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• Blog: Equal parental rights are an illusion
  Reality needs to catch up with law when it comes to parental rights, says Amanda Masson. Despite the relevant legislation underlining that parents in Scotland have equal parental rights and responsibilities, in practice this is simply not the case. From a
• Cat Maclean launches banking claims networking group
  A Scots lawyer is looking to bring professionals together in a network to bring legal claims against financial institutions, The Herald reports. MBM Commercial’s Cat Maclean has launched the Financial Claims Networking Group to “raise awareness of the changing
• Scotland’s first community custody units to be built in Glasgow and Dundee
  Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced that Scotland’s first two community custody units, managing lower-risk female prisoners closer to local services and support, will be located in Maryhill, Glasgow and at a site still to be confirmed in Dundee.
• Founder of student-led legal aid centre talks beginnings
  The founder of Scotland’s first legal aid centre, the Aberdeen Law Project, has talked about its beginnings in a new video. Ryan Whelan, now an associate at Gibson Dunn in Dubai, talks about how he established ALP – founded at the University of Aberdeen in
• Advocate General Sharpston qualifies dismissal of pregnant workers
  A collective redundancy does not always qualify as an “exceptional case” permitting the dismissal of a pregnant worker, according to Advocate General Sharpston. In the context of a collective redundancy, the dismissal of pregnant workers may only occur in
• Stronachs LLP to relocate its offices in Aberdeen as it prepares for growth
  Stronachs LLP is moving its Aberdeen headquarters to larger office facilities to bring all its services under one roof. The full-service law practice is due to move its Aberdeen based employees from its current location at 34 Albyn Place to 28 Albyn Place next month.
• FCA to face torrent of data protection requests over alleged RBS misconduct report
  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is facing a torrent of data protection requests demanding it release a report into Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG). The regulator has rejected calls by the Treasury Select Committee to
• Germany: Three fined under ‘Good Samaritan’ law after they ignored collapsed pensioner
  Three people have been fined in the German city of Essen for failing to come to the aid of a pensioner who collapsed in the lobby of a bank. Four bank customers were prosecuted for doing nothing to assist the 83-year-old man who suddenly collapsed and hit his head,