The Scottish woman who became the UK's first female solicitor is being honoured by her alma mater. Madge Easton Anderson was a graduate of Glasgow University who joined the profession in 1920.
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Spiralling rents in Glasgow and Edinburgh’s private rented sector are leading to more homelessness and poverty, according to Govan Law Centre. GLC said that the story beneath the Scottish government’s official statistics is stark, and deeply worrying: casework from the centre's Citywide
Brexit and the twists and turns flowing from two historic court rulings will be put under the spotlight at a special Faculty of Advocates event. Brexit: Lessons from the Courts is a joint presentation by the Faculty and the European Circuit, a voluntary organisation of advocates, barristers and cour
This month brought another interesting development in the ongoing saga of employment status for gig economy workers, writes Meghan Jenkins. Last Wednesday the English High Court rejected a judicial review challenge in the case of R (on the application of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britai
A woman who failed to fully inherit the estate of her deceased husband, based on a will written in accordance with Greek civil law, because Greece automatically applies Sharia law to Greeks of Muslim faith suffered a violation of Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention
The number of tenancy deposit cases now being heard by the Scottish First-tier Tribunal indicate a similar specialist court in England would have to deal with up to 1,200 deposit protection cases each year, according to the chair of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS). Last month the UK Government laun
David Buchanan-Cook, head of strategic insight at the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), writes on stress for lawyers at Christmas-time. Christmas is often an unintended bearer of stress. It’s that time of year when otherwise innocuous factors can collide and accumulate to create a s
Thorntons has welcomed an experienced property manager to its team to cover South and West Fife. Gavin Venters, who has 19 years’ experience in property valuations, has been appointed as Dunfermline property manager.
Blackadders' Simon Allison and Duncan Milne discuss the expectations of millennials in the workplace. What is a “millennial”, and why are they different?
Community councils can be sued for damages for personal injuries, the Court of Session has ruled. A judge held that community councils, which had been created by parliament as distinct bodies with rights and duties to act in the public interest, were “hybrid bodies” which could be sued i
The commercial wing of the St Andrews Links Trust has lost its appeal to register the town’s name as an EU trade mark for services relating to golf. St Andrews Links Ltd – which runs seven famous courses (including the Old Course) and is one of the town’s biggest employers –
Scots lawyers have helped provide "essential front-line legal advice" at a camp in Greece that is in urgent need of help as it deals with a mounting influx of refugees.
Harper Macleod has announced it is extending its support for Scottish EDGE, the funding competition for entrepreneurs which will hold its latest final this week, for another year. Harper Macleod has also become the first organisation outwith past EDGE winners to sign the EDGE Pledge – a commit
Dentons has advised Glasgow-based premium spirits company Edrington on the sale of its Cutty Sark whisky brand to French spirits group La Martiniquaise-Bardinet. The completion of the transfer to La Martiniquaise-Bardinet is expected within a month. As part of the deal, Edrington will continue to pr
A Labour MP has called for juries in rape trials to be abolished because of "shockingly low" conviction rates. Ann Coffey, MP for Stockport, said juries are reluctant to find young men guilty even where they think they have committed rape.
