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Peter Carmichael Millar OBE, MA, LLB, WS, solicitor and Deputy Keeper of the Signet, passed away last month at the age of 93. From The Scotsman: "Peter Millar was one of the best known and respected Scottish solicitors of his generation. He had a wide private client practice; for 27 years he was clo

Terra Firma Chambers has announced the first of a series of webinars providing vital information and updates across its core practice areas at this unprecedented time of social and economic upheaval. Local Government in Challenging Times will be broadcast on Zoom at 11am on Tuesday, 28th April.

Doctors may end a mentally incapacitated person's life where they have previously consented to assisted suicide, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled. The ruling represents a major development of case law in the Netherlands, where assisted suicide has been legal in certain limited circumst

Iain Young comments on the importance for companies of reviewing their articles of association at this time. The social distancing restrictions imposed by the UK government has meant that all businesses have moved to remote working arrangements where it is possible for them to do so. The effect of t

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is launching a podcast series that promises to deliver interesting conversations on a variety of topics during the lockdown.

The High Court of England and Wales has allowed an appeal by the Home Secretary against judicial review proceedings challenging the lawfulness of provisions under the Immigration Act 2014 preventing landlords in the private sector from letting to irregular immigrants. The application was first broug

Conor McGregor has failed in a legal battle against a clothing company whose sportswear bears the same name. The 31-year-old MMA fighter applied to register his name as a trademark in order to sell clothing in Europe.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

Remote courts technology is not ready for criminal trials with juries, the head of the Criminal Bar Association in England and Wales has said. After observing a mock remote jury trial, Caroline Goodwin QC concluded that "the technology is not there to deliver a safe and fair trial", The Times report

On Tuesday Lord Leggatt was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice in a small, modified ceremony held in the court's library. He recited the judicial oath in the presence of UKSC President, Lord Reed. The other justices watched remotely.

A series of free online seminars on EU citizens’ rights are being organised by the Citizens' Rights Project, which works with EU citizens across Scotland. The webinars will focus mainly on the ‘Settled Status’ scheme under which EU citizens currently in the UK can get a permanent r

Scotland’s £18 billion housing market will experience two bouncebacks when the country emerges from lockdown, Scottish Building Society chief executive Paul Denton has forecast. Mr Denton said the sector has been hit by government stay-at-home measures for agents, surveyors and pros

The US state of Missouri has launched an "impossible" bid to sue the Chinese government for coronavirus. Eric Schmitt, the Attorney General of Missouri, has said the "Show-Me" state, as it is known, will hold China to account for "the enormous death, suffering, and economic losses they inflicted on

Five thousand people who tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl have registered for a class action lawsuit that claims the resort and Tyrol region put private gain before public health, The Irish Times reports.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has allowed an appeal on how affordable housing units subject to ‘golden share’ provisions ought to be valued for council tax purposes. The Assessor for Lothian Valuation Joint Board appealed a decision of the Lothian Valuation Appea