Registration has opened for the annual World Intellectual Property Day Conference, now in its 18th year, which is being hosted by the Faculty of Advocates. The event will take place on Thursday 23 April in the Mackenzie Building in Edinburgh.
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Hundreds of illicit items have been confiscated at Ayrshire’s courthouses over the past three years, despite both sheriff courts operating for extended periods without consistent security cover. Figures obtained through a freedom of information request by Ayrshire Weekly Press show that almost
The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal by the Scottish ministers against a decision of the Scottish Information Commissioner to order the disclosure of material subject to legal professional privilege as part of a freedom of information request seeking material relating to the
Many countries made significant progress in implementing judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in 2025 but a number of important challenges remain, according to the latest annual report from the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers. The report shows that the Com
A Lanarkshire company which manufactures collagen casings for use in sausage products has been fined £48,000 after admitting discharging a large quantity of industrial effluent into a burn. The incident occurred in July 2021 after a fat blockage in the waste drainage system of Moodiesburn-base
The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against the dismissal of a simple procedure claim raised by a couple against a package holiday company following a successful plea by the company of res judicata, after finding that a previous arbitration process on the same issues was binding on the pa
In part two of the Scottish Law Agents Society's (SLAS) response to the the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's (SLCC) budget consultation, Darren Murdoch, SLAS president, raises concerns with the structure of the review committee system. See part one here. The review committee (RC) system in the
An expert group has published its final report following ten months of "independent oversight" into the implementation of fatal accident inquiry (FAI) recommendations relating to deaths in custody. The Ministerial Accountability Board (MAB) was established following Sheriff Collins' FAI into the dea
New legislation gives councils who choose to introduce a visitor levy greater choice in how they design and apply it to raise funds for local tourist services. The Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill, which has been approved by Holyrood, allows local authorities to set the levy as a single fixe
Crofters will "benefit from simplified processes" and face "less bureaucracy" following the passing of the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill. The bill introduces a new process for fast-tracking the transfer of a croft between family members, strengthens the role of grazing committees sharing com
A sheriff has determined that the death of an elderly care home resident who choked on a steak pie after being given the wrong evening meal could have been avoided if the plates on which meals for particular diets were served had been more clearly delineated, such as by labelling or the use of colou
A ban on withholding of retention payments, a cap on payment terms and mandatory interest on late payments are part of landmark measures introduced by the UK government to tackle late payments to small businesses.
