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Russian officials have been accused of using "invisible ink" on valuable contracts to facilitate corruption and kickbacks. A councillor in Moscow has uploaded a video to social media which appears to show the key financial details on a housing contract simply disappearing when the paper is held near

The new Dean of the Faculty of Advocates is Roddy Dunlop QC. Mr Dunlop was the sole nomination to succeed Gordon Jackson QC, who stepped down after four years in office.

The majority shareholders of a private limited company have succeeded in an action to establish the terms of a contract between themselves and another shareholder with whom they were in dispute. Ronald Somerville, Charles Shaw, and Nick Felisiak brought the claim against David Mc

Brodies LLP has appointed specialist private client and family lawyers, underlining its commitment to growth in the Highlands and Islands. Lisa Law joins Brodies as director. With more than 12 years' experience, she specialises in wills, power or attorney and guardianship, as well as trusts and exec

A High Court judge has refused to strike out a claim for negligence brought by the widow of a Bangladeshi worker killed on a ship. Mr Justice Jay held that Maran (UK) Ltd arguably owed a duty of care to the shipbreaker, Khalil Mollah. The decision is likely to send shockwaves around the shippin

Police slapped partygoers with fines worth nearly €23,000 in total after an unusually large order from KFC raised suspicions. Ambulance workers who were at the restaurant by coincidence raised the alarm after two people ordered more than 20 meals in the early hours of the morning.

Benjamin Bestgen discusses the death penalty in this week's jurisprudential primer. See his last one here. A few weeks ago an acquaintance (let’s call her Lea) witnessed an incident where teenagers had assaulted elderly people by deliberately coughing and spitting on them and yelling “CO

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a Property Taxes Round-Up on 21 July 2020 from 1pm to 2pm. At this event Carl Bayley, BSc, FCA, will explore: Carl is a past chairman of the Tax Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and

A man who sent an adult posing as a 13-year-old boy a sexual image and arranged to meet him and who was thereafter convicted of sexual offences has had his human rights appeal to the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed. Lord Sales gave the judgment, with which Lord Reed, Lord Hodge, Lord Lloyd-Jones

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published a new briefing on care homes and human rights during the pandemic. The briefing sets out the human rights framework as it applies to the issues that have arisen in care homes, and details the requirements of human rights law to ensure effective inve

Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.

The trial of a former Islamic militant has begun at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and marks the first time someone stands accused of persecution on the grounds of gender at the court. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 42, was transferred to the custody of the court from Mali m

A solicitor who tried to claim legal aid in respect of food and drink purchases has been found guilty of professional misconduct and fined £5,000. Duncan Burd, 58, was, however, not found to have been dishonest by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT).

Sikhs in Scotland have dropped a planned legal case against the Scottish government after being assured they will be recognised as a distinct ethnic group. The Sikh Federation had threatened legal action unless ministers included a separate Sikh box in the ethnicity section of the next census, despi

A construction company has failed in its action against a company it alleged had sold it a defective pile driving hammer, causing it to be unable to fulfil its obligations under another contract. MG Construction Ltd raised the action against AGD Equipment Ltd on the ground that the ha