An initiative designed to help law firms respond meaningfully to the climate crisis has launched in the UK ahead of London Climate Action Week. Legal Charter 1.5, which has been developed by a group of law firms, consists of a set of core principles that signatories commit to in order to reduce gree
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A former teacher and football coach who was surrendered from Vietnam to stand trial for the sexual abuse of young boys has been jailed for five years. Kenneth Divers abused the boys, some as young as 11, at various locations including Hampden Park and two schools in Paisley between 1968 and 1992.
Dentons has moved to the Edinburgh's west end after signing a 15-year lease for premium offices in 9 Haymarket Square.
An appeal by a father against a sheriff’s decision that his young daughter required compulsory supervision, having ruled that there was sufficient evidence to find he had the mens rea for having committed an assault on her, has been allowed by the Sheriff Appeal Court to the extent that the es
From today, councils can designate Firework Control Zones that would make it a criminal offence to ignite a firework, or knowingly throw a lit firework in a zone which can include private properties or gardens. The maximum penalties are a fine of up to £5,000 or up to six months in prison. Org
The complete Bible has now been rendered in Doric after one man's 17-year endeavour. Retired solicitor Gordon Hay began the work in 2006 by translating the New Testament while still employed, concluding it six years later.
ALBA Westminster Leader Neale Hanvey MP has published a legal opinion from Professor Robert McCorquodale on “matters relating to international legal issues concerning the right to self-determination for the people of Scotland”. The opinion published is the first of two legal documents to
Scotland's average house price has risen to £187,150 in April 2023, marking a 2.0 per cent rise compared to the same month the previous year, according to provisional data from the UK House Price Index (HPI).
Rape complainants in England and Wales will be given the opportunity to meet the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) staff involved in their case ahead of a trial in the latest move to guide them through the criminal justice system. The move aims to give them the chance to discuss what they can expect i
A University of Dundee lecturer who will today receive her PhD is combining her personal experiences and legal expertise to help transform the lives of other disabled people. Rachael Wallace will receive her doctorate at the university’s graduation ceremony at Caird Hall this afternoon. For th
A company that sought to change the name of a hotel it acquired on Oban Bay to include the phrase “on Obay Bay” has won an appeal against a sheriff’s decision interdicting them from using “Oban Bay” on any signage or misrepresenting its hotel as the “Oban Bay Hote
A window cleaner who was caught on a video doorbell camera attempting to rape an elderly woman has been jailed for four years and six months. James McArdle, 64, from Hamilton, Lanarkshire, admitted sexually assaulting the 74-year-old woman, who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Seven wealthy Persian cats are going up for adoption less than a year after they became the largest 'benefactors' of their owner's passing. Nancy Sauer, who passed away last November at the age of 84, wanted her cats to continue living alone in her $2.5 million Florida home after she died, the Tampa
Thursday 22 June 2023Parliament Hall, Parliament House, Edinburgh Nearly 100 years ago, on Friday 13 July 1923, Margaret Kidd called to the bar – the very first female member of the Faculty of Advocates.
Women who endured mesh surgery were not given accurate information before under-going the life-altering procedure, a case records review led by Professor Alison Britton has concluded. Glasgow Caledonian University's professor of healthcare and medical law has spent two years reviewing the cases of 1
