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Kapil Summan was greatly impressed by East West Street and spoke to the author about current threats to human rights. In The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee, scientist Jared Diamond cites 20 genocides since 1950, arguing that “genocide has been part of our human and prehuman heritage for

Last week the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) launched its new civil case management system across all sheriff courts. This paves the way for the introduction of the new Simple Procedure from 28th November 2016 and creates the platform to move towards Civil Online. Civil Online, which w

Thomson Legal has published its annual Scotland Market Overview & Salary Survey 2016/ 2017. The legal recruitment specialist found that NQ lawyers in Scotland were seeing top-end salaries of up to £38,000 within the larger commercial law firms this year. Junior partners at Scottish firms can ac

The Rubik’s Cube shape is not an EU trademark and its non-visible functional elements including its rotating ability should have been considered when it was registered, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. At the request of Seven Towers, a UK company which manages, inter al

A bookmaker who claimed that he was “deprived of earnings” because he was not offered a pitch in what he alleged to be a more lucrative part of Musselburgh racecourse on Ladies’ Day has had his case dismissed. Stanley Wood argued that the Musselburgh Joint Racing Committee breached his licence

A lawyer who was fired from a courthouse job after being accused of impersonating a judge has won a judicial election in Chicago. Rhonda Crawford, 45, was the only candidate named on the ballot for a Cook County judicial subcircuit, NBC Chicago reports.

Sir Declan Morgan Northern Ireland’s Lord Chief Justice Sir Declan Morgan received a warm welcome in Scotland last night when he delivered the biennial Jean Clark lecture at the University of Dundee and reflected on the role of the judiciary in a modern democracy.

The Scottish government may be required to pay out an estimated £500,000 over its "Named Person" scheme after judges in the UK Supreme Court ordered it to pay the legal bills incurred by those who brought the case.All the successful litigants are part of the No to Named Persons (NO2NP) campaign gr

Robert Carr Anderson Strathern goes up against some of the best known names from the Scottish and international business scene this Thursday at the Scottish Business Awards at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre where the full service law firm has been shortlisted for “Fair Work Employer

Pictured (L-R): Fiona Hyslop, David Kaye and Baiba Braže

Walter Gerrard & Co of Macduff has taken over A & EA Brodie of Banff. Lesley Sloan of A & EA Brodie will continue for a number of years as a consultant to ensure continuity for clients and staff.

The lending of an electronic book (e-book) may, under certain conditions, be treated in the same way as the lending of a traditional book. In such a situation, the public lending exception, which provides inter alia for the fair remuneration of authors, is applicable, the Court of Justice of the Eur

Michael O'Flaherty Top EU representatives are gathering in Vienna to discuss how to integrate fundamental rights in the security union.

The criminal justice system faces “huge risk” as a result of “unsustainable” pressure on staff, the Procurators Fiscal Society has said. It added that there was an “ever-increasing reliance” on employees’ goodwill to advance cases.

Douglas Mill A fairly profound development crept under the radar screens of the profession recently.