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Dundee’s Citizen of the Year 2003, retired senior partner of Blackadders Solicitors and charitable trustee Norman “Norrie” Robertson has died peacefully, aged 94. Brought up in the Maryfield district of the city, Mr. Robertson attended Morgan Academy, then Morrisons Academy, Crieff

XL Bully dog owners in Scotland are being urged to prepare for new rules which are expected to come into force this Friday. New laws laid for consideration in the Scottish Parliament will make it illegal to sell, advertise, gift or exchange XL Bully dogs, or letting such dogs stray. XL Bully dog own

The number of victims and witnesses being referred by Police Scotland to Victim Support Scotland (VSS) has fallen by around 90 per cent since the GDPR came into force nearly six years ago, it has emerged. The unintended consequence of the changes to data protection law were highlighted by VSS as it

A gang of elderly alleged robbers with a 70-year-old ringleader has been apprehended, according to police in Italy. The six suspects include a 75-year-old lookout, while two youngsters in their early 50s bring the average age down to the mid-60s, The Guardian reports.

Helen Mountfield KC, a founder member of Matrix Chambers and the principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford, will deliver JUSTICE Scotland's annual human rights lecture next week. Titled "Whatever happened to the Human Rights Act?", Ms Mountfield's lecture will review political attacks on

Human rights organisation Liberty has claimed a "significant victory for the rights of journalists and the free press" after a seven-year legal challenge supported by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). The UK government has agreed to introduce new safeguards to protect journalists from having

Human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar has accused Police Scotland of undermining the rights of lawyers after an inquiry heard the force gathered intelligence on him and then refused to explain why to a watchdog. Mr Anwar told the Sunday Mail that the revelations from the ongoing inquiry into the death of

Apple is facing its first-ever EU fine of around €500 million for distorting competition in the music streaming market, according to reports. The European Commission has been investigating Apple since 2020 in connection with its rules requiring the operators of music streaming apps like Spotify

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun seven days of hearings on the legality of Israel's six-decade-long occupation of Gaza and the West Bank. The proceedings, which are entirely separate from the case brought by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention, come after the

A lord ordinary has ruled that an action by Scottish Gas Networks Plc in which it sought £3 million from the insurers of a quarrying company whose operations forced the costly diversion of a gas pipeline was sufficiently relevant to proceed to probation. The pursuer’s action against QBE

Michelle Sharp, senior associate in the dispute resolution team at Stronachs LLP, has been accredited as a specialist in family law by the Law Society of Scotland. The accreditation scheme recognises solicitors who demonstrate strong working knowledge and skill in different areas of law. It is a hal

Nearly half the money that GEOAmey paid to the Scottish government in fines over its failure to transport prisoners was handed straight back as ‘support’ to the company in a renegotiated contract. GEOAmey was hit with £4 million worth of fines after repeated failures in the deliver

The charity calendar is filling up fast at Complete Clarity Solicitors.