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Professor Andrew Steven explains how the Clark Foundation for Legal Education has enabled more than 100 students to attend an enlightening summer school on the Continent. In 2004, I was invited to lecture on Scots law at the European Private Law Summer School at Salzburg in Austria. The Summer Schoo

The slightly weary thought on seeing another new book on Mary Queen of Scots has already been suggested in Scottish Legal News. Deciding whether there are too many books on this particular Queen must depend of course on what the latest author has to say, given the very many others in or out of print

Almira Delibegović-Broome KC reflects on how the Clark Foundation for Legal Education helped her. I applied to the Clark Foundation in 1995, to cover my diploma in legal practice tuition fees at Edinburgh University. At that time, I was still an asylum seeker, having arrived to Scotland in 199

The Trustees of the Clark Foundation for Legal Education have written a short series of articles on the valuable work it has supported over the last 34 years. The first looks at the life of Jean Clark MBE. To begin, it is only fitting that we focus on the Clark Foundation’s founder, Jean Clark

BTO has successfully defended an appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court in a personal injury action concerning allegations of bullying and harassment by the respondent’s employees and a failure to provide a protective screen during Covid-19. The appellant alleged that these failures had caused her

A recently published letter from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) provides insight into the interactions between HMRC and the newly established Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) and on investigations and enforcement of the UK’s trade sanctions regime, writes Stacy Keen. Between 2021

Society’s problems arising from the growing number of those who live with Alzheimer's disease are projected to develop into an even greater crisis within a few decades.

A recent Court of Appeal decision (EE Limited v Virgin Mobile Limited [2025] EWCA Civ 20) relating to exclusions of liability is a useful reminder to contracts lawyers of the significance of these clauses, writes Liam McMonagle. The case involved a contact dispute. In 2013, EE agreed to supply 2G, 3

Alastair Gray knew rradar was a firm he wanted to join when he turned up for his interview to hear the strains of Get Down by the rapper Nas blasting through the open-plan office. He had, he says, “come to a crossroads” in his career. Hearing that music and seeing the ping-pong tables an

The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill has reached an advanced stage at Holyrood and the Scottish Law Agents Society welcomes many of the changes made to it. For the five reasons set out below, however, it is extremely concerned about the review provisions.

David J Black discerns traces of Scotland in America. See part one here. Alasdair Gray was the quintessential Glasgow author. The city is imprinted on his text, albeit with a hint of his idiosyncratic urban metaphysic. With a grid street plan and a wise-cracking populace well seasoned with the desce

George Craig (1783-1843) made his living as a lawyer, banker and land agent, through judging the character and credit of others, and he was immersed in the local community. He had a social conscience through his dealings with the parish poor, and he was also the treasurer of the Galashiels Savings B

Choices, choices, always choices. On February 25th it was between an event in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall marking the third anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, or a ‘Gray Day’ in Glasgow’s Oran Mohr marking the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Scotland&r

In a bid to speed up the global pace of achieving gender equality, this year’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) is ‘Accelerate Action’, write Emma Brown and Megan McNicoll. Part of the campaign is encouraging individuals to step forward in solidarity and "strike the

Brian Jenkins is the latest writer to consider Madeleine Smith, who, he opines, was in many respects a less than appealing figure, although she has never wanted for biographers. A brief glance at a few bibliographies suggests that this is the 23rd book on the case, as well as many dedicated chapters