A ruling by Lady Carmichael in the Outer House yesterday confirms that all previous licensed killings of beavers authorised by the Scottish government’s nature agency, NatureScot, have been unlawful and have been revoked. The ruling confirms that from now on NatureScot must set out openly and
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Consumers have been advised to be alert as a sinister new scam purporting to be from Edinburgh Sheriff Court circulates Scotland. People are being contacted by bots which spoof what seems to be an official phone number and demand outstanding payments on fines in a bid to secure personal financial in
The backlog of cases in the criminal courts in England and Wales is likely to be a pervasive issue for several years, severely affecting all court users, according to a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). The pandemic significantly affected the work of the criminal justice system, requiring e
Terra Firma Chambers has retained its Band 1 rankings for Planning and Environmental Law, Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Tax in the latest edition of Chambers and Partners UK Legal Directory with additional rankings this year for Private Client and Real Estate Litigation. It is also, once again
Axiom is delighted to be ranked band 1 set in 13 practice areas in the recent Chambers UK. Individual members feature prominently with 126 rankings amongst the membership and its core practice areas. In public and administrative law, it is noted that Axiom Advocates possesses numerous prominent publ
Ampersand has once again received top tier rankings across a number of areas of practice in the latest published guide to the legal profession, Chambers and Partners UK Bar Guide 2022. Ampersand received 68 listings across 17 areas of practice, ranking as top tier (band 1) in Clinical Negligence and
Compass Chambers is delighted to have been recognised as a leading set by Chambers UK in the latest edition of the directory which was published today. Compass has received 47 individual rankings in 7 practice area categories. Compass is also ranked Band 1 as a set in 4 categories – Personal I
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. More countries criticise China at UN for repression of Uighurs
Bulgaria violated the Article 10 freedom of expression right of a judge who was critical of the government, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. The case concerned two sets of disciplinary proceedings against the applicant, Miroslava Todorova, who had been a judge and the president
The latest figures from Registers of Scotland (ROS) show that the average price of a property in Scotland in August 2021 was £180,832, an increase of 16.9 per cent on August 2020. Compared with the previous month, house prices in Scotland increased by 1.7 per cent between July 2021 and Au
British tourists who are injured abroad will be permitted to sue through the UK courts, after a woman succeeded in her Supreme Court case against a hotel chain to establish jurisdiction. Lady Brownlie took legal action after her husband Sir Ian Brownlie QC, 77, died along with his daughter, Rebecca,
The Scotsman has published an obituary of Pinsent Masons partner Vincent Connor, who passed away on October 5 at the age of 57. "Although his mother died when Vincent was only nine, his father Stan – a gliding regiment veteran in Palestine, and ultimately a Strathclyde Police chief superintend
Police Scotland has been urged by a watchdog to take a "strong and bold" position on equality and diversity. The recommendation follows a survey of officers past and present which found that 41 per cent had experienced discrimination or harassment while in the force.
Wealth management business St. James’s Place has joined the Law Society of Scotland’s strategic partnership programme to provide wealth management and financial planning expertise and support for Scottish solicitors and their clients. St. James’s Place, a FTSE 100 business, helps c
A family judge has rejected 28 “DIY divorce” applications after couples who used an unregulated website gave the exact same reasons for wanting to divorce. Mr Justice Moor said it was “quite impossible” that each of the respondents would behave in exactly the same manner and
