and national governments, along with other funders, respond...
‘I’m filled with hope my daughter will never encounter a glass ceiling’
As a ‘Woman in Power’ – Partner, Solicitor Advocate and Head of Dispute Resolution at DWF in Scotland, a mother to two young children (aged two, and four months) and...
The law of the land
Visitors to the Royal Highland Show at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh on June 20- 23 will have no shortage of rural issues to chew over. The 240th anniversary...
The emerging role of vertical farming in food security
Vertical farming is the term used to describe various modern technologies cultivating crops in vertical layers, usually in a controlled internal environment. Most of these systems do not require the...
The building blocks for safeguarding a family business
Scotland has almost 300,000 family businesses, representing a staggering 83.9 per cent of private enterprises, so it is understandable that they are seen as the bedrock of the country’s growth....