Advocate Michael Upton FCI Arb updates readers on recent cases in communications law. The ‘new’ Electronic Communications Code came into force at the end of 2017 as a schedule to the Communications Act 2003. It governs telecoms masts and other "electronic communications apparatus"; speci
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The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has obtained a four-figure settlement for a client following their landlord’s failure to meet the statutory repairing standard, as well as the wrongful termination of their client’s former tenancy. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client w
Scotland’s prostitution laws breach human rights laws, an academic has warned. Dr Claire Methven O’Brien said that current laws in Scotland allow “tacit permission or encouragement to perpetrate acts of gender-based violence against women”.
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US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his insistence that his country must control Greenland for national security reasons. Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark and the unprecedented development has sparked concern and criticism from America’s NATO all
A sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of a climbing instructor and two climbers in Glencoe has made no recommendations in terms of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 after he found that they died after a slip or fall and there was no precaution tha
The Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF) has announced a new £3.9 million grants programme that will support free legal advice organisations in Scotland. This is the first programme in the UK that redistributes unclaimed class action funds and is based on a grant-making strategy designed to ens
Reduced to its basics, in the style of an exam question, the issue in this small but important book is that A is charged with the death of B by shooting him, but a trial is yet to take place.
Ryanair has welcomed three German court rulings against online travel agent eDreams, which was found to have presented prices in a way which misled consumers. Hamburg Regional Court found that eDreams displayed airline seat and baggage prices without clearly disclosing its own additional fees, and t
James Campbell looks at the history of our venerable Parliament House. He is also keen to hear from readers as part of his research, as detailed below. Edinburgh’s High Street, or the Royal Mile as it increasingly came to be known during the 20th century, is a thoroughfare festooned with sites
The Ministry of Justice has been taken to task over ignoring the decline of legal aid provision and for wasting money In a new report, Westminster's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has scrutinised the landscape for legal aid and HM Prison and Probation Service’s (HMPPS) decision to spend &poun
Simpson & Marwick has announced a series of appointments designed to support the firm’s next phase of growth. Ricky Nicol will move into the role of non-executive chairman, bringing experience in leadership and technology. Meanwhile, Scott Fraser has been appointed as board adviser.
The four bars have have expressed deep concern over UK government plans to restrict jury trials in England and Wales. Since the UK government announced its proposal to restrict the right to a jury trial in response to Sir Brian Leveson’s criminal courts review, the Bar of England and Wales has
The 'not proven' verdict has now been abolished in all new criminal trials. The jury majority required for a conviction has also now changed from a simple majority to at least two-thirds of the 15 jurors. In addition, measures to enable more detailed research into jury deliberations have also been c
After more than four decades of prohibition, Scottish football may be on the cusp of a significant cultural shift, writes Madeleine Thomas. This month, for the first time since 1980, supporters at a top-flight match were able to purchase alcoholic drinks inside a stadium. Aberdeen FC’s success
