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As the youngest of seven children and growing up in Aberdeenshire, home life was a bit disorganised and my schooling suffered, but I had been interested in law from an early age and had tailored my subjects to what I thought would be needed to study law at university. Money was tight and I worked in
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A judicial review petition by a vehicle repair business challenging the lawfulness of the imposition of a Low Emissions Zone in Glasgow City Centre has been refused by a judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session. John Paton & Sons Ltd argued that . Glasgow City Council’s position wa
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Thorntons is hosting a free webinar about the UK’s right to work regulations amid soaring penalties for businesses that breach the rules. The civil penalty for employers, which was last increased in 2014, will be raised to up to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach from £1
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As global temperatures rise and the effects of climate change become more pronounced, countries around the world are witnessing a surge in climate-related litigation. Scottish Legal News delves into this growing trend, exploring key cases and shifts in global attitudes. The journey of international
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Contracted workers in Amazon warehouses in Saudi Arabia were deceived by recruitment agents and labour supply companies, cheated of their earnings, housed in appalling conditions and prevented from finding alternative employment or leaving the country, Amnesty International said today.
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Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions in an environmental justice case over the proposed industrialisation of St Fittick’s Park in Torry, Aberdeen. A petition for judicial review of a decision of Aberdeen City Council to lease and develop the park for industrial purposes was lodged
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The UK has been fined €32m (£28m) by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over its use of yacht fuels used in the final days of EU membership. The court stated that the UK government had failed to prohibit the use of “marked fuel”, known in the UK as red diesel, &
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As the pandemic’s aftershocks reverberate through the financial ecosystem, insolvency law specialists are bracing for an overwhelming influx of fraud-based legal cases, writes Alan Munro. The pandemic required the government to provide fast and extensive support to keep businesses and ind
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The Supreme Court has determined that a legal claim brought by the Republic of Mozambique arising from supply contracts entered into by three state-owned corporate vehicles for the development of the country’s exclusive economic zone was not capable of falling within the scope of an arbitratio
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Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is being sued by his own lawyers over an alleged unpaid legal bill of $1.36 million (around €1.3m or £1.1m). The disputed bill relates to services provided since 2019, including early representation in some of the notorious election rigging cases, NBC New
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A lord ordinary has refused a petition for judicial review by a pharmacy business seeking to reduce a rejected appeal against a decision of Ayrshire and Arran Health Board to allow a new pharmacist to operate in the village of Monkton. Burns Pharmacy Ltd, which serviced Monkton from a location in Pr
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It is World Mental Health Day on 10 October: an opportunity to raise awareness and campaign for change. This year we want to highlight the responsibilities of employers to create mentally healthy workplaces., writes LawCare's Elizabeth Rimmer. The traditional view of health and safety in the wo
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Laura Morrison discusses the rise of workcations. Given the predictably unpredictable Scottish climate, it was no surprise to read the results of a YouGov poll published earlier this year. It showed that 37 per cent of UK adults who can work remotely are interested in doing their job from a holiday
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A man who attempted to cross the Atlantic in a bizarre homemade vessel while a hurricane was approaching and then threatened to bomb the coastguard has been arrested.
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At the High Court in Livingston, Lord Mulholland sentenced Connor Gibson to life in prison, with a minimum period of 22 years in custody, for the sexual assault and murder of his sister Amber Niven. Stephen Corrigan received a prison sentence of nine years for sexual assault and attempting to defeat
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