A commercial judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has allowed a proof in an action raised by a recycling business arising from what it believed to be an unlawful repudiation of a contract it held with the City of Edinburgh Council. Dalton Group Ltd had been the council’s exclusive
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A laughing emoji may be construed as defamation if it follows a post mocking a person's physical disability, Italy's Supreme Court has ruled. The case revolves around a dispute on Facebook involving traffic problems in the northern town of Luino.
Most of the public would prefer to be represented by a barrister with a posh accent, research has found. Academics at Nottingham Trent and De Montfort universities also found that lawyers from beyond the home counties faced obstacles to progressing in their careers due to their accents.
Nearly a quarter (22 per cent) of people contacting LawCare for support were primarily concerned about their career in the law, the charity said in a new report. For the first time, the number of people with career concerns equalled the number of legal professionals seeking help because of stress, a
A 31-year-old man has been sentenced after admitting a salmon poaching offence in Moray. Joel Julienne, from Glasgow, was sentenced at Elgin Sheriff Court on Thursday 26 January having previously pled guilty to fishing for salmon on the River Spey.
Scotland's child abuse inquiry has cost the taxpayer almost £65 million, new figures show. The probe cost more than £3.7m between October 1 and December 31 last year, bringing the total to around £64.65m.
Sheriff Alexander B Wilkinson KC passed away on 17 January at the age of 90. He was a former president of the Sheriffs Association in Scotland and was co-author of the first edition of The Law Relating to Parent & Child in Scotland and acted as a consultant on the second edition. "His influence
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A man who alleged that a Jaguar he obtained by a hire purchase agreement was defective but continued to drive it following rejection has lost an appeal before the Sheriff Appeal Court against a sheriff’s finding that he could not rely on his rescission of the contract. Appellant Alan King argu
Edward Fitzgerald CBE KC will deliver the annual JUSTICE Scotland Human Rights Lecture this year.
Lawyers and litigants involved in so-called strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) in England and Wales should be made to pay into a defence fund to protect freedom of speech, a Westminster committee has said. The House of Lords select committee on communications and digital said t
Law firms and accountants that fail to do enough to prevent fraud are the target of the UK government's Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill. The government intends to introduce a new offence in the bill, when it makes its way to the Lords, that will be based on similar offences for briber
The Inner House of the Court of Session has upheld an appeal by a group of companies that acquired loans and securities from the Clydesdale Bank in 2015 against a sheriff’s decision that part of the deed of assignation under which it received the rights was invalid. Promontoria (Chestnut) Ltd
Proposed bail legislation has come in for criticism by the Crown Office. The Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill aims to ensure the use of remand is a last resort and would require courts to refuse bail to an accused person in the interests of public safety only or if their release ahead o
Places are still available for Terra Firma Chambers’ Licensing Seminar which will be held at The Mackenzie Building, Edinburgh on Monday 30 January 2023.
