Seismic shift in employment rights ‘frightening for business’:
Government plan to ‘make work pay’ will also impose new compliance burdens on employers It has been billed as one of the most consequential periods of regulatory change in decades...
WJM expands in Aberdeen with transfer of Burness Paull’s private client team
Scottish law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has expanded with a new office in Aberdeen – with a transfer of staff agreement from Burness Paull.WJM – which has...
Shaping up for an ‘electrifying’ transition
The talk in the renewable energy sector is now of electrification rather than decarbonisationIn the climactic scene of the movie Grease, John Travolta memorably serenades Olivia Newton-John by declaring that...
Scots law change puts digital assets in line with hard cash
Whether detecting fraud faster or providing highly personalised banking for customers, the pace of change AI is bringing to the financial services sector is unprecedented.The opportunities are significant, but the...
20 Rising Legal Stars for 2026
Scotland’s law firms punch well above their weight on the international stage. Our legal brains are among the finest in the world. Scottish firms know how to nurture and support...
Future scan: What will Scotland’s legal industry look like in 2040?
There is no doubt that AI is going to transform law in the coming years. But in what way exactly? Leading figures in the legal world give their predictionsEric Schmidt,...