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A recent study conducted on behalf of the Legal Services Agency seeks to examine the valuation of compensation awards in the two years following the introduction of the Letting Agent Code of Practice. LSA volunteers and Glasgow School of Law graduates Alice Dalkin, Caitlin Perring&nbs

Spaniards who work from home will be given the right to suggest their working hours and to claim teleworking expenses from their employer, under a new bill. The country's Ministry of Labour has introduced the draft legislation for employees who work from home, El País reports.

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Jo Shaw has presented her new book, The People in Question: Citizens and Constitutions in Uncertain Times, at a virtual book launch. Professor Shaw has also produced an essay which updates the book to take into consideration the current crisis – The pandemic an

Benjamin Bestgen gives us the truth about methods of lie detection. See his last jurisprudential primer here. Last month, I sketched out some definition problems we encounter when considering what a lie is. I also noted that humans are bad lie detectors. Research tells us that even supposed experts

The long-awaited Supreme Court judgment in Villiers v Villiers [2020] UKSC 30 has been handed down this morning. SKO's Rachael Kelsey has acted for the successful respondent, Mrs Villiers, since 2014 and gives a short summary of the 74-page decision. What was it about?

In its recent judgment in Gladman v Scottish Ministers, the Court of Session set out its interpretation of how Scottish planning policy applies a tilted balance to planning decision making in Scotland. Terra Firma Chambers’ James Findlay QC and Craig Whelton of Burges Salmon acted for Gladman

Lawyers’ associations from around the world, including the Faculty of Advocates, have issued a 'call for action' in support of the vital role of an independent legal profession in the rule of law. The call for action has been directed at UN member states on the 30th anniversary of the adoption

It is no surprise that one of the prime aims of China’s new national security law aimed at suppressing Hong Kong’s democracy movement published yesterday is the abolition of trial by jury. The elimination of the right to trial by one’s peers is always one of the first targets of au

The Rolling Stones have threatened legal action against Donald Trump after he used their songs at his campaign rallies. The band said it is working with music rights organisation BMI to stop Trump's use of their songs as part of his re-election campaign.

And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.

Irish barrister Fergal Gaynor has been shortlisted as one of four candidates for election as the next prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The search for a successor to Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda, who has held the role since 2012 and will step down next June, began just over a ye

The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that a Lord Ordinary is not required to appoint an oral hearing when considering a request for judicial review of a decision by another Lord Ordinary to refuse a petition for judicial review. Reclaiming motions by April Prior, Gor

The work of James Clerk Maxwell changed the world forever.

Burness Paull has completed a multimillion-pound fundraising round which saw the firm's top equity partners double their capital stakes to £300,000, The Lawyer reports. Partners chose to inject the cash into the business instead of raise bank borrowings. The firm has also reduced its monthly d

A recent decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union may impact on the Supreme Court when they consider the (in)famous Uber employment status case in July 2020, writes David Walker. After being probably the highest profile aspect of employment law in 2017/18, the profile of cases relati