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A new judgment paves the way for a potential change in the law that would allow for a good faith purchaser to have their real rights in property modified – without their consent. The Inner House of the Court of Session refused a reclaiming motion challenging a decision to allow a petition for
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Following an election among four candidates, Faculty members have chosen Stephen O’Rourke QC to be the new Keeper of the Library, replacing Mungo Bovey QC, who stepped down as a Faculty office-bearer after serving in the role for more than 12 years. The Keeper is responsible for the Advocates
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Jury trials have returned to Aberdeen after almost an entire year, with the opening of a remote jury centre. The Vue cinema on Shiprow now accommodates jurors.
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Gerry Sinclair never planned to spend close to two decades as chief executive and principal solicitor at the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). Having cut his teeth at Ross Harper & Murphy before spending 15 years as a named partner at Sinclair McCormick & Giusti Martin, he e
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If we truly want to reduce offending within our communities in Scotland then we must move beyond tokenistic, meaningless terms like being “hard” or “soft” on crime. We need to be cleverer, writes Iain Smith. ‘Smart Justice’ offers a chance to stand back from the c
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Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People will deliver Glasgow Caledonian University's inaugural Law and The Common Good lecture. Bruce Adamson, who will be joined by two of his young advisers, will outline how the rights framework can effect change, at the online event on March 15.
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Turkish human rights lawyer Eren Keskin has been sentenced to more than six years' imprisonment for terror offences. Ms Keskin, who co-chairs the Ankara-based NGO the Human Rights Association (İHD), was one of four defendants in a case concerning Özgür Gündem, a daily newspaper which
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This week Benjamin Bestgen considers swearing, without which many of us would struggle to get through the day. See his last jurisprudential primer here. Unrelated to jurisprudential questions, a colleague recently mentioned the Jersey employment tribunal case of Wilkinson v Fairway Trust Limited [20
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An eight-year-old border collie has joined the ranks of the canine elite after being left over €4 million in a will. Late bath tycoon Bill Dorris left $5 million from his estate – around €4.2 million or £3.6 million – to his beloved dog Lulu.
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The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion challenging a decision to allow a petition for rectification of a Deed of Conditions relating to a parking garage in Edinburgh to proceed to a proof. Lothian Amusements Ltd, the 57th respondent to the petition raised b
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A major court defeat for oil and gas giant Shell could herald the end of "a long chapter of impunity" for multinationals implicated in human rights abuses overseas, lawyers and campaigners have said. The UK Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Ogale and Bille communities in the Niger Delta can bri
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BPP University Law School is to offer students what is believed to be the first class in making small talk, The Times reports. Georgie Nightingall, who is running the course in chitchat and networking, said that while small talk is often maligned, it is important for social advancement.
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The appointment of three senators on the same day next week will be a judicial first. Craig Sandison QC, Shona Haldane QC and Martin Richardson QC will take their oaths of office in the First Division Courtroom, Court 1, next Monday.
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Bereaved families dealing with banks to settle the finances of loved ones have suffered "unacceptable mistakes" during probate, according to research carried out in England and Wales by consumer body Which?. Customers have reported banks losing death certificates or failing to close the account of s
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