Support has been given by the Faculty of Advocates to adopting the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law – and for it to be done sooner rather than later. In response to a Scottish government consultation on incorporating the UNCRC into domestic law,
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Turnover at Blackadders Wealth Management LLP has risen by £74,000 to £1.8m for the year to the end of March 31. The firm is owned by Blackadders LLP's directors and provides financial planning and investment management advice.
The UK's advertising regulator has ordered the Home Office to withdraw a "misleading" advert for the post-Brexit EU settlement scheme. In a ruling published today, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the radio advert gives listeners the impression that a passport or ID card is the only id
A judge in Mexico has granted two people the right to use cocaine recreationally in the first ever ruling of its kind. Both claimants were granted the right to "possess, transport and use cocaine" but not sell it, Mexico United Against Crime (MUCD) said.
A sheriff was forced to sentence a man in the back of a prison van after he refused to leave the vehicle, The Times reports. Harrison Long, 28, had been brought to Selkirk Sheriff Court after having been found guilty of a machete attack.
Multinational company Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $572 million (around £463.4m) in connection with an opioid addiction crisis in the US state of Oklahoma. A case was brought against the pharmaceutical company by Mike Hunter, Attorney General of Oklahoma, under the state's pub
An increasing number of English couples are travelling to tie the knot in humanist weddings north of the border, where the marriages have been legally recognised since 2005. Humanist weddings are so popular in Scotland that they are on the verge of overtaking all other wedding types this year,&
UK government officials have cast doubt on plans to abruptly end European free movement in the event of a no-deal Brexit. According to reports, Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to impose new border controls immediately after the UK leaves the EU if no agreement can be reached by the 31 October deadl
Abusive postcards sent to the president of the Supreme Court of Poland last year were allegedly masterminded by judicial colleagues who supported the country's controversial judicial reforms. Polish web portal Onet.pl has published screenshots alleged to be from a WhatsApp group in which judges disc
Two law students in Aberdeen have represented a group of tenants in a four-figure dispute. Jonathan MacAulay and Amos Dahl, members of the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP), helped secure the return of a wrongfully withheld deposit through SafeDeposits Scotland's dispute resolution process.
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for a cancerous tumour. The 86-year-old judge "tolerated treatment well" and the tumour has been "treated definitively", the court said in a statement.
Police have seized thousands of orange ecstasy tablets shaped like US President Donald Trump's head since his inauguration two years ago. The front of the bright orange tablets show the president's head with puckered lips, while the words "Great Again" are printed on the back.
Citizens Advice Scotland has launched a national advice and legal support service for EU citizens resident in Scotland. The service is for EU citizens who would like to apply for settled status but have complex support needs, limited digital access, difficult personal circumstances, language barrier
A former football club chairman has been found guilty of harassing two lawyers linked to his divorce case. Alan Mackin, 64, who ran East Stirlingshire FC, blamed Grant MacLean, 55, and Ronald Fulton, 65 for “ruining [his] life” after he accrued a £49,000 legal bill, The Times repor
Dentons, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, has voted to combine with Lee International, a law firm in South Korea. Lee International has a range of practice areas including intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, finance, real estate, corporate, litigation/internationa
