The Flexible Working Bill will likely see more employees become aware of the right to make flexible working requests and the volume of these requests will increase, Laura Salmond suggests. On 29 July 2023, the Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Bill received Royal Assent. These amendments
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HMP Barlinnie is at risk of "catastrophic failure" as it operates at 140 per cent capacity with close to 1,400 prisoners, despite being designed to hold 987. A new facility, intended to replace the 140-year-old prison, was initially scheduled to open in 2025, but this has been delayed until 2027.
Lanarkshire-based Ness Gallagher Solicitors has raised an impressive £2,340 for St Andrew's Hospice following its Make a Will Month charity campaign.
Aberdeen house prices have grown by 1.5% in Q2, according to newly published data on the city's housing market.
Watermans has announced plans to open a new Dundee site. Scott Whyte, managing director, said: “Our expansion into Dundee is a clear signal of our exciting ambition to reach into new parts of Scotland. The presence of the firm on the east-coast is an opportunity for us to further expand our cl
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) has donated almost £5,000 to Glasgow-based refugee charity Refuweegee and five local foodbanks across the country. The money will be split between Refuweegee, a charity that supports refugees and asylum seekers by providing essential resources and fos
Brodies LLP has again been recognised by the annual Chambers UK High Net Worth Guide for advising clients on high-value personal and family matters. The firm maintains band 1 rankings for private wealth law services in Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh, and as national leaders outside London. Brodies
BTO has announced that as part of its “Working with You” initiative for trainees, the firm will be running a webinar to take the legal traineeship ‘experience’ to law students virtually.
Lynn Burns has been appointed by the Scottish government as the new victims expert member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. Ms Burns has been involved with a number of victims’ groups and organisations following the murder of her son, Sam, in 2013.
Elizabeth Rose and Craig Christie assess the Supreme Court’s decision in McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board and the impact of the decision on one’s consent to medical treatment. The Supreme Court has finally answered the question on everyone’s lips since the landmark decision in
The Bar Council of Ireland has called on criminal barristers to take part in a one-day strike this October in a major escalation of its campaign for fee restoration, our sister publication Irish Legal News reports. Sara Phelan SC, chair, said the Bar Council had been "left with no choice" as a resul
Subscribers to Irish Legal News, SLN's sister publication , have surged by 19 per cent in the last year with followers on its busy social media channels rising by 26 per cent. Over 10,500 lawyers now receive the daily ILN newsletter while unique visitors on www.irishlegal.com have risen to over
Edinburgh Law School's Professor Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm has been elected president of the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA). The 2023 annual general meeting and conference of the ELFA took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 12 to 14 April. More than one hundred participants attended the e
Housing minister Paul McLennan discusses the importance of the short term let licensing scheme in Scotland, looking at its benefits to tourism and local economies, and addressing potential safety and housing availability risks. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of spending a weekend celebrating my
The Crown Office is progressing with a drive to adopt solar power across its Scottish offices, aimed at reducing both its carbon emissions and public expenditure. Solar panels have been affixed to offices in Falkirk, Hamilton, Glasgow, Dumbarton, Elgin, and to the Crown Office in Edinburgh.
