Judgment in a child adoption case, EV (A Child) and In the matter of EV (A Child) (No 2) (Scotland), will be handed down on Wednesday 1 March at 9.45am in Courtroom 1. The Appellants are EV’s parents. They both have learning disabilities. In 2010 the father was charged with criminal sexual conduct
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Richard Susskind In this year's Annual Review, assistant editor Kapil Summan speaks to legal and business technologists Richard and Daniel Susskind about the ideas in their new book, The Future of the Professions.
Environmentalists organising a vegetarian festival to mark Earth Day on April 23 in the German town of Kassel have been told by their local council that they must include stalls selling popular meaty sausages including the local cured delicacy ahle wurst. At a meeting on Monday, councillors backed a
The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has given SLN the following response to yesterday's report from the Law Society of Scotland calling for an "urgent overhaul" of the current legal aid system. Today’s Times article on the Law Society of Scotland’s report on the financial health of firms doing
The family of a Turkish businessman who was granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK have successfully challenged a decision by the Home Secretary to refuse their applications to stay in the country. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the Secretary of State for the Home Department was wr
Scott Manson
An appeal against a provision of immigration entry rules requiring non-EEA applicants to have a specified minimum income by an applicant who failed to meet this requirement has been unanimously allowed by Justices in the Supreme Court on the basis of extreme interference with family life while four
Glen Gilson Gilson Gray has doubled the capacity of its centrally located Edinburgh office after rapid growth in its first three years.
Just Employment Law has recently made two new additions to its growing Glasgow team – Amanda Deeley and Angela Strzyzewska. Ms Deeley (pictured right) is a respected employment lawyer having qualified in 2006. She brings to Just Employment Law a wealth of experience in employment law and HR – fi
Final year law students Ruby Davies, Christiane Schleich, Christie Allan and Blythe Petrie have been selected to represent the University of Dundee in this year’s Telders International Law Moot Court Competition. Each year, teams from all over Europe compete in national rounds. The winning team fr
Linda Klein Donald Trump’s first draft budget includes a proposal to scrap the Legal Services Corporation, a body which provides legal aid funding to around 2 million poor Americans each year.
A woman who was left permanently disabled after sustaining a “profound and irreversible” brain injury during her birth has had an appeal to amend her claim against a health board refused. A judge had refused to allow a minute of amendment after proof but before issuing his judgment on the merits
The popular Irish TV gameshow, Winning Streak, had to seek legal advice at the weekend after a ball became stuck in the spinning wheel which allows competitors to win up to €500,000. Lawyers attended the set to decide whether the trapped ball could be moved without affecting the result on the TV s
Eilidh Wiseman
