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Hannah Franziska is the winner of the 2018 Cloch® Quaich for the best intellectual property law-related dissertation at the University of Aberdeen. Ms Franziska's dissertation explored “Geo-blocking of online copyright-protected content in the EU – a justified infringement of the fre
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Kent police are asking anyone who has been offered a skull for sale to come forward after thieves stole 21 of them from a church crypt. The remains, which are thought to be 700 years old, were taken from St Leonard's Church in Hythe, Kent.
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The first steps are being taken to create a public register of people who ultimately make decisions about how land is used and managed. The Scottish government is publishing proposals that will, if agreed, reveal for the first time the controlling interests of land owned by trusts and overseas compa
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Tech giant Apple has been fined $9 million by a federal court for telling iPad and iPhone users it could not fix their devices because they had previously been repaired by third party companies. The lawsuit was brought by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) after it received co
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A man accused of rape who was seeking to question the complainer about a previous consensual sexual encounter he had with her in order to elicit evidence supporting his special defence of consent has had his appeal refused. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld the decision of a pr
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A European Union committee will vote tomorrow on controversial copyright proposals ahead of a vote in the Parliament next month. The Committee on Legal Affairs will vote on the report on copyright in the digital single market, which details legislation intended to protect rights holders.
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A special conference being held in Edinburgh to help landlords deal with the biggest shake-up of Scotland's letting industry in 30 years has increased the places on offer after a spike in demand.
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Online memes could disappear if copyright rules proposed by the EU come to fruition, an expert has warned. The Copyright Directive, which the European Parliament will vote on this month, has incurred the ire of digital rights groups.
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The seventh annual Scottish University Law Clinic Network conference was hosted at the University of Dundee yesterday. The opening keynote address was given by Mike Dailly of Govan Law Centre and there were other contributions on the day about: the Scottish University Land Unit (a partnership with D
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A successful night was had by all on Friday 25 May as over 150 people gathered in the Eglinton & Glencairn Gardens in the west end of Edinburgh for the fourth annual Cancer Research Racquet & Marie Champagne Garden Party.
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Perthshire law firm Macnabs has raised almost £5,000 for charity this year after taking part in a will-writing campaign in which lawyers give up their time for free to write wills for local people in exchange for a donation.
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There is just one day left to contribute to Liberty’s legal fees in its fight against the UK government over the Snoopers’ Charter. The Investigatory Powers Act – or Snoopers’ Charter – lets the government monitor records of everyone’s texts, emails and calls. It
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A federal judge has ruled that President Trump cannot legally block Twitter users as doing so violates their First Amendment right to free speech under the Constitution, Reuters reports. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald did not order Mr Trump to unblock users but said she
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The Supreme Court’s contribution to the development of devolution jurisprudence will be the subject of a lecture delivered by the UK’s most senior judge in Edinburgh next month. The Scottish Public Law Group (SPLG) will host Lady Hale, who will deliver a special address in her first
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Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC is set to deliver the 2018 Sacro Lecture in Edinburgh this November. The distinguished lawyer, who has sat in the House of Lords since 1997, will address the community justice organisation's annual lecture in the Signet Library, Parliament Square on Thursday 8th Nove
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