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The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow was delighted to welcome members and colleagues from across the profession to this year’s "Procurators’ Puzzler".

Greece has become the latest country to announce the introduction of a blanket ban on children's use of social media. New legislation will establish a "digital age of majority" prohibiting access to social media for children under the age of 15 with effect from 1 January 2027, the Greek government h

The death of Adolf Hitler is said to be unique in the history of modern dictators. His death occurred amid imminent regime change. The absence of a successor government meant an absence of an administration with the ability, or inclination, to perform full funeral rites. There was no national period

Oz London, No.33, back cover advertising "A Gala Benefit for the Oz Obscenity Trial" The appeal in the Oz case was heard over three days in November 1971 with the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ), Lord Widgery, chairing a bench of three judges. Going by the written judgment the hearing was as sedate as the

Two decades on from the Companies Act 2006, the UK is undergoing the most significant reform of Companies House in a generation. The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 marks a decisive shift from a largely passive registry to an active gatekeeper of corporate information. For Scotlan

Nearly £150,000 in compensation has been paid by City of Edinburgh Council for public injuries since 2024, a freedom of information request has revealed. In a recent request made by Slater and Gordon, the law firm found that the council had handled 2,109 public liability claims over the 25-mon

A man has been fined after "startling" Thailand's beloved pygmy hippo, Moo Deng, by entering her zoo enclosure. The man, who has not been named, was convicted of trespassing and fined 10,000 baht (around €267 or £233), the BBC reports.

Candidates looking to pursue a career at the Scottish bar are invited to apply for scholarships to help ease financial tensions during their training. “The Faculty of Advocates is committed to ensuring that membership of Faculty is open to all with the skill, aptitude and motivation to practis

A Glasgow sheriff has dismissed a claim against an eye clinic and the executor nominate of one of its opticians by a patient who developed significant eye problems following LASIK surgery after finding that she had failed to take steps to contact them in 2009 when she first reported problems with he

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Kasey McCall-Smith is to deliver her inaugural lecture in June. Professor McCall-Smith, who holds the chair of international law and human rights, is programme director for the LLM in human rights. She joined the law school on a permanent basis in 2014. She is a US q

Thorntons has become the Scottish member of Multilaw, one of the world’s foremost networks of independent commercial law firms, operating across more than 100 countries and spanning every major business jurisdiction. Founded in 1990, Multilaw is a network of law firms across more than 100 coun

Oz (London) No.33, February 1971. Cover image by Norman Lindsay. In part one of a retrospective on a notorious obscenity trial, sparked by a subversive depiction of Rupert Bear in the counter-cultural magazine Oz, Ronnie Clancy KC looks at how the case became a defining legal and cultural clash of t

TC Young has announced the promotion of two key staff members. Lynne Lind, who joined TC Young in 2017, has been promoted to the position of associate within the firm’s Adults with Incapacity team in Glasgow. She acts in Scottish courts on financial and welfare guardianship applications and in