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NatureScot has refused permission for Scotland's annual guga hunt to go ahead this year, marking the first time in the tradition's more than 500-year history that it has been halted on conservation grounds. The hunt sees ten men from Ness on the Isle of Lewis travel to the remote island of Sula Sgei
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Anderson Strathern has appointed trusts and private wealth disputes specialist Sarah-Jane Macdonald as a partner within its dispute resolution team. Ms Macdonald joins the firm as it expands its contentious trusts and estates practice in response to increasing demand for advice in Scotland, driven b
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BTO has appointed Alan Gilfillan, an experienced corporate lawyer and accredited charity law specialist, as a partner in its corporate team. Mr Gilfillan brings more than 15 years’ experience in corporate and charity law and is one of only seven lawyers in Scotland accredited by the Law Societ
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Thorntons is boosting its senior specialist credentials with the appointment of Fiona Piper and Stephen Connolly as partners in its Glasgow office. Ms Piper brings more than 30 years of advising businesses on corporate and commercial work. Qualified in Scotland and England, she acts on behalf of fou
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Pinsent Masons has elected John Maciver as senior partner. Mr Maciver is a finance partner and is head of the firm’s financial services sector, which under his leadership has grown by over 20 per cent in the last two financial years.
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Mitchells Roberton has strengthened its private client offering with the appointment of Derek Hanlan as tax director. A law graduate of the University of Glasgow and member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT), Mr Hanlan also serves on its Scottish Technical Sub-Committee, contributing to t
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Professor Stephen Tierney KC (Hon) FRSE, professor of constitutional theory at Edinburgh Law School, has been elected a fellow of the British Academy. Founded in 1902, the British Academy is the UK's national academy for the humanities and social sciences. It is a fellowship of over 1,800 worl
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Professor Justin Borg-Barthet of the University of Aberdeen has been reappointed to the European Commission's Expert Group Against SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), recognising his continued leadership in efforts to protect freedom of expression and strengthen democratic parti
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Kirsten Oswald, minister for victims and community safety, visited the University of Strathclyde Mediation Clinic to learn how mediation is helping people and businesses resolve disputes without the time and expense of court proceedings.
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An Aberdeen climate law expert has taken part in key United Nations negotiations that will help shape discussions at this year’s global climate summit. Dr Mitchell Lennan, co-director of the Centre for Energy Law at the University of Aberdeen, attended the 64th sessions of the United Nations F
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The University of Aberdeen conferred one of its highest academic honours yesterday, when Dr Graeme Brown was awarded the degree of doctor of laws (LLD) by research – a distinction granted only in exceptional circumstances and rarely awarded in the modern era. While the LLD is widely known as a
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In the latest episode of the University of Aberdeen’s School of Law Podcast, Neil Weightman speaks with Dr Rossana Ducato and Professor Dinusha Mendis about deepfakes, synthetic media, and the legal challenges created by rapidly developing AI technologies. What are deepfakes, and why are they
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A couple have been left facing legal costs of around £150,000 after losing an appeal in a 14-year dispute with their neighbours over a garden fence, an ornamental squirrel and offensive songs posted on YouTube. Philip and Denise New became embroiled in a long-running row with neighbours Steve
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Japanese police have arrested a 61-year-old musician accused of keeping his elderly neighbours awake for more than seven years by playing loud guitar music day and night. Kyoto resident Kazunori Yokoi allegedly blasted dozens of guitars and his radio at high volume from 2019 onwards – despite
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eBay has agreed to pay almost $50 million to settle claims by a Massachusetts couple who said former employees targeted them with a bizarre harassment campaign involving live cockroaches and spiders, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask. David and Ina Steiner, founders of e-commerce news
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Dog owners in the Swiss town of Chiasso will soon be required to clean up their pets' urine as well as their faeces under what is believed to be the country's first rule of its kind. From mid-August, owners must carry a bottle of water to dilute urine left in public places. First-time offenders will
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In Mother Russia, victim compensates you. Russian lawmakers have said Moscow will seek compensation from European countries over damage caused by the war it started in Ukraine.
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