Thanks to the benevolence of a scion of Scottish nobility and her husband nearly a century ago solicitors in need of a break from the pressures and stress of modern working life can obtain funding to enjoy a holiday in Scotland. Lady Helen Stewart-Murray was a daughter of the 7th Duke of Atholl. She
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A former SNP MP who was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for embezzling funds from a Scottish independence group and the Glasgow City branch of the SNP has had her sentence reduced by four months following an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary. In an appeal against her conviction and s
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. 'People's court' tries Vladimir Putin for war in Ukraine | ABC News
Today, 24 February 2023, marks exactly one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. In October 2022, at the opening ceremony of the IBA Annual Conference in Miami, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed delegates by video in which he referred to members of the audience as "defenders of the
Communities are being urged to have their say on how new control zones could be used to tackle firework misuse. A key part of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act which was passed last year, control zones will give local authorities the power to designate areas where fireworks will
M&A volume in Scotland last year rose by 10.7 per cent to 446 announced deals, up from 403 in 2021, with a total deal value of £24.8 billion, the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review shows. The value of deals was 22 per cent higher than the p
The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against conviction by a man charged with involvement with an organised crime group and the murder of a man shot outside a club in Amsterdam after ruling that the jury was correctly directed on how to use evidence provided by a police informant. Appe
It comes as no great surprise that Shamima Begum has lost her appeal against the Home Secretary's decision of 19 February 2019 depriving her of United Kingdom citizenship, writes Ronnie Clancy KC. This latest judgment from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) is the culmination of proce
A former prison officer caught smuggling Class A drugs into a top security jail has been jailed for six years and three months. Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison in Lanarkshire.
Three new members have been appointed to the Scottish Civil Justice Council for a three-year term.
The contemporary challenges that contract draftsmen need to overcome will be the key theme at CLT Scotland’s Contract Conference taking place exclusively in-person on Monday 6 March at the Hilton Glasgow. Chaired by Brandon Malone, the conference will include topics ranging from limiting liabi
Deep and wide-ranging concerns have been expressed about a UK bill which will create a ‘legal cliff edge’. These concerns are contained in a new report by the Scottish Parliament’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. The report follows the committee’
An independent review of new policing technologies, chaired at Edinburgh Napier University, has suggested statutory codes of practice could be considered to provide greater clarity and safeguards around the future use of live facial recognition and certain artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
A Dunfermline sheriff has dismissed an action by a former employee of a student housing provider who alleged that his employer had breached UK GDPR rules when processing his personal data in the context of defending tribunal proceedings brought by another employee. Courtney Riley, who was employed b
UK law firms will net more than £1 billion from a number of US-style class action lawsuits being considered by the Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT), according to new analysis. The CAT is currently considering a number of multi-billion actions brought against the likes of Apple, Google and Me
