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An Austrian man has won his 10-year court battle against a swimming pool that overcharged him for entry by €2.50. The unnamed man travelled to a German spa in the Bavarian Alps where locals were offered a generous discount.

in bribery, he was a “bad leaver” in terms of the Glasgow-based logistics company’s article of association and was entitled on disposal of his shares to be paid only whichever was the lesser of their fair value or their subscription or par value. Mr Gray was found to have been aware of an arr

Kavita Chetty The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has added its voice to the opposition to the proposed "British Bill of Rights".

Alasdair Irvine

Ninety retailers across Scotland are among hundreds across the UK which have either been closed or are no longer selling potentially dangerous psychoactive substances, according to new figures released today. The statistics were announced as the UK government minister for safeguarding, vulnerability

Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

A new guide to ensure refugees’ right to quality accommodation is upheld has been issued to housing professionals. Published by the Scottish Refugee Council with the support of the Scottish government and the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland, the updated guide aims to ensure that all refuge

A human rights lawyer raised the alarm over a flaw in Apple's iOS software after receiving anonymous text messages that could have compromised his phone's security. Ahmed Mansoor contacted security researchers after receiving an SMS message with a link to allegedly "secret" information about torture

Location: Glasgow Team: Health and Safety

Traffic police in central India have embraced an unlikely solution to night-time traffic accidents involving straw cattle: attaching glow-in-the-dark strips to their horns. Kailash Chauhan, traffic police inspector for Balaghat district in the state of Madhya Pradesh, said action was taken after a s

An 18-year-old motorist who was caught driving without insurance will not have his licence revoked after a sheriff found that there were “special reasons” for not endorsing it with penalty points. Sheriff Philip Mann ruled that Kyle Siegel was entitled to assume that his mother had arranged for

A judge in the Court of Session has said Theresa May “acted unreasonably” when as Home Secretary she rejected a Tamil Tiger’s asylum application after he said he risked death if returned. Lord Boyd of Duncansby said that Ms May wrongly rejected the man’s bid to stay in Scotland.

John Swinney

Caroline Maguire Caroline Maguire , employment legal adviser at Law Centre (NI), writes for our sister publication Irish Legal News on access to justice for victims of labour exploitation in the wake of an important UKSC decision.

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