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Military action taken without UN Security Council authorisation or an armed attack on Iran risks undermining the international legal order and widening conflict across the Gulf, lawyers warn in an open letter. The International Bar Association (IBA) and the IBA’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI
Lawyers from Dentons’ Edinburgh and Glasgow offices took part in the 2026 LandAid SleepOut in Edinburgh on 5 March, spending a night outdoors to raise funds to help tackle youth homelessness. Dentons disputes partner Philip Knight joined his colleagues Liam McCabe, Lauren Fowler, Fraser Crombi
Antoine de Vallombrosa, Marquis de Morès, was the first late modern politician in the West to emerge politically as a populist, an antisemite, and what might now be called a fascist militiaman. That unattractive curriculum vitae reflects the rise politically of Morès by incendiary rhet
A petition calling for a ban on Scotland's controversial "guga hunt" is to remain open into the next parliamentary session, MSPs have decided. The Scottish Parliament's Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee yesterday agreed to keep open the petition, which has been signed over 100,000
Scottish academics have contributed to a new collection celebrating women in legal history, launched at Queens’ College, Cambridge. Published by Bloomsbury, Celebrating Women in Legal History: Making and Shaping a Discipline champions the work of women in legal history and their contributions
A dispute between the University of St Andrews and its rector, Stella Maris, has been brought to a conclusion by Lord Keen of Elie KC. Ms Maris will resume her position on the University Court of the University of St Andrews after agreeing to provide an undertaking that she is "bound by collective r
A teenager who was injured in a crowd crush at Glasgow's TRNSMT Festival has settled a legal action for a four-figure sum. Jessica Gatherer, now 19, sought assistance from Digby Brown Solicitors to bring an action against ESM Operations, G4S and DF Concerts.
The UK's consumer protection watchdog has said it is urgently looking into concerns about heating oil price rises linked to the US-Israeli war on Iran. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it has "heard a number of concerning reports from consumers who rely on heating oil about their exp
Susie Lind, partner in the Edinburgh office of international law firm CMS, has been appointed as chair of Scottish Renewables. Ms Lind – who joined the law firm last November – succeeds Adam Morrison, the UK country manager for Ocean Winds, who served in the role from 2021.
A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is to take place into the death of a 72-year-old prisoner in HMP Inverness in 2024. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for an FAI into the death of John Calderwood Gallagher.
A judge has ruled against a couple who tried to reclaim a small area of land by planting a garden gnome on it. The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) ruled last week on a years-long dispute between neighbours in Surrey.
Lawyers representing families who lost loved ones to the pandemic have criticised the "glacial pace" of the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry after its last set of hearings were postponed to 2027. At a preliminary hearing yesterday, inquiry chairman Lord Brailsford said it "will not be possible" for the inq
NewLaw Scotland LLP has become part of Jones Whyte, bringing around 3,000 clients and more than 30 solicitors, paralegals and support staff. Paula McMillan and Laura McGee join Jones Whyte as partners as part of the deal, which will enhance the firm's practice in the areas of clinical negligence, pe
Antisocial air passengers who play music from their smartphones out loud now face being banned from a world-leading airline. United Airlines, by some rankings the world's biggest airline, has revised its contract of carriage to require passengers to use headphones when listening to a device, CBS New
