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Aberdein Considine has boosted its dispute resolution team with the appointment of a banking and commercial litigation specialist in Aberdeen. Elaine Elder, who is currently an associate with Aberdein Considine and is based in the Granite City, is joining the firm’s nationwide dispute resoluti

Scotland’s Public Information Forum will meet today to celebrate International Right to Know Day (IRKD) and discuss how transparency and accountability in the design, delivery and funding of public services makes Scotland fairer and safer. Civil society instigated this annual day of celebratio

A petition for recognition of foreign legal proceedings under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 by the Director of Finance for a group of insolvent companies has been refused by a judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session. Chang Chin Fen sought recognition of two orders f

The director of a liquidated construction company has been banned for seven years after failing to explain more than £700,000 worth of expenditure. Forfar Sheriff Court heard that Angel Tas Limited was incorporated in October 2017 and Cristina Angelica Tasca, 27, from Arbroath, was appoin

The English Court of Appeal has upheld a decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office to reject two patent applications designating an artificial intelligence designed to create patentable inventions as the inventor. Dr Stephen Thaler, who filed the applications in 2018, argued that his AI, the D

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Hong Kong group supporting human rights lawyers in China is latest to disband amid police pressure | Hong Kong Free Press

A harrowing incident in which a baby died in Europe's largest women's prison, with the 18-year-old mother giving birth in her cell alone despite repeated calls for help, "should never have happened", a watchdog has said. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) for England and Wales yesterday publi

Terra Firma Chambers’ Scott Blair will chair CLT’s Licensing Conference on Thursday 7th October 2021. The virtual event, part of CLT’s Scots Law Autumn Series, will consider the numerous challenges faced by the licensing industry over the past 18 months. The conference will not onl

A company has been fined £20,000 after a mechanical engineer got his finger trapped in a printing machine. The 57-year-old man had been carrying out maintenance on a printing machine at United Closures and Plastics Limited, now known as Guala Closures UCP Limited, in Bridge of Allan on 14 Octo

Ashurst has announced the firm's new Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging (IDB) targets to be achieved by 2026 and launched its IDB action plan. The new targets, set by the board in consultation with the executive team and the Committed to Change Advisory Group, comprise:

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has set aside a decision of the High Court of Justice (Queen’s Bench Division) advising that children aged under 16 should not be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs as part of treatment for gender dysphoria without sanction from the court. The Tavistock

The Scottish Land Commission is continuing its calendar of online public meetings and the next will cover Orkney.  The commission is holding an informal public meeting online to give residents of Orkney the opportunity to find out more about land reform and the role of land in creating a succes

Global immigration firm Fragomen is offering senior school pupils, university students and graduates in Scotland an opportunity to find out more about prospective careers in the world of immigration. Applications to join the school – a free of charge online programme featuring speakers from la

International law firms Ashurst and DLA Piper are among the latest law firms authorised to operate in Ireland as limited liability partnerships (LLPs). A total of 330 law firms have been authorised to operate as LLPs since the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) began accepting applications i

We are now starting to see employment tribunals grappling with Covid-19 related workplace issues. Some of these involve claims from employees with less than two years' service seeking to argue that their dismissals were automatically unfair for health and safety reasons, writes Julie Keir. Automatic