Figures from business, trade unions, equality groups and academia are coming together to advise the Scottish government on its fair work agenda. Chaired by Wellbeing Economy Secretary Neil Gray, the Fair Work Oversight Group meets for the first time today and aims to help ensure that policies delive
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Extensive war crimes are being committed in Sudan as the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) ravages the country, Amnesty International said in a new report. The report, Death Came To Our Home: War Crimes and Civilian Suffering In Sudan, documents mass civ
I will have been a member of the Scots bar for 30 years come December, although recently I have been non-practising. In anticipation of my future return to work I get legal updates from a variety of sources. One such update, via my clerks, came from FACBA [Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Associati
A sheriff in the Upper Tribunal for Scotland has allowed an appeal by a landlord who was refused an order for possession by the First-tier Tribunal after it ruled that he had not made out the eviction ground of intention to demolish or remodel the let property. David Stainthorpe sought to recover po
The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that the trustee of an occupational pension scheme was entitled to enter into an arrangement that would alter the manner in which scheme members received increases to their pension. Petitioner abrdn (SLSPS) Pension Trustee Co Ltd sought directions in
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Wallace Hunter. Wallace Hunter, 75, died from scalding injuries on 1 December 2019 whilst a guest at Pitlochry Hydro Hotel after experiencing dif
The First Division has refused an appeal by the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society in its case against Chisholm Hunter Ltd and others on 19 July. The Lands Tribunal last year dismissed most of Royal London Mutual’s application to have common-repairs burdens struck down as unworkable.
A wedding has been officiated by ChatGPT in the absence of a priest in what may be a world-first. Colorado couple Reece Wiench and Deyton Truitt were expecting to have to cancel their wedding after the priest was unable to attend.
People who have spent a year or more in prison will not be able to obtain British citizenship except in exceptional cases under new rules which came into effect yesterday. The Home Office said the new rules – which tighten a previous rule applying to prison sentences of more than four years &n
The Sheriff Appeal Court has allowed appeals in two related cases and remitted them for proof. The pursuer claimed that Glasgow City Council and Glasgow Housing Association discriminated against her as a homeless person, on grounds of her disability. Both cases had been dismissed by the sheriff at d
The Centre for Private International Law at the University of Aberdeen has announced the appointment of Dr Michiel Poesen and Dr Patricia Živković as the new co-convenors of the Conflict of Laws Section by the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS). Dr Poesen's teaching and research interests are in civi
A Lord Ordinary has ruled that the widow of a man who died from mesothelioma arising from asbestos exposure during his employment is entitled to seek damages despite an earlier action raised while the deceased was alive being settled. Elaine Crozier and other members of her family argued that they h
Judges are being urged to reflect on the risk of perceived bias before agreeing to speak at barristers' chambers or law firms. The suggestion comes as part of the revised guidelines on judicial conduct issued this week.
Macdonald Henderson has co-advised (with PwC Société d’Avocats and Freshfields) Stock Spirits Group on the Scottish legal elements of the acquisition of Clan Campbell Blended Scotch Whisky brand from Pernod Ricard.
An independent migrants’ commissioner would stand up for the rights of people who have moved to an independent Scotland, according to the Scottish government. The latest Building a New Scotland prospectus paper, which focuses on citizenship in an independent Scotland, sets out how a commission
