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A new guide to ensure refugees’ right to quality accommodation is upheld has been issued to housing professionals. Published by the Scottish Refugee Council with the support of the Scottish government and the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland, the updated guide aims to ensure that all refuge

Immigration lawyers have said European migrants are rushing to the UK before the UK government begins the process of leaving the EU, The Brief reports. Following the publication of quarterly figures on migration to the UK from the Office of National Statistics, lawyers have said the government's pla

An Austrian man has won his 10-year court battle against a swimming pool that overcharged him for entry by €2.50. The unnamed man travelled to a German spa in the Bavarian Alps where locals were offered a generous discount.

A human rights lawyer raised the alarm over a flaw in Apple's iOS software after receiving anonymous text messages that could have compromised his phone's security. Ahmed Mansoor contacted security researchers after receiving an SMS message with a link to allegedly "secret" information about torture

Location: Glasgow Team: Health and Safety

Pictured (L-R): Claire Mitchell, Wendy Hay and Thomas Ross

A council has successfully challenged a decision by the Scottish Ministers to grant planning permission for the development of a railfreight terminal on greenbelt land in North Lanarkshire. The Inner House of the Court of Session ruled that the Scottish Ministers failed to give “proper, adequate a

The family of a boy who died after a gravestone fell on him have been denied legal aid ahead of the fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into his death. Ciaran Williamson, 8, died after a gravestone fell on him at Glasgow’s Craigton Cemetery, where he had been playing with friends.

It is that time of year already and work is now underway to produce next year's Annual Review for free distribution to Scotland's lawyers. Our 100-page full-colour magazine will once again be packed with interesting and thought-provoking features from leading figures in the Scottish legal world and

Tom McEntegart TLT acted for UKAR on the transfer of title on approximately 90,000 mortgages securities UK-wide. The transfer of title was part of a wider transaction, which was the biggest of its kind for UKAR and included the sale of £13 billion of assets to Cerberus, with £3.3 billion of these

Pictured (L-R): Garry Sturrock, Calum Slessor, director Sheila Ritchie, and Amy Young

Derek Hogg Harper Macleod has advised Port of Leith Housing Association in securing a new £35 million private funding facility to support its plans to build over 480 homes for social and mid-market rent in Leith and North Edinburgh by 2020.

Police referrals of vulnerable adults to protection agencies in Dundee has doubled – in two years. A report by Dundee City Council's Adult Support and Protection Committee indicated that between 2014 and 2016, police made 2,305 referrals, up from 1,161 in the two years before, The Courier reports.

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council's newsletter is now available. This edition includes information on rules relating to case management in family actions, lay representation for companies and other organisations and a revised compulsory personal injury, pre-action protocol.

Front row seated: Susan Mackay solicitor, and Andrea Hay, partner. Back row (L-R): Sarah Mitchell solicitor, Althea Kennedy, partner, Lauren Alexander Smith, Jacqueline Dow, associate, and Anita Ovenstone