For the very first time in the UK, a dedicated undergraduate course in Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights is being offered at Edinburgh Law School. Economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights are fundamental human rights that are necessary to live a dignified life that is free from fear and want.
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A commercial judge has ordered a company to produce a full account of its sales of can and actuator products between October 2022 and December 2023 to allow another company to determine the royalties due to it from patent licences it granted. Pursuer Rocep-Lusol Holdings Ltd sought accounting from L
Aberdein Considine trainee Sophie Reid gives us the scoop on what no one tells you about being a trainee. See part one of her series here. You’ll be trusted very early on and will give legal advice. Of course, the advice will have been reviewed by a qualified solicitor, but you’re the on
Aberdein Considine trainee Sophie Reid gives us a taste of life as a trainee in four parts this week. As I sit down, morning coffee (vanilla, of course!) in hand, one of the solicitors in the team taps me on the shoulder. She tells me to grab my jacket, and laptop (with a notepad as back-up). She le
Clyde & Co has announced a raft of promotions across its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices. A total of 13 promotions have been made, strengthening the firm’s expertise within its healthcare, disease, SHE & regulatory and catastrophic injury teams.
Family lawyers and child law litigators are not the only ones concerned with children: criminal lawyers, probably somewhat behind sociologists and criminologists, will have noted the number of young children arrested and charged with serious crimes. The police and court activity following widespread
The King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (KLTR) has announced his decision to transfer Campsie High Kirk in Lennoxtown into community ownership for use as an arts, cultural and community events hub.
More than a million calls to Police Scotland’s 101 crime hotline have been ignored over the past two years, new figures show. The number is used as an alternative to 999 for the public to report crimes including antisocial behaviour, assaults and vandalism.
The High Court of Justiciary has removed nearly two years of a remaining disqualification period from the sentence of a man who killed a pensioner by dangerous driving following a petition to the court for early restoration. James Hilton, aged 32, was imprisoned for four years and two months and dis
On 7 September 2024 the profession lost one of its true originals and, for those of us that knew and worked with him, a very special colleague and friend. Richard Alexander Barrie – or “RAB” – died peacefully at home after having carried himself with indefatigable courage sin
Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD), which has an office in Edinburgh, has announced a combination with Lewis Roca in the US, creating a firm of more than 1,200 lawyers in 37 offices in the United States and the United Kingdom. With a planned effective date of 1 January 2025, the firm will operate as Womble
A national campaign to help young people to safely navigate social media and prevent violence has been launched. ‘Quit Fighting For Likes’ aims to get young people to think about and discuss attitudes and behaviours around the filming and sharing of violent incidents.
The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has allowed an appeal by a landlord ordered to pay over £5,000 to her former student tenants after finding that the First-tier Tribunal had inadequate evidence to reach the conclusions it did. Judith Kennard was ordered to pay a total of £5,175 to the five
A lord ordinary has ruled that it would not be equitable to allow an action by a woman seeking damages for rape by a retired policeman acquitted of criminal charges against her and another woman to proceed. Pursuer PW claimed to have been raped by the defender, KM, in January 1995, but did not comme
Shepherd and Wedderburn has been reaccredited as an Investor in People (IIP) at 'Platinum' level and awarded the 'Platinum' accreditation as an Investor in Young People (IIYP). "We are thrilled to be in the unique position within our sector of attaining the 'Platinum' accreditations as an Investor i
