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The Sheriff Appeal Court has set aside orders made by a sheriff under the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 in respect of a dispute between two divorced parents both seeking residence orders for their three daughters after finding that the sheriff had given inadequate reasoning for his decisions. The she

Solicitor Fiona McPhail writes about the case of Abdelwahab-Kaba Dafaalla v City of Edinburgh Council, which concerned the issue of repeat or subsequent homeless applications where a local authority has already considered an application and acted upon the outcome of that application. In Mr Dafaalla&

A petition by a prisoner with Asperger’s syndrome challenging a decision not to allow him to progress from closed conditions to community release has been determined by a Lord Ordinary to be academic. Neil Robertson challenged a decision made on 8 November 2019 by a risk management team assess

Palestinian authorities are systematically mistreating and torturing Palestinians in detention, including critics and opponents, Human Rights Watch has said in a parallel report submitted jointly to the United Nations Committee Against Torture with the Palestinian rights group Lawyers for Justice. T

Ampersand has welcomed Ayla Iridag, Scott Clair, Sheana Campbell and Louise Cockburn to the stable, following their call to the bar today. Stable director Euan Mackenzie QC, said: "I am delighted to welcome Ayla, Scott, Sheana and Louise to Ampersand. They have all demonstrated exceptional legal abi

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. US has not fully investigated own role in Yemen rights abuses, watchdog finds

Pride marches in Glasgow are well and truly back in all their rainbow splendour. For the LGBTQ+ community, Pride is both a party and a protest. The safe spaces and togetherness that Pride marches bring are unrivalled, giving LGBTQ+ people and their allies an opportunity to be bold and unapologetic.

Brodies LLP has added to its family practice with the appointment of Jacqueline Stroud, who joins the firm as a partner. Ms Stroud, who has more than 30 years' experience in family law, will be based in Brodies' Edinburgh office. Whilst specialising in financial provision work, and in mediation &nda

Tom McEntegart has joined Anderson Strathern as a partner in the firm's Glasgow office. He brings over two decades of experience in advising SMEs and corporates on banking, property, licensing and commercial disputes, and joins from TLT where he was previously its head of Scotland, having overseen A

Pinsent Masons is one of the first law firms to have its global net-zero target verified by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), as it doubles down on efforts to reduce its impact on climate change. The firm’s objective is to reach net-zero by 2040 – five years ahead of the Scott

Straight-A students are being rejected by Edinburgh Law School in favour of less qualified pupils from deprived areas, The Times reports. One candidate who was on track to receive 10 highers, having already obtained six As in fifth year, was rejected for the LLB course because there was no space lef

Macdonald Henderson has appointed Michael Strain as a solicitor in the firm’s dispute resolution team. Mr Strain is an experienced litigator, regularly advising clients on a broad variety of commercial and personal disputes, including debt recovery, contractual disputes, intellectual property

For as long as golf enthusiasts can remember, the PGA Tour has been the home of professional golf, synonymous with the top golfers and tournaments in the sport. This year saw the PGA Tour faced with a new competitor, in the form of Saudi Arabia and the LIV Golf Series. Faced up by Greg Norman, LIV G

A plater who was made redundant from his job in a workshop at the Port of Dundee has lost an unfair dismissal claim based on an error in an employee scoring matrix before the Employment Tribunal. The claimant, Mr G Swinton, aged 61, was made redundant from his position at Texo Group Ltd on 5 January

Identifying and retaining talent whilst progressing diversity agendas will be a major challenge for Scottish legal firms this year, according to a new report. A result of the shortage of talent has seen significant salary uplifts, with even newly qualified candidates being offered significantly high