A dozen Caribbean countries are considering asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the issue of reparations for the slave-trade and European colonial violence. Ralph Gonsalves, president of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), told Th
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Antiquities lent by Israel to the United States are believed to be at former president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida despite repeated appeals for their return. The ancient ceramic oil lamps were loaned to the White House for a Hanukkah candle-lighting event in 2019 with the strict prov
An oil company has been fined £650,000 for health and safety failings which led to the tragic death of a contractor. BP Exploration Operating Company Limited was found guilty of a health and safety breach at Aberdeen Sheriff Court on 14 July 2023.
The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) has announced that Dr Thomas Muinzer, co-director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law, and Dr Tabetha Kurtz-Shefford, senior lecturer in law (University of Swansea) have been re-elected as co-convenors of the energy law section of the SLS for another
With just weeks to go before RSABI’s Great Glen Challenge, 24 hardy teams from a wide range of roles in Scottish agriculture are now training hard for the multi-sport event between Fort Augustus and Fort William on August 25. The teams are also fundraising in a bid to help RSABI, the charity w
An ex-mistress of former Spanish king Juan Carlos is seeking nearly €150 million in damages over allegations he had her surveilled and harassed by Spanish security forces. Corinna zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, a businesswoman from Denmark, has brought the claim against the former king – who
Kate Darracott looks at the proposed reforms by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to the UK's listing rules aimed at making UK stock markets more attractive to businesses seeking to raise capital, and how they may make the UK listing regime more competitive, particularly for early-stage, high-gr
Potential changes to the council tax system that could see those in the highest value properties asked to pay more if they can afford to have been published. A joint consultation with COSLA is seeking views on plans to increase the amount paid by people in bands E, F, G and H. This aims to address c
There is an epidemic happening on Scotland’s roads. Road defects, especially potholes, have been blamed for 15 deaths and over 700 injuries since 2013 according to figures obtained from Police Scotland. Any death on Scotland’s roads is a tragedy, but the occurrence is even more tragic wh
The Supreme Court has handed down its decision in the appeal of McCulloch & Ors v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26. The court was asked to decide on the extent to which a doctor is required, under a duty of care owed to a patient, to inform the patient about possible alternative treatmen
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Prosecutor in Argentina launches investigation into alleged human rights crimes in Venezuela
The criminal trial of Marshal Philippe Pétain in Paris in 1945 was that of the highest ranking military officer accused of treason, in having betrayed his country by collaboration with the enemy. The contrast in personal fortunes was extreme: Pétain had, as supreme commander of French
The English and Scottish courts have repeatedly confirmed that there are very limited grounds upon which an adjudicator's decision will not be enforced. The case of J&B Hopkins Ltd v A&V Building Solution Ltd [2023] EWHC 301 (TCC) provides a further illustration of the English court's approa
A Swedish man who underwent a coronary artery bypass in an NHS hospital and subsequently claimed for significant damage to his right arm has been found in contempt of court by the English High Court of Justice after it found he had misled the court in respect of his condition. Nottingham University
Edinburgh Law School's Professor Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm has been elected president of the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA). The 2023 annual general meeting and conference of the ELFA took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 12 to 14 April. More than one hundred participants attended the e
