A call for evidence from all interested individuals and organisations has been issued on the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill. Provision for third party rights is currently made in common law. Scots law currently allows parties to a contract to create an enforceable right in favour of a
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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
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
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
A group of volunteers from Glasgow Caledonian University Law Clinic are taking to Buchanan Street this Wednesday to lend a helping hand to the community.
The Advocate General has launched an attack on the Law Society of Scotland over its position on Brexit, The Herald reports. The Advocate General has launched an attack on the Law Society of Scotland over its position on Brexit, The Herald reports.
Two board members and a new chair have taken up their posts at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCR), the organisation that looks into alleged miscarriages of justice. New chair, Bill Matthews, is a former senior executive with Motorola who subsequently spent a number of years in the
Professor Dame Sue Black and her team at the University of Dundee’s Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) have reconstructed the face of a Pictish man they showed to have been brutally murdered 1,400 years ago. Archaeologists excavating a cave in the Black Isle, Ross-shire, found the
Border by Kapka Kassabova This is a magical book and one of the very, very few to open up the wild and forgotten lands of ancient Thrace that straddle that corner of Europe where Turkey meets Bulgaria and Greece.
Campaigners have thanked the Faculty of Advocates’ pro bono service for helping to save a library from closure. North Lanarkshire Council had threatened to axe Newarthill Library, but local opposition was strong and a group was formed to fight the plans.
The employment team at Shepherd and Wedderburn has collaborated with a number of leading law firms across Europe to produce the European Employment Law Update for 2017. Aimed at companies with a pan-European presence, this guide provides an overview of the key reforms being introduced to European em
Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans to impose cuts of up to £30 million on criminal defence solicitors have been condemned today by the Law Society. The cuts come less than a month after the MoJ published proposals that will see QCs' fees rise by 10 per cent "at the expense of other criminal advocates"
Why a rugby ace’s mysterious retirement offers valuable lessons for holding on to business prize assets, writes Graham Millar.Johan Goosen announced his immediate retirement from rugby (aged just 24) and is now listed as a commercial director in his native South Africa.Rumour has it he wanted a mo
