Dundee lawyer Ryan Russell has set up a new glass collecting business. Mr Russell, a partner at MML Legal, came up with Doorstep Glass Recycling during lockdown when he noticed queues at recycling points around the city.
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A financial advisor’s decision to transfer ownership of his company to his employees has been hailed as a model example of the practice. Roy Gill and his wife Lesley, of Gill Financial in Montrose, have become the first Scottish financial services firm to become fully employee-owned.
A former Court of Appeal judge will lead an independent review of the Human Rights Act. Sir Peter Gross has been appointed by the UK government to determine whether the 1998 act, which domesticates the European Convention on Human Rights, is operating effectively.
Martin Devine discusses the evolution of the office space in the wake of Covid-19. It’s almost as hotly contested as the lockdown v no lockdown debate – will the UK ever return to 9-5 office working or is trillions of sq ft of prime office space doomed to lie empty?
New measures to increase the maximum available penalties for the worst cases of animal cruelty have come in to force. The Animals and Wildlife (Penalties, Protections and Powers) (Scotland) Act 2020 increases the maximum penalty for the most serious animal welfare and wildlife crimes to five years i
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Some Sino-U.S. relations damage 'beyond repair', China state media warn
Digby Brown Solicitors last night won the prestigious Catastrophic Injury Team of the Year award. The firm was shortlisted alongside seven other firms at the 2020 Personal Injury Awards – an annual event that recognises the efforts and success of the UK’s top law firms.
A number of changes have been made at the Scottish Criminal Bar Association, where Tony Lenehan has taken over as president. The senior position had been held by Ronnie Renucci QC, who was elected Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Advocates in August and stepped down from the SCBA after two years.
A student from Abertay University is to compete in the national finals of the British Inter-University Commercial Awareness Competition (BIUCAC) for law students. Michael Davidson, 21, from Auchterarder is in his final year of the LLB (Hons) at Abertay.
"Usura rusteth the chisel/It rusteth the craft and the craftsman", wrote Ezra Pound. Benjamin Bestgen this week explains the practice of usury. See last week's primer here. In Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice we encounter two people lending money: the Christian merchant Antonio and the Jew
Scotland’s sheriff civil courts are now able to conduct proofs, debates, evidential and fatal accident inquiry (FAI) hearings virtually using the WebEx video platform. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has been rolling out WebEx capability since April and it is widely used in the Court
Two family lawyers at Brodies LLP have received Law Society of Scotland accreditations. Accreditation acts as a hallmark of expertise that clients can trust. It recognises solicitors who develop specialist knowledge in a particular area of law.
The practice of sending elderly patients to live in locked units in Scotland has been brought to an end following court action by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The EHRC said it reached a settlement on ending the "unlawful detention of adults with incapacity" by NHS Greater Glasgow and Cl
Price comparison website ComparetheMarket has been fined £17.9 million by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after it found that that the company breached competition law by imposing wide ‘most favoured nation’ clauses on providers of home insurance selling through i
The only qualified family law arbitrator in Dundee has set up her own legal practice following 15 years with one of Scotland’s largest law firms. Amanda Wilson, formerly a partner with Thorntons, has launched Amanda Wilson Family Law, providing specialist support for families on everything fro
