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An expanded UK corporate criminal liability regime means organisations are now criminally liable for any offences committed by their senior managers during activities forming part of their roles, writes Tom Stocker. For decades, other than in defined areas such as health and safety, corporate crimin

During his long summer holidays in 1934, staying with a school friend’s family in Ireland, historian and author Richard Cobb remarked on what, to him, seemed like a peculiar practice: tram passengers discreetly crossing themselves every time the tram passed a church or roadside shrine, which a

We’re pushing the boat out today. Kurt the Kiwi, an esteemed former colleague and now a senior man at the New Zealand Herald, is paying a flying visit. It’s 15 years since he left Scotland for home and the occasion calls for a special lunch at Edinburgh’s L’Escargot Bleu. We&

Gary Sturrock comments on a Supreme Court case which has clarified the scope of the Hague Convention’s “grave risk” exception, holding that a child’s own views are relevant to assessing whether a return would place them in an intolerable situation, while at the same time conf

To Edinburgh for lunch with our ace reviewer and resident legal historian. La Bruschetta is the venue of choice. Right opposite Haymarket station, it is so convenient. On the hottest day of the year, the restaurant is pleasingly cool and what a joy – white linen tablecloths, gleaming silver an

A compensation award in a serious injury claim is intended to secure an injured person’s future. Following separation or divorce, however, questions can arise as to how far those funds are protected. This article, by Amy Gannon and Amanda Masson, considers the practical steps that can help saf

The recent Court of Session decision in Duncan v Lord Advocate [2024] CSOH 114 offers important reassurance for clinicians involved in fatal accident inquiries (FAIs), write Vikki Watt and Natalie Boal. Lady Haldane confirmed that a sheriff may identify a “reasonable precaution” that mig

This year has singularly demonstrated to Paman Singh that a lawyer’s life can change dramatically in the space of a few short months. In April, after just three years with the firm he was made a partner, while last month these professional achievements were complemented by a significant person

Is Sunday lunch still a thing? Only just, I discover when we search for a decent restaurant to offer a Sunday roast with all the trimmings. They are few and far between and we finally settle on 18, the rooftop bar and restaurant of Rusack’s Hotel in St Andrews. As the name suggests, it boasts

Vladimir Putin’s penchant for assassinating his political enemies is nothing new for Russian rulers. His former employers, the KGB and, before that, the NKVD, were dab hands at it. Stalin’s order to murder Leon Trotsky in exile in Mexico has plenty of parallels today giving this book con

“This heat is just unbearable.” “It’s roasting!” “I wish we could just be at home by the (paddling) pool.” These are just some of the things we have been hearing in workplaces around the UK this week, writes Marianne McJannett. Periods of extreme heat are be

Commercial disputes occasionally turn on points which appear technical in form but have potentially significant financial consequences. One such issue concerns the distinction between delivery of an executed agreement and delivery of the principal signed document itself, writes Ahsan Mustafa. The qu

Last week, I attended a showing at the EICC of a deeply shocking film entitled People’s Emergency Briefing. We have become accustomed recently to focusing on AI and national security as real and imminent threats to our future. This film, presented by Chris Packham, reminds us that the biggest

Practitioners will be all too familiar with the Law Society of Scotland’s ‘Standards of Conduct’, especially when it comes to the obligations owed to clients so as not to bring yourself and, indeed, the wider profession into disrepute, writes Thomas Mitchell. However, in my own fir

In May 2009 a meeting of residents of flats in Saltwater Mansions in Margate included Caroline Lane, a resident in a ground floor flat there. The meeting was somewhat contentious because of a dispute around essential repairs. Caroline Lane resided alone, and she challenged her liability for payment.