Sian Aitken Sian Aitken and Graeme MacLeod look at a case confirming the precedence of domestic administration proceedings in a multi-jurisdictional winding-up, marking the first time “modified universalism” has been recognised in Scots law.
Search: Scots syndicate 1901 bought land in Glasgow for £5000
Juliet Harris The annual prize for the best dissertation by a student on the taught masters programme in human rights law at the University of Strathclyde has this year been awarded to Juliet Harris. The dissertation, entitled The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in Scots Law: A
The Faculty of Advocates has underscored its “enthusiastic support” for proposed legislation on third party rights in contract. Earlier this year, the Scottish Law Commission published a discussion paper on third party rights and the Faculty backed the proposals.
R (on the application of Miller & Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union 5 – 8 December 2016
Charles Livingstone Charles Livingstone, partner in the public law and regulatory team at Brodies LLP, explains the Scottish government's arguments in the Brexit case before the UK Supreme Court.
UK government lawyers have dismissed the Lord Advocate’s submission to the Supreme Court that Parliament should be involved in the triggering of Article 50 in a response that some commentators have described as “fantastically rude”, “unnecessary” and “inappropriate”. Responding to Jame
Charles Livingstone
Aidan O’Neill QC Aidan O’Neill QC was the sole member of Faculty at Westminster Hall on Monday to take silk alongside 113 other barristers.
The Advocate General has launched an attack on the Law Society of Scotland over its position on Brexit, The Herald reports. The Advocate General has launched an attack on the Law Society of Scotland over its position on Brexit, The Herald reports.
The Scotsman has published a full obituary for Roanne Dods, a dancer, Scots lawyer and arts producer who passed away last month at the age of 52. Ms Dods read law at Edinburgh University and specialised in urgent litigation around family violence before embarking on a creative career and ultimately
Lord Carloway The Times has today picked up SLN’s Annual Review interview with the Lord President, Lord Carloway: Scots legal system is centuries out of date, its highest judge complains.
This year's SLN Annual Review delivers updates from across the field of family law in 2016, including on child law, cohabitation and the Named Persons case. Harper Macleod partner Amanda Masson looks at the state of child relocation in Scots law, noting that last year saw an increase in instructions
Mitchell Skilling and Laura Bisset
Pictured (L-R): Lord Hodge, George Dick and David Durie