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A British human rights activist who escaped a forced marriage, set up a dedicated charity to help victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage, and helped change the law to make forced marriage a crime was last night named winner of a an award created in honour of the Scots Bard. Campaigner Jas

Dr Karen Baston looks at a particularly acrimonious legal dispute from the eighteenth century over the use of a garden. In February 1760, advocate Walter Steuart presented a petition to the Court of Session on behalf of his client, John Grieve, a taylor in Potter-row. [1] The petition was part of a

A man who was fined for uploading footage to the internet of his dog performing a Nazi salute has failed in a bid to appeal to the Supreme Court. Mark Meechan, 31, was prosecuted following the publication of a video entitled "M8 Yer dug's a Naazi" which featured the dog raising its paw in respo

Burness Paull has won a brief to support the independent body that protects customers of financial firms that have failed. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has appointed eight law firms to form its second legal panel following a rigorous six-month procurement exercise.

TLT has helped to support the growth of three major pub companies and brewers in Aberdeen, by securing the first extensions to core licensing hours under a new policy from the city's licensing board. The firm represented Brewdog, Signature Pubs and Spirit Pub Company at the board hearing on 15 Janua

A leading Scottish insolvency expert has expressed her “great concern” after latest figures showed the number of Scottish firms that failed last year rose 21.2 per cent - to their highest level since 2012. The latest Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures show that 945 Scottish firms fai

The European Commission has fined Mastercard €570 million for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered by banks established elsewhere in the Single Market, in breach of EU antitrust rules. Mastercard is the second largest card scheme in the European

David Lorimer analyses some technical aspects surrounding the introduction of independent legal representation for rape complainers.  On the 28 November 2018, The Faculty of Advocates hosted a debate on independent legal representation (ILR) for complainers in rape trials. This was informe

Brandon L Garrett, L Neil Williams, Jr professor of law at the Duke University School of Law, will give a seminar on “Forensic Science and Wrongful Convictions” at the University of Glasgow School of Law on next Tuesday. He will speak about new work he is carrying out on forensic science

Final year Dundee University law students Asa Jordan, Evana Ferguson, Daniel Breerton and David Durie have been selected to represent Team Scotland in this year’s Telders International Law Moot Court Competition. The competition, which runs from 23 – 25 May 2019, sees teams from European

Brenda Mitchell analyses a recent case in which the sheriff found in favour of an injured motorcyclist. I have represented injured motorcyclists for over 30 years as a specialist personal injury lawyer. I ride a motorcycle, am an advanced rider and a member of IAM RoadSmart. What saddens me is motor

Marks & Clerk has been named the top filer of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications in the EU, according to figures released by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine. PCT applications are one of the primary means by which innovators can secure intellectual property protection for novel

Former Lord Advocate Elish Angiolini QC has ruled herself out of an investigation into whether First Minister Nicola Sturgeon broke the ministerial code by meeting with Alex Salmond last year. Ms Angiolini said she could not take the role on as she is already working on another for the Scottish gove

One of Scotland’s top renewables lawyers has joined Burness Paull LLP as a director in the firm’s property team. With over 20 years’ experience advising developers, landowners, funders and investors in the clean energy market, Nicky Pascoe is acknowledged as an expert in her field.