The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by the father of a six-year-old boy with a chronic health condition against a sheriff’s order allowing his mother to relocate to the Republic of Ireland with him following the breakdown of his relationship with her. AD, the defender and appellant,
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A commercial judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has granted decrees for registration of stock transfer forms in two connected actions raised by a company which acquired shares in housebuilding companies as part of loan facilities agreements. BV10 Ltd raised the first action against six
Edinburgh should publicly acknowledge the city's role in sustaining slavery and colonialism and issue an apology to those places and people who suffered, the independent Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review has recommended. The findings and recommendations of the review, commissioned in 2
In 2020, the Scottish Government ran a public consultation on the further regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures (that pierce or penetrate the skin) and proposals to introduce a licensing scheme. On 7 July 2022, the responses to the consultation were published alongside the Scottish Governme
Hot on the heels of the Wagatha Christie saga which brought defamation arising from social media into the minds of many, new legislation which reforms the law of defamation in Scotland came into force on 8 August. Baktosch Gillan and Mike Kemp explain the details. Prior to the Defamation and Ma
Baktosch Gillan spoke to Law Society of Scotland president Murray Etherington on the work he intends to do during his year in office. Murray Etherington wanted to be a lawyer from a young age. Growing up in 1980s and 1990s, it was the American television drama L.A. Law which encouraged him to s
Politics has been a very odd place over the last few weeks and months, where apparently in starting consideration of a policy proposal, the law has not always seemed to be the first point of reference and politics rather than law has been the deciding factor. It is almost a relief to be back looking
The Ethiopian authorities must urgently launch an impartial investigation into the summary killing of over 400 Amhara residents of Tole Kebele in Oromia region on 18 June, Amnesty International said today. Hundreds of people were killed and scores injured in an attack that survivors and victims&rsqu
The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today, as the organisation launched a new global campaign to confront states’ widening and intensifying efforts to erode this fundamental human right. From Russia to Sri L
Solicitor Fiona McPhail writes about the case of Abdelwahab-Kaba Dafaalla v City of Edinburgh Council, which concerned the issue of repeat or subsequent homeless applications where a local authority has already considered an application and acted upon the outcome of that application. In Mr Dafaalla&
Palestinian authorities are systematically mistreating and torturing Palestinians in detention, including critics and opponents, Human Rights Watch has said in a parallel report submitted jointly to the United Nations Committee Against Torture with the Palestinian rights group Lawyers for Justice. T
A new initiative has been launched to promote pro bono opportunities for business operations professionals in the legal sector, connecting highly skilled people with high-calibre volunteering opportunities. There are currently believed to be some 30,000 professionals working in areas such as IT, BD
Barrister Paul Marshall details why the UK government’s failure to reform the rules around computer evidence means the Post Office Horizon scandal could be the tip of a miscarriages of justice iceberg. James Cartlidge MP’s statement on behalf of the government – “We have no p
The Justice Secretary, Keith Brown, has said on a number of occasions that the Scottish government supports an independent judiciary. The Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill suggest that the Scottish government does not trust the judiciary, or the more charitable explanation is that it doe
A man convicted of raping his stepdaughter and another teenager has lost an appeal against the conviction in the High Court of Justiciary. The appellant, GC, argued that an affidavit provided by a witness, MB, to his solicitors following his conviction amounted to fresh evidence in terms of the Crim
