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Robert Shiels enjoys a new book on the age-old practice of wine fraud. This modest but interesting study of the murky side of wine-making gives an insight as to the old trade practices and the weakness of the system within which the business has been conducted.

A joint operation by two police forces succeeded in recovering 27 bags of ice stolen from a discount shop. For whatever reason, the 27 bags of ice were stolen from a Family Dollar store in southern Ohio on Sunday, NBC4 WCMH-TV reports.

Laura Patriche and Lauren McFarlane write about the IP issues around music sampling. Music sampling is a practice which involves artists digitally incorporating segments of existing sound recordings into new compositions. Some modern examples include Drake’s Hotline Bling of 2015 which sa

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. What South Africa Really Won at the ICJ

Proposals to reform how legal services are regulated in Scotland have been backed by a majority of MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill sets out a modernised regulatory framework, which any firm that provides

A community interest company set up to protect the interests of Scottish wildcats has had a petition seeking to reduce a grant of consent for a windfarm to be built in or near a known wildcat habitat refused. The Scottish ministers granted consent for Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd to build and operate a

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to a former president, Professor Philip Love, who has passed away. Law Society president Sheila Webster said: “I’d like to offer my deepest condolences to family, friends and former colleagues of Professor Philip Love, CBE, who was president o

Two students from the University of Dundee made it to the semi finals of the Inner Temple Inter-Varsity Moot Competition on 4 February. Rory Hamilton and Struan Macdonald represented the university at the competition and were the only competitors this year to represent a Scottish university.

A man who allegedly distributed business cards and free samples of cocaine outside of a casino has been charged with drug offences. The cards included contact details for "Alex Lee" and were stapled to small bags of cocaine, according to police in Calgary, Canada.

DWF has appointed Jonathan Kirkwood as a new corporate partner in Edinburgh. With over 24 years of expertise in corporate law, Mr Kirkwood joins DWF as a corporate partner after nearly 15 years at Pinsent Masons.

Staff from Digby Brown raised an impressive £51,976.46 for local causes last year.

The UK National Preventive Mechanism has warned in its annual report that governments across the UK have repeatedly failed to take meaningful action to alleviate human rights concerns in places of detention. Systemic issues continue in detention settings across the UK, which include prisons, police

A ban on the use of snare traps in Scotland has reached a key parliamentary milestone. As part of Stage 2 of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill, the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee voted in favour of environment minister Gillian Martin’s amendment to ban the use of snares.

Blackadders LLP has boosted its Aberdeen residential property team by recruiting Claire Ogston as its new director. Ms Ogston has more than 17 years’ experience in residential property and is an expert in the Aberdeen market having been born, raised and educated in the city. She is joining Bla