Greenpeace has launched a legal challenge against the UK government's decision to approve the transfer of two exploration licences in the Pacific Ocean to deep sea mining company Glomar Minerals. The environmental group is concerned that the licences in the wrong hands could open the door to destruc
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The Unbound the Greyhound coalition – formed of nine animal welfare organisations working together to ban greyhound racing in Scotland – has welcomed the stage one vote in support of the general principles of the Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill. The bill, introduced by Mark R
Today is dubbed ‘National Sickie Day’ – statistically the day when most workers are likely to call in sick according to research – and it is the last one before the law changes on April 6. The cost of sick leave may consequently skyrocket for employers, with new laws set to c
Tributes have been paid to the late Lord Jim Wallace, who has passed away at 71. The lawyer-turned-politician served as Scotland's first-ever deputy first minister from 1999 to 2005, and as Advocate General for Scotland from 2010 to 2015.
A man who claimed that he had been groomed by employees of a charity for LGBTQ+ young people when he was 15 and sexually abused by older men as a result of that grooming has been allowed a proof before answer on all of his averments after the defender unsuccessfully argued for the deletion of some o
Plans to introduce new statutory targets to enhance nature and protect biodiversity in Scotland have been approved by MSPs. The Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill will also give ministers new powers to develop legislation relating to wildfire management, sustainable forestry management and our inte
A new report from The Constitution Society and the Federal Trust tackles the role immigration policy played in causing Brexit, and that Brexit has since played in driving UK immigration policy. In Brexit and Immigration: The Arc of the Pendulum, immigration researcher Jonathan Thomas tracks the arc
The Scottish Land Court’s dismissal of a landlord’s application to evict a tenant farmer following what the court described as an "inordinate and inexcusable delay" spanning nearly two decades has been welcomed. In a new decision, the court ruled in favour of tenant James Stewart Miller,
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) is calling for a programme of reparations for Scotland’s Gypsy Travellers, who were subjected to decades of forced assimilation and on-going harm under policies known as the ‘Tinker Experiment’. Its new report, No Man’s Land, examin
Five recommendations have been made following a fatal accident inquiry into the suicide of a student. Kerry Ann Finnigan, a 26-year-old English literature graduate, died by suicide at University Hospital Wishaw on 21 December 2019.
Legislation laid in Holyrood will designate ‘sex’ as a protected characteristic under the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. There are protections in the Act for individuals’ rights in respect to freedom of expression for the new stirring up hatred offences. Hate
Solicitors who provide legal aid will receive a 13 per cent increase in fees from September this year. The fees hike is part of a wider package of support including also funding for up to 40 legal aid traineeship places and digital support to help firms purchase devices to assist trainees in their w
Advocate Michael Upton FCI Arb updates readers on recent cases in communications law. The ‘new’ Electronic Communications Code came into force at the end of 2017 as a schedule to the Communications Act 2003. It governs telecoms masts and other "electronic communications apparatus"; speci
An appeal by the defender in a Court of Session personal injury action arising from an asbestos-related death challenging the lord ordinary’s decision to allow the matter to be tried with a civil jury has been refused by the Inner House after it ruled that the provision relied on by the defend
