Donna Reynolds looks at how employers should handle workplace romances. With Valentine’s Day just behind us love is in the air and as the old adage goes, love knows no bounds; cupid’s arrow can – and does – strike in the workplace.
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Aberdeen law graduate Hanifi Bariş, who has been in a Turkish jail since last summer, faces an extended sentence. On 4th July 2018 he was arrested in Istanbul and charged with “posting items of criminal content” on his Facebook and Twitter accounts.
A survey of public bodies in Scotland has revealed that most board members would be reluctant to complain about their colleagues, though reported bullying and other kinds of 'disrespectful conduct' are in the minority. The problem of ‘disrespectful conduct’ is more widespread in loc
David McEwing has joined Addleshaw Goddard as a partner in the firm's Aberdeen energy team. Mr McEwing, who joins the firm from Pinsent Masons, has more than 25 years’ experience in the energy sector, advising oil and gas companies and oilfield services businesses, as well as leading comp
The UK property market has peaked, and average prices are falling according to a property management firm. Apropos by DJ Alexander Ltd has analysed official data and found that average prices in all parts of the UK (with the exception of Wales which continues to increase in average price) peaked bet
A charity is calling on the UK government to make it easier for Muslim women to divorce their husbands, The Times reports. The Muslim Women’s Network (MWN) said sharia councils could be made redundant with a simple amendment to an existing law that lets Jewish women demand instant divorce.
Jonathan Tait comments on a controversial EU directive aimed at protecting copyright holders. The monetisation of IP throughout internet usage has increased exponentially in recent times and introduction of the new snappily titled European Union Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market is
Students from Strathclyde University will practice their advocacy skills in front of a justice at the UK Supreme Court this year. Students will undertake a moot before Lord Reed on 3 April in a bout designed to give them the chance to practice their advocacy skills by delivering a structured le
An elderly Iranian couple have been granted leave to remain in the UK 40 years after they emigrated from Iran, albeit at a cost of £20,000 – which their lawyer has described as “ten years of indentured servitude to the Home Office”. Edinburgh winger Damien Hoyland, 25, had ca
Jonathan Tait explains how firms can safeguard their reputations in the age of social media and fake news. The American business magnate and philanthropist Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.”
The Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL) which has more than 800 members throughout the UK is launching a Scotland Seminar Programme for 2019 with the aim of growing the Scottish membership. Professional regulation has been increasing throughout Scotland and the UK over the
Lawyers have paid tribute to the "candour and courage" of people who gave evidence of abuse they suffered in residential childcare, The Herald reports. The comments came as the current phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry drew to a close.
Karyn McCluskey calls for an evidence-led approach towards cutting crime as an alternative to simply building more prisons. I’ve been engaging with lots of great modern studies students and teachers in Scotland. A few students tweeted about their essays on what we should do about the high
The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “HMRC Representations, Guidance & Legitimate Expectations” on Thursday 28th February 2019 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Derek Francis,
The Scotsman has published a full obituary of David Sellar, former Lord Lyon King of Arms who passed away on 26 January at the age of 78. "David Sellar was the gently urbane academic and author who as Lord Lyon became Scotland’s greatest officer of state. Clad in tabard of office, he cut a maj
