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The founder of Scotland’s first legal aid centre, the Aberdeen Law Project, has talked about its beginnings in a new video.

A collective redundancy does not always qualify as an “exceptional case” permitting the dismissal of a pregnant worker, according to Advocate General Sharpston. In the context of a collective redundancy, the dismissal of pregnant workers may only occur in exceptional cases not connected to the p

David Rennie Stronachs LLP is moving its Aberdeen headquarters to larger office facilities to bring all its services under one roof.

Nicky Morgan The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is facing a torrent of data protection requests demanding it release a report into Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG).

Three people have been fined in the German city of Essen for failing to come to the aid of a pensioner who collapsed in the lobby of a bank. Four bank customers were prosecuted for doing nothing to assist the 83-year-old man who suddenly collapsed and hit his head, leading to a traumatic brain injur

Hundreds of people are expected to take the chance of a rare glimpse inside the Faculty of Advocates when the Advocates Library features in Edinburgh Doors Open Day 2017 on Saturday 23 September.

Individuals seeking to challenge an age assessment in court should do so by judicial review, a judge has ruled. Lord Woolman in the Court of Session held that while an action for declarator was also a competent remedy, there were “decisive advantages” to proceeding by way of judicial review.

Fears have been voiced by the Faculty of Advocates that proposals to modernise the law of defamation have “a significant gap” in dealing with online character attacks. The Faculty is also concerned that the wording of the Defamation and Malicious Publications (Scotland) Bill could exclude MSPs a

David Gourlay David Gourlay gives SLN readers a rundown of the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017.

Bruce Farquhar and Anne Marie Alexander

Graham Dunlop Terra Firma Chambers’ Graham Dunlop has been appointed to the office of legal member of the First-tier Tribunal, Housing and Property Chamber.

Lawyers led by a human rights NGO are calling for the UK-UAE Extradition Treaty to be suspended after multiple UK court rulings have rejected UAE extradition requests due to the “real likelihood of human rights violations”. Radha Stirling, CEO of NGO Detained in Dubai, a UK-based organisation sp

Confusion reigned over last week’s ECJ ruling on the Ryanair jurisdiction case. We are pleased to clarify the issue with this analysis from Catherine O'Flynn and Jeffrey Greene of Dublin law firm William Fry. The ECJ has ruled on 14 September 2017, in a case relating to six Belgium-based Ryanair e

A Scots lawyer is gearing up for a cycle trek across Tanzania in aid of a children’s charity. Alastair Hope, 60, of Helensburgh firm Raeburn Hope will cycle 350km across the savannah in aid of Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS).

Richard Masters Pinsent Masons has appointed Richard Masters as chairman of company operations for Northern Ireland and Scotland.