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The new Tenant Protection Act falls short of expectations, argues the Legal Services Agency. In October 2022, the Scottish Parliament passed the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill (which has now received royal assent). This bill aims to introduce new measures to protect tenants in th

A man convicted of posting a grossly offensive tweet is taking his case to Strasbourg. Joe Kelly, who was labelled an “example case” to deter others from “pressing the blue button” and posting allegedly offensive content, hopes to have his case heard at the European Court of

Commonwealth gold medalist Eilish McColgan shared the inside track on a stunning summer of success at special events organised by Lindsays.

Aberdein Considine has boosted its senior management team. Julie Thomson has been appointed as the firm’s new chief financial officer and Mike Fergusson has been hired as Aberdein Considine’s first chief operating officer.

The UK and US have agreed to enhance their cooperation in implementing financial sanctions, in a bid to maximise the impact of the measures imposed on Russia, as well as to ease the compliance burden for business, writes Stacy Keen. The US and UK treasuries already work together to develop common ap

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) is urging individuals to sign up to attend its renewables conference in Glasgow on Thursday 10 November. The firm recently announced the line-up of speakers for the event which includes Karen Anne Hutton, head of repowering and life extension (UK&I) at

Mitchells Roberton, the Scottish member firm of Commercial Law Group, hosted the Commercial Law Group Conference in Glasgow from 21 to 23 October.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Egypt: Al-Sisi pardons human rights lawyer, politician Zyad El-Elaimy after three years in prison | Daily News Egypt

The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland is urging MSPs to amend the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill in order to address a transparency and accountability deficit. The bill only makes the umbrella body, the Care Board, subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FoISA

A woman in the New Town in Edinburgh who painted her door pink has incurred the wrath of locals. Miranda Dickson, 48, departed from the mandated black to paint the front door of her Drummond Place property a shade of Champagne pink, leading to the council threatening her with a £20,000 fine.

Aberdeen house prices have risen 3.4 per cent in the last quarter, according to the latest report from Aberdeen Solicitors’ Property Centre Limited (ASPC) and the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real Estate Research. With published statistics for the third quarter of 2022,

The Sheriff Appeal Court has allowed an appeal by Scottish Water against a sheriff’s determination that it was liable for the severe illness of a herd of cattle on a farm on the Isle of Lewis as alleged by the farm’s proprietor after a re-examination of the evidence following an inadequ

Switzerland has been taken to Strasbourg over its failure to provide prisoners with adequate vegan diets in a case that could see veganism become a protected characteristic. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) formally asked the member state to respond to two complaints that Swiss institution

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the appointment of Lord Brailsford as chair of the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry. It also said it was pleased the terms of reference for the inquiry will be changed to ensure it takes a human rights based approach, as announced by Deputy First Minister J

Simon Allison, in infancy fearful of homicidal maniac and doyen of the Dark Side, Darth Vader, now truly appreciates how the Sith lord – a force of personality – led from the front. As a five-year old boy, an older child doing the mouth-breathing noises of Darth Vader in the playground w