Rights and equalities groups have condemned Police Scotland’s announcement that it will continue work to introduce live facial recognition technology, warning of “racial injustice, creeping surveillance and democratic erosion”. Fourteen rights and racial justice organisations
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A leading City law firm has frozen salaries for newly qualified solicitors in order to fund larger bonuses for high-performers of all levels, including newly qualified lawyers and business services. Addleshaw Goddard, ranked 15th in the UK by earnings, has redirected £1 million earmarked for j
A Scottish government bill should be amended to end collective worship in schools, the National Secular Society has told a Holyrood committee. The Children (Withdrawal from Religious Education and Amendment of UNCRC Compatibility Duty) (Scotland) Bill would make it more difficult for paren
Heroin users in Edinburgh could soon have access to a legal “fix room” under plans for the capital’s first safer drug consumption facility. Sites in the Cowgate and Spittal Street, at the foot of Edinburgh Castle, are the frontrunners to host the service, where up to nine people at
Jim Bauld, a partner at TC Young, is to retire at the end of this month. An expert in housing law, he has represented clients in some of the most significant and precedent-setting cases in the field. His knowledge of eviction law, tenancy succession, property access, repairs, and antisocial behaviou
Hamiltons Law Accountants has welcomed two new trainee law accountants – Jack Watson and Amy Watson. Both new starts will follow the firm's structured training and development programme, working towards their formal SOLAS qualification.
An unusual bequest is about to be fulfilled 85 years after it was made, following a decision by East Lothian Council to fund six new homes for rent, providing an annual income for Haddington Common Good Fund. The new homes, which are designed for an ageing population, are part of the redevelopment o
A contractor has been awarded just over £558,000 in damages after a lord ordinary determined that he was wrongfully interdicted by a housebuilding company which was prosecuted for health and safety offences after interdicting the pursuer from repeating allegations about the presence of asbesto
Ryanair has announced a new partnership agreement with the owner of Booking.com following US litigation between the two companies. All customers booking with Booking Holdings brands, which include Booking.com, KAYAK, Priceline and Agoda, will now have access to Ryanair flights with full price transp
A rail passenger in France has been slapped with a €110 fine for travelling with a cat who allegedly miaowed too much. Parisian couple Camille and Pierre have complained to French rail company SNCF over the treatment of her white cat Monet, BFMTV reports.
Police Scotland has been accused of sexism, misogyny and violence against women at both institutional and individual levels, according to a review obtained under freedom of information laws. The findings come from a “deep dive” analysis by the Independent Review Group, which had already
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has exposed serious failings in the way complaints are handled in Scotland’s prisons. In a new report it finds that the current system is failing to meet human rights standards, leaving people in prison unable to challenge mistreatment, poor conditions or h
The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow hosted His Excellency, Mr Ulan Djusupov, the ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UK, during his official visit to Scotland on Monday. The meeting, held in the historic Faculty Hall, brought together leading figures from Scotland's legal and internatio
The Lord President, Lord Pentland, has written to a Holyrood committee to explain his role in the appointing of judicial chairs to public inquiries. There is currently an investigation into the cost-effectiveness of public inquiries.
