The Law Society of Scotland is seeking law firm cashroom managers'/solicitors’ views on proposals to update its current Accounts Rules. The proposed changes aim to modernise the rules and where possible, simplify requirements placed on members while ensuring continued high professional standar
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A food courier is taking Uber Eats to an employment tribunal over a claim that its facial recognition app is racist. Pa Manjang said he was dismissed after failing a facial recognition check, which all drivers are required to do to check in for work.
Individuals and businesses would be helped to resolve legal disputes through free mediation under new government proposals. Ministers have published a blueprint for major reforms to the civil justice system which seeks to save people the cost, time and stress of lengthy courtroom battles.
The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has granted an appeal by a local authority which challenged a First-tier Tribunal decision that a man who parked at a railway station for 10 minutes without paying in order to collect tickets ought not to have been issued a penalty charge notice. The appeal by Fife Co
Average partner pay at Macfarlanes has increased by more than 19 per cent over the past year and now stands at an average of nearly £2.5 million. The firm's revenue in 2020-21 rose by 16.4 per cent to £303.7 million, The Times reports. Profits reached £164.2m, up 15.4 per cent on t
Hundreds of lawyers in Palestine took to the streets yesterday to protest in the occupied West Bank against the Palestinian Authority’s “rule by decree”. President Mahmoud Abbas governs the region without a parliament as the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has been inactive s
An event explaining the role of a sheriff principal is set to take place next month. The virtual event, hosted via Webex by Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar, will take place on 16 August, at 5.15pm.
MI5 intentionally broke the law to acquire vast amounts of data on the British public for more than a decade, a tribunal has heard. At the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, human rights groups Liberty and Privacy International alleged that MI5 was aware it was consistently breaking laws and safeguards
The Scottish government’s continued failure to ensure deprivations of liberty are appropriately regulated must be addressed as a matter of priority, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to the Scottish Mental Health Law Review’s Additional Proposals Consultation, the
A double glazing manufacturer has succeeded in establishing that it had a binding contract with one of its customers under which they agreed to buy glass exclusively from it from 2016 to 2020. Supaseal Glass Ltd contended that Inverclyde Windows Manufacturing Ltd was in breach of contract for
A man has launched a multimillion dollar lawsuit against a retailer over its alleged failure to honour its promised lifetime guarantee on socks. Missouri man Kent Slaughter bought a dozen pairs of the "Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool Socks" between 2014 and 2021 and spent years bringing
A review of Scottish cricket has found that its governing body failed almost all tests of institutional racism. An investigation undertaken by Plan4Sport found 448 indicators of institutional racism at Cricket Scotland, which failed 29 of 31 tests used to measure the problem and only partially satis
L&M MediLaw has welcomed Craig Christie, associate solicitor, to the firm. He joins with a wealth of experience and passion for client service. Levy & McRae launched L&M MediLaw earlier this year. It is led by senior associate Elizabeth Rose who is accredited by the Law Society of Scotla
A judicial review action by a man seeking asylum in the UK who was seriously injured in a Glasgow hotel in a stabbing incident has been refused by the English High Court. Claimant MG argued that the Secretary of State for the Home Department was obliged to commission an independent investigati
I have just read [Connor Beaton's] review of Prima Facie in Scottish Legal News and I felt compelled to contact you with my thoughts. Apart from your introduction, I would disagree with your review and would like to offer an alternative interpretation which might add to your thoughts on the pla
