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A new year, a new office – it can be an exciting time for any business as it embarks on an expansion, with some stylish new space for its staff. Unfortunately, a company move can come with a sting in the tail if it’s not handled properly. While it’s understandable that a business m

Drug company Tiofarma has admitted that it took part in an agreement that resulted in significant price hikes for a life-saving medicine. The development means that two of the three companies under investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have now admitted to an allegation that t

Scottish Green MSP Andy Wightman has launched an online tool which allows people to report short-term let properties operating in their community. The homesfirst.scot website includes a simple form which allows local residents to express concern where a whole property is no longer anyone’s per

Myanmar has been ordered by the International Court of Justice to take emergency measures to prevent a genocide of the Rohingya. In a unanimous order issued by 17 judges, the court upheld provisions of the Genocide Convention and said that Myanmar had "caused irreparable damage to the rights of the

NHS England is facing a legal bill of £4.3 billion to settle its outstanding medical negligence claims, according to new figures. Figures released to the BBC under freedom of information legislation show that the health service expects to have to pay a large sum to lawyers in order to settle a

A police officer who lives directly above his police station and who would clock in for work in his pants before returning to his flat to get dressed did nothing wrong, a court has ruled. Police officer Alberto Muraglia, 58, was caught on a hidden camera clocking in at his office in just a T-shirt a

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Urgent Action Needed to Meet Education Deadline | Human Rights Watch

Aberdein Considine has appointed a new partner and senior associate. Gemma Perfect, who is based at the firm’s flagship headquarters in Aberdeen, has been promoted from associate to partner in the commercial real estate team. Ms Perfect joined Aberdein Considine as a trainee solicitor in 2007

Have you recently been on a tour of the Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you considering studying law at university? Or perhaps you have a general interest in how the justice system works here in the UK. If you're an S5 or S6 pupil in Scotland or Year

The latest episode in the MacCormick Conversations sees Professor Janet Hiebert of Queen's University, Canada, chat with Professor Stephen Tierney and Pablo Grez Hidalgo about her work on assessing legislative competence.

A couple who sued their upstairs neighbours over the noise coming from a Saniflo toilet have had their “nuisance” claim dismissed by a court. Retired solicitor James Morris and his wife Carol Morris, a former court shorthand writer, described the noise from the toilet and

The Supreme Court will hand down judgment in FMX Food Merchants Import Export Co Ltd (Respondent) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant), UKSC 2018/0218 next Wednesday. The issue in the case, which is on appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division, is:

Lord Bracadale is to lead an independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sheku Bayoh. The appointment of Lord Bracadale, a former Senator of the College of Justice, was announced by Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf.

The Scottish government is consulting on which bodies it should add to legislation to give them data sharing powers in respect of debt and fraud. Part 5 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 introduces new information-sharing powers to reduce debt owed to, or fraud against, the public sector.

A lawyer has been forced to pay over £2,000 after a bust-up in the front row of an opera house. Matthew Feargrieve, a solicitor specialising in corporate and investment funds law, was sentenced this week after being found guilty of common assault last month, MyLondon reports.