Mike Dailly offers the view that the insolvency industry in Scotland often preys on the misery of the vulnerable. Not every business does badly in a recession. Some do very well indeed. The following case is fairly typical. It illustrates something worryingly wrong and unfair at the heart of the ins
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A teacher who used the C-word and F-word in class and who called one child a w****r and another “Shrek” has been struck off – but former pupils described him as a “legend”. Michael Rankin, 54, who previously worked in the Australian prison service and as a taxi driver, said the decision to
Investment in Scottish commercial property rose by 81 per cent last year after the "No" vote in September’s independence referendum dispelled uncertainty in the sector, according to industry information specialist CoStar. The firm’s data revealed that last year’s hike in commercial real estate
Michael Sheridan discusses the use of the Bible as a source of law in our system. The horrific and random consequences of the tragic bin lorry accident in Glasgow might challenge the existence of a loving and just Deity. Further, the massacre in Paris carried out in the name of religion might inclin
A Northern Irish employment tribunal has found in favour of an obese man who claimed he was harassed because of his disability. A former employee of Randox Laboratories, a health care diagnostics firm, argued he had been discriminated against as a result of being fat.
David Morgan (pictured) discusses the ECJ’s interpretation of “establishment” in respect of collective redundancy in a case involving defunct retailer Woolworths. The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered his opinion in the hotly anticipated and widely re
A new Dundee investment house with £350 million of funds under management has been spun out of northeast law firm Thorntons. Thorntons Investment Management Limited(TIML) has taken over responsibility for funds previously administered by the law firm, but has been launched as a new limited company
A couple in New Zealand filmed having sex in an office will not be able to sue for breach of privacy. The pair were told by employment lawyers that they may lose their jobs over the incident with the country’s privacy commissioner John Edwards tellingRadio New Zealand that there is no strong legal
Scientists working for the Scottish Police Authority(SPA) Forensic Services can now identify DNA in smaller and lower quality samples than before following substantial investment in forensic technology. Established within the Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh, scientists working at the Scottish Poli
Alison Saunders In a major change to the investigation of sex offences, men accused of date rape will need to convince the police that the woman gave her consent to sex.
A range of proposals intended to “revitalise” tenant farming in Scotland have been unveiled by rural affairs minister Richard Lochhead (pictured). Measures including the creation of a tenant farming commissioner, opportunities for apprentices and new types of tenancy are among 49 recommendations
A lawyer representing victims of two north east offshore helicopter crashes has reacted to a report published today by the Civil Aviation Authority(CAA). Digby Brown Solicitors partner Lisa Gregory(pictured) represents survivors of Super Puma crashes off Aberdeen in 2012 and off Sumburgh in the Shet
The justice secretary Michael Matheson (pictured) has announced that current plans for a female prison in Inverclyde will not go ahead. During a visit to the "218 centre" in Glasgow, he stated that the current plans do not fit with his vision of how to address female offending and that Scotland need
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The first minister Nicola Sturgeon (pictured) has confirmed that agreement has been reached with the UK government on the terms of the transfer of powers to allow the Scottish parliament to give 16 and 17 year olds the right to vote in Scottish parliament elections. Once the order has been passed, t
