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The Scottish Human Rights Commission has recommended 14 key steps the Scottish government should take to ensure that human rights are embedded into how the upcoming Covid-19 public inquiry is set up and carried out. In a submission to the Scottish government’s call for views, it recommended:

With speakers drawn from private practice, the Bar, law accountancy and the medical profession, CLT Scotland’s Personal Injury Conference taking place online on Monday 25 October will provide a thoroughly practical focus Chaired by Lefevres’ Iain Nicol, the conference will consider: the

BDO has been awarded £3.4 million plus interest by Lord Tyre in the Outer House in a case over Rangers FC. It alleged that administrators Paul Clark and David Whitehouse were guilty of breaches of duties owed by them to the company. The firm consequently suffered loss, injury and damage,

Two US law firms have made their way into the top tier of the UK earnings table, prompting domestic City firms to adopt performance-related pay models for equity partners, The Times reports. Revenue at US firms in London is growing seven times faster than at their magic circle rivals, a report seen

A whisky distiller has failed in its legal bid to stop a hotel developer from using the name of a Highland village in its branding. Tomatin Distillery – producer of the Tomatin single malt – opposed The Tomatin Trading Company's use of the village's name. The owners of the distiller argu

Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny.

The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, is to meet bereaved families following delays in loved ones finding out causes of deaths. The 12-week turnaround times for the Crown Office to tell next of kin the causes of death has not been met in recent years.

Aberdein Considine has advised a Perthshire based manufacturing firm on a funding deal. Dry Ice Scotland is investing over £4 million in the development of a new production site near Dumfries. Just over £3m has been provided by Nash Business Capital, with the balance provided by a combin

A police officer in Hollywood has been sacked after accidentally broadcasting the sound of him having sex while on duty at Universal Studios. Colleagues frantically tried to contact the officer, who has not been named, after the steamy encounter was picked up on a hot mic.

International law firms are increasingly launching wellness programmes and hiring burnout advisers in a bid to retain staff, according to reports. Ashurst and Baker McKenzie – which have a presence in Dublin and Belfast respectively – are among firms who have introduced schemes aimed at

Solicitor advocate Andrew Stevenson, secretary of the Scottish Law Agents’ Society, points out the irony in the bizarre remarks of the Scottish Greens yesterday that this week's Supreme Court judgment marked a "dark day for democracy". Their claims call into question the independence of the Br

People in the Indian state of Rajasthan are using snakes as murder weapons. The trend emerged in 2019 when the lawyer for a defendant in a trial asked the court: “Is it possible for a murder accused to have been nowhere near the crime scene and for no murder weapon to have been found and yet s

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Investment deals totalling more than £3.5m in two Scottish space technology enterprises show the significant support that employee-owned (EO) companies can unlock, experts say. Capital for Colleagues (C4C), a specialist provider of advice and financing for firms owned by their staff, recently

A new fund worth at least £30 million over the next three years is being launched to better help victims of crime as the Scottish government remains silent over its inadequate funding of the legal aid system. The fund forms a central plank of the Scottish government’s commitment to "putt