A father whose legal action for contact with his child was dismissed after he failed to lodge a joint minute in advance of a case management hearing has successfully challenged the sheriff’s decision. The Sheriff Appeal Court allowed the appeal after ruling that the sheriff failed to have the welf
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A lawyer who was allegedly high on ecstasy and in a state of undress was arrested after barging into a stranger's home shouting "I'm here!". Justin Paul Christodoro, 39, entered an unsuspecting couple's home at around 5pm on 11 November, according to police reports, wearing a tight black shirt, high
Earlier this year, David Flint (pictured right) and Rebecca Ferguson discussed the ECJ overturning the General Court and Commission decision in Intel that clarified how rebates are to be treated in competition law. In another setback for the Commission, the EU General Court has annulled, in part, a
Blackadders' employment law trio Simon Allison, Jack Boyle and Richard Wilson have gotten into the Christmas spirit with a video depicting their festive car journey to the supermarket, no doubt to stock up for the gluttonous month ahead, set to Shakin Stevens' Merry Christmas Everybody. Enjoy!
The Sheriff Appeal Court has overturned a sheriff’s decision to refuse sanction for counsel in a summary cause action arising from a road traffic accident. The court held that the sheriff erred by failing to give sufficient weight to the “importance” of the case to the pursuer.
Sarah Jayne Millar Gildeas Solicitors' Sarah Jayne Millar has gained her paralegal certificate in Civil Litigation: Reparation Law.
Nicola Edgar Nicola Edgar looks at a recent case on the damages regime for wrongful death.
Philip Luther Syrian government forces have been using banned Soviet-era cluster munitions to carry out indiscriminate attacks on civilians amid a tightening siege in opposition-held Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, bringing the enclave’s humanitarian crisis to breaking point, Amnesty International
Alison Di Rollo QC The Solicitor General for Scotland, Alison Di Rollo QC is to address the annual Scottish Women’s Aid conference entitled "Trapped: Changing Our Understanding of Domestic Abuse".
A herd of donkeys has been punished for eating plants outside a prison – by being jailed. Donkeys in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh were convicted of destroying expensive plants outside a jail compound in Jalaun district.
A man who was sentenced to the minimum term of five years’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to possession of a stun gun has failed in an appeal against what he argued was an “arbitrary and disproportionate” sentence. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld the decision of the
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Pictured: Ethel and former Law Society president Richard Henderson in 2009 when she was awarded honorary membership of the Law Society The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to Ethel Houston OBE, one of the first women to become a partner of a Scottish law firm, who died last week aged 93.