The Scottish Law Commission’s Report on Moveable Transactions proposed reform for assignation of receivables, rents and other claims; and for a new form of fixed security interest over corporeal moveables, intellectual property, shares and other financial instruments. Since its publication in
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Rebecca Ablett serves up a two-course dish of intellectual property delights from Luxembourg. The IP world has been cooking up quite a storm this summer with two particularly interesting cases featuring on last month’s menu for the Court of Justice of the European Union (the “CJEU”
Prisoners who smoke are to be offered vaping kits for free ahead of a ban on tobacco in jails this autumn. The proposal is part of a plan to help inmates give up smoking and will cost about £200,000.
The new head of Police Scotland has acknowledged that mistakes were made in the creation of the single force five years ago. Iain Livingstone, who took up the post of Chief Constable on Monday, said the force "had not always engaged with communities sufficiently".
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has been given additional in-year budget of £3.6 million to fund the recruitment of up to 140 permanent staff, including 60 lawyers. The funding boost has been agreed by the Scottish government in response to an “unprecedented&r
A partner in Balfour+Manson has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to personal injury law – joining a colleague as one of only three lawyers to receive the accolade. Iain Nicol has been accredited as only the third fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) in Scot
The Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, has spoken to The Herald about his family's past in Nazi Germany. On a visit to the Garnethill Synagogue in Glasgow, Mr Wolffe reflected on the lives of his father and grandparents.
The Scottish government's newly published national action plan on parental involvement, parental engagement, family learning and learning at home 2018-2021 includes various commitments to improve engagement of fathers. The action plan was launched by Deputy First Minister John Swinney who said that
A criminal lawyer has been convicted of a drink-driving offence for the third time, the Daily Record reports. Martha Rafferty, 58, who was accused of failing to provide specimens of breath on two occasions, pleaded guilty at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.
The venerable Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland and its premises in Parliament House are among the jewels in the crown of Scotland’s legal heritage, as SSC secretary Mr Robert Shiels explains. On 1 August 1754 by Act of Sederunt of the Court of Session the
Former First Minister Alex Salmond has launched judicial review proceedings in the Court of Session against the Scottish government over its handling of sexual misconduct claims made against him. Mr Salmond disclosed yesterday that he had begun court proceedings against Leslie Evans, permanent secre
The Glasgow Solicitors Property Centre (GSPC) has gone into liquidation, leading to the loss of nine jobs. Administrators KPMG attributed its failure to the "tightening" of the market in Glasgow and the loss of key clients in recent years.
Chris Gardiner looks at electronic wills after a French court in the city of Metz ruled that a text message could not be regarded as a valid will. The text message stated that the deceased individual wanted a share of his estate to go to his mother instead of his wife, who he was separated from
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he could back the partial devolution of asylum powers to the Scottish Parliament, The Guardian reports. However, Mr Corbyn and his Scottish counterpart Richard Leonard ruled out the full devolution of asylum and immigration, as backed by the SNP.
Recently, the Court of Appeal ruled that Dr Bawa-Garba should be reinstated to the medical register following the widely publicised case involving her care of six-year-old Jack Adcock in 2011, which led to his tragic death. The case has sparked international debate in relation to support available f
