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The Sheriff Appeal Court has published a judgment in three test cases concerning the court’s approach in undefended actions under the simple procedure rules. The court allowed appeals by Cabot Financial UK Ltd against decisions to dismiss its undefended actions for payment, after ruling that t

Compass Chambers' Glasgow Conference will take place on Friday 1 June 2018 at 200 SVS (200 St Vincent Street) from 1pm until 5pm and is open to all solicitors, in-house lawyers, trainees and paralegals. Under the Law Society of Scotland's Guidelines, delegates may claim 3 hours of CPD time. The conf

A Mariachi band joined a protest on Friday outside the home of a lawyer caught on camera racially abusing Spanish-speaking restaurant workers. More than 100 people gathered outside the home of Aaron Schlossberg, 42, to object to his treatment of restaurant workers he said should be “kicked out

CMS’s Scottish-based Women in Business network group has teamed up Buchanan Galleries Shopping Centre to raise more than £2,000 to support people living with terminal illness. With all the donations now accounted for from last month’s Fashion & Fizz event, held at CMS’s G

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Lawyers, advice agencies and all those with in an interest in the operation of simple procedure in the sheriff courts have until the end of this month to contribute to a review of the rules. A Scottish Civil Justice Council consultation, which seeks views on simple procedure – the rules and fo

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

History examiners landed themselves in trouble after mistakenly stating in a high school exam that Mary Queen of Scots died in 1567. Mary Stuart actually died 20 years later, in 1587.

Scotland will become one of the first countries to achieve a 100 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has said. The new Climate Change Bill will immediately set a target of a 90 per cent reduction by 2050, which the UK Committee on Climate Change (UK C

Govan Law Centre's Mike Dailly will be the keynote speaker at the Scottish University Law Clinic Network annual conference, which has as its theme this year virtual pro bono and how it might be applied in the community. Mr Dailly told Scottish Legal News: “This event will provide a fantas

Insurance risk and commercial law specialist BLM has announced the promotion of 16 new partners, at the start of its 2018/19 financial year across five of its business streams, including claims solutions, large loss & technical, specialty & financial lines, healthcare and Northern Ireland. T

Kathleen McAnea outlines why developers should review a recent case when procuring works and considering the extent of their design consultant’s liability. The limits of a lead consultant’s liability for a project were highlighted in a new Scottish appeal court decision wh

The Scottish Legal Aid Board has successfully appealed against a judge’s ruling to reduce its decision to grant civil legal aid to a man who was seeking to challenge the lawfulness of a local authority’s determinations relating to the provision of community care services to his elderly a

The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish companies rose sharply during the first quarter of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust. Registry Trust is a non-profit organisation which collects decree and judgment information from jurisdictions across the British Isle