The UK's top charity for older people has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in compensation for age-related harassment. An employment tribunal found that Age UK broke the law in its treatment of a 59-year-old graphic designer after his job application was not considered due to a technical erro
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BTO Solicitors LLP is sponsoring Helensburgh Art Club’s Annual Exhibition for the second year in a row. The 71st exhibition and sale will run from 17-18 August in the Victoria Halls, Sinclair St, Helensburgh, from 9.00am to 5.00pm and is free of charge.
Eight leading children's rights and youth justice charities have called for an end to child imprisonment in England and Wales. A review by the Alliance for Youth Justice, Article 39, Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Child Rights International Network, Howard League for Penal Reform, INQUEST, Ju
Dear Editor, Olympics and the law: The life of Carl Ludwig ‘Luz’ Long was a very interesting article. I understand that Owens and Long maintained contact after the 1936 Games and that after the outbreak of WW2, Long wrote a letter to Owens to be passed on by the latter to Long's son in t
Proposals have been lodged to fix the façade of Ayr Sheriff Court due to the “immediate risk” of falling masonry. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has made an application to South Ayrshire Council for permission to undertake alterations to the Wellington Square building.
An action by the director of a textile company in administration seeking interdict preventing a creditor of the company from executing a charge for payment against him has been dismissed by the Outer House of the Court of Session along with a counterclaim by the creditor. Pursuer Flemming Hansen cla
A lobby group has said it will seek to have hunters recognised as an ethnic group in the UK in order to protect their "way of life". Hunting Kind says it has obtained an opinion from a senior English barrister which supports its case for "protected status" either as an "ethnic group" or as a group o
A health board has been fined more than £60,000 after it was prosecuted over the death of a patient who took his own life. NHS Grampian must pay £64,500 after it pleaded guilty to falling foul of health and safety legislation in the case of Vincent Mulsant, 40.
Victims of historic miscarriages of justice cannot claim back "bed and board" costs deducted from their compensation for the time they spent in prison. Last year, the Conservatives scrapped the policy of making such deductions in the wake of the high-profile Andrew Malkinson case.
A Lord Ordinary has reduced decisions of the Highland Council approving a proposal to redesign an Inverness street to greatly reduce vehicular traffic after ruling that the council had failed to give proper consideration to all the proposed options. The Trustees of the Eastgate Unit Trust, who owned
MI5 has been sharply criticised over its late disclosure of materials to Operation Kenova, the long-running investigation into the alleged Provisional IRA informer codenamed “Stakeknife”. In a statement yesterday, Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Jon Boutcher said it wa
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Venezuela security forces swoop on activists as repression worsens
A senior judge has been disciplined after he sent a love letter to a young colleague. Mr Justice Marcus Smith, 57, a former president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, “passed a handwritten letter” to a woman and referred to his "feelings for her", a ruling from the Judicial Conduct In
A law firm has been ordered to pay £2,400 in costs to another firm after the Intellectual Property Office concluded that it had sought to register a trade mark in order to prevent its rival from using the same mark rather than to use it for itself. Harper Macleod LLP applied for registration o
A Moray man has been jailed after attempting to murder his former partner during a violent attack. David Cairney admitted assaulting the woman to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement, permanent impairment and to the danger of her life.
