Donna Reynolds looks at how employers should handle workplace romances. With Valentine’s Day just behind us love is in the air and as the old adage goes, love knows no bounds; cupid’s arrow can – and does – strike in the workplace.
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In-house solicitors are being encouraged to have their say on in-house solicitor traineeships. A new survey, launched today aims to provide a better understanding of the in-house traineeship market, including why there is a disproportionately low number of in-house trainees.
The UK property market has peaked, and average prices are falling according to a property management firm. Apropos by DJ Alexander Ltd has analysed official data and found that average prices in all parts of the UK (with the exception of Wales which continues to increase in average price) peaked bet
The General Court has annulled European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) decision refusing registration of the figurative mark ‘Chiara Ferragni’ as an EU trade mark In 2015, Italian entrepreneurs filed an application with EUIPO for registration of the following EU trade mar
The Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL) which has more than 800 members throughout the UK is launching a Scotland Seminar Programme for 2019 with the aim of growing the Scottish membership. Professional regulation has been increasing throughout Scotland and the UK over the
A tattooist known as "Dr Evil" admitted causing grievous bodily harm by performing unlawful body modification procedures on clients. Brendan McCarthy, 50, pleaded guilty to three charges of GBH in respect of a tongue-splitting procedure as well as removing an ear and slicing off a nipple.
Female barristers are leaving the profession because of a failure to prevent bullying by judges, lawyers have claimed. The head of the criminal bar has highlighted incidents of judges belittling women advocates and attributes this to the judges being men, The Times reports.
Olivia Parker, careers development officer at the Law Society, talks about whether employers are really engaged with fair access and highlights some of the pitfalls that are still regularly identified in the traineeship recruitment process. In the three years I’ve been working in our careers t
Families are currently waiting up to eight years for fatal accident inquiries (FAI) to be conducted into the death of a loved one, figures obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed. A freedom of information request submitted by the party to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Servi
Child migrants sent away by the UK government are to be each given £20,000 in compensation by the state. Between the 1920s and the 1970s, 130,000 children were sent to former British colonies, mainly Canada and Australia.
Inquests for the victims of the Guildford pub bombing should restart more than 40 years after they were suspended, a coroner has ruled. Five people were killed on 5 October 1974 when two bombs were detonated by the IRA at two Guildford pubs. Four people, known as the “Guildford Four”, we
Legal mental health charity LawCare received its highest ever number of helpline calls from lawyers in 2018 with calls about bullying and harassment nearly doubling. The charity, which runs a helpline for the legal profession offering emotional support, dealt with 932 calls in 2018 from 624 callers,
A leading Scottish insolvency expert has expressed her “great concern” after latest figures showed the number of Scottish firms that failed last year rose 21.2 per cent - to their highest level since 2012. The latest Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures show that 945 Scottish firms fai
Thousands of women workers will be given payouts of about £35,000 by the end of 2019 after equal pay campaigners reached a settlement with Scotland's largest council. Glasgow City Council and the joint claimant organisations, GMB, Unison, Unite and Action 4 Equality, have reached an agreement
Graham Ogilvy considers one of Scotland’s less celebrated legal innovations – the Scold’s bridle or Branks. As a boy, the Scold’s Bridle exhibited in Dundee’s Albert Museum was an object of gruesome fascination. An accompanying illustration showed how unfortunate women
