Strathclyde Law School has announced a number of appointments in the areas of human rights, public and administrative law. Katie Boyle has joined from the University of Stirling. She is professor of human rights law and social justice. Her research addresses legalisation of economic and social right
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Do not read on; it is all rubbish. A suggestion, which has had some press coverage recently, is that we may in future be subject to criminal sanctions if our bins contain material of the wrong kind. The “thinking” behind this is to encourage recycling. No sensible person would be opposed
A new guide to pro bono resources in Scotland has been launched by the Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU), the Law Society of Scotland and legal services charity JustRight Scotland. It is now available online, and those involved in the pro bono sector are being encouraged to
Ann Logan of Balfour and Manson has been named Insurance Lawyer of the Year in the Legal 500 Scotland Awards. She was described by Legal 500 as "an exceptional solicitor – she is thorough and careful in her preparation, has vast experience which means her advice is always astute and tactically
The cost of “decarbonising” a Crown Office building by installing heat pumps has risen to £3.5 million. The procurator fiscal’s office in Elgin, Moray, has been closed for nine months to be fitted with the environmentally friendly technology.
British lawyers could be stationed in Rwandan courts as part of a new treaty to support the deportation scheme, which is expected to be signed shortly. The move comes in response to the Supreme Court's ruling last month, which held the deportation plan to be unlawful.
A senior English judge in the family courts has been treated in hospital after he was assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing. The litigant in person, who cannot be named, has pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress and is due to be sente
TLT has advised Greater Manchester-based UK Electronics on its transition to employee ownership (EO). TLT’s Edinburgh-based corporate partner Douglas Roberts led the deal, supported by senior associate Nimarta Cheema. UK Electronics, whose premises are in Royton, Oldham, specialises in the man
President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed of Allermuir, has been awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. It is a little over 45 years since Lord Reed’s previous graduation at Edinburgh when, on 14 July 1978, he received the degree of LLB in the company of four others
A doctoral student studying the concept of unfitness for trial is looking for research participants from the legal profession. Danielle Dyason, a PhD student in clinical psychology at Edinburgh University, is looking at legal and healthcare professionals’ views on the definition, terminology,
Fife firm Innes Johnston LLP has become a wellbeing pioneer after attending the first resilience workshop of its kind to be officially accredited in Scotland.
Businesses operating in the UK energy sector should consider how they can use their gender pay gap (GPG) data as a catalyst for change in their organisation, writes Susannah Donaldson. Analysis by Pinsent Masons has found that many businesses in the sector are already taking positive action to
The tenant of a property on a country estate in the Scottish Borders has lost an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision not to make a determination of rent before the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, after the Tribunal found that it was temporarily not possible for the FTS to make such
