The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully negotiated a four-figure settlement in mediation in connection with a long-running property dispute. Prior to engaging ALP, the client had been unable to recover compensation for damage caused to their property by neighbours. Following mediation,
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A colony of beavers jumped the gun on a seven-year-long dispute by constructing a series of dams exactly where local authorities wanted to build them. Environmentalists had called for years for the construction of new dams in Czechia's Brdy mountains to reverse damage caused by the communist-era Cze
Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland have begun a month-long boycott of legally aided Crown Court cases in an escalation of their campaign for fee increases. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) announced the boycott last month following disappointment over the Department of Justice's response
A 64-year-old man who was imprisoned for life after he murdered his long-term partner in front of their teenage daughter has had the punishment part of his sentence reduced after an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary. Colin Kennedy was convicted of the murder of Catherine Stewart on 7 August 202
A former local authority employee who was dismissed after taking a long period of absence following complaints he made about health and safety practices at his workplace has lost an Employment Appeal Tribunal challenge to the dismissal of his application due to time bar. Paul Douglas was employed as
Pop singer Katy Perry has won a 15-year-long trade mark dispute with a fashion designer called Katie Perry. The American pop star – whose real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson – launched the legal action in 2009 after Australian woman Katie Jane Taylor, née Perry, registered "Kat
An academic has taken the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, to task over a "carelessly drafted" opinion. In an article on long punishment parts in the Scots Law Times, Dr Graeme Brown, senior lecturer in law at Aberdeen University, wrote that Lady Dorrian's opinion in Packer (Iain) v HMA was "poorly
A Russian court has slapped Google with a fine of around $20 decillion – thousands of times more than the entire world's GDP. The preposterous penalty arises from a years-long court case brought by Russian TV channels which have been banned from YouTube since 2020, partly as a result of US san
An airport has capped goodbye hugs at a maximum of three minutes long. New signage at the drop-off section outside Dunedin Airport in New Zealand coldly states: "Max hug time 3 minutes. For fonder farewells please use the car park."
Emergency legislation will be introduced to Parliament to contribute to the "sustainable long-term management" of Scotland’s prison population, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has told MSPs. The bill, to be introduced in November, will propose a change to the release point for short-term pr
Mauritius is to assume sovereignty over the Chagos Islands following a historic deal which brings a decades-long dispute with the UK to an end. The UK, which currently administers the islands as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), expelled the local Chagossian population in the 1960s and 1970
A man has been jailed for six months for his leading role in a decade-long effort to create "giant sheep hybrids" using illegal cloning techniques. Arthur “Jack” Schubarth, 81, admitted smuggling parts of the largest sheep in the world – Marco Polo argali sheep (Ovis ammon polii) &
A commercial judge has directed that an administration process for a company registered in Luxembourg but with its principal asset comprising a long lease of commercial premises in Scotland should be regarded as ancillary to a primary insolvency process already underway in Luxembourg. Stuart Preston
As part of Major Trauma Awareness Week, Brenda Mitchell highlights the role of personal injury lawyers. Major trauma is defined as a serious injury that has the potential to cause long-term disability or death. Every year, thousands across the UK suffer major injuries in road traffic accidents (RTAs
