David Anderson explains the new legislation and compares it with other similar provisions.

Andrew Hajducki QC’s recent article in the Scots Law Times examines the 40 awards made following the 2012 landmark decision in Hamilton v Ferguson Transport.

Stable members have received 33 recommendations in the latest Legal 500 rankings published yesterday and Sheila has been shortlisted in the category of Senior clerk/chief executive of the year: Clerking/Practice Management (UK-wide).

The conference will take place at the Mackenzie Building. Registration is from 9.30am with the event starting at 10am.

After two years of seeing life from the frontlines again, Mary Sharpe has decided to go non-practising to focus on developing her new charity the Reward Foundation.

The group is co-ordinated by Sir Crispin Agnew QC and aims to provide tailored training for legal firms and other professionals.

David Hay successfully represented two paramedics who, on occasion, were required to provide on-call overnight cover at remote ambulance stations. The case concerned whether the time spent on-call was working time or rest time.

This is the leading professional membership organisation representing the interests of alternative dispute practitioners worldwide with a membership (including associate members) of 13,000 in more than 120 countries.

Three generations of victim’s family awarded damages in the case Gallagher and Others v SC Cheadle Hulme Ltd and Others [2014] CSOH 103.

David joins Westwater Advocates today when he calls to the bar after a successful career as a solicitor with East Lothian Council.