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Two associates at Inverness-based Innes & Mackay have been promoted to the role of director. Sarah Lilley trained in Aberdeen and qualified as a solicitor in 2008. She practised family law in Edinburgh for four years before moving to Inverness and joining Innes & Mackay in July 2012. Sh

Amy Entwistle explores the details of recently enacted community empowerment provisions. Last month saw reports of the completion of the transfer to the North West Mull Community Woodland Company of the Island of Ulva.  North West Mull Community Woodland Company is a Community Body (more below)

Govan Law Centre has lodged an appeal at the Sheriff Appeal Court in a rent arrears case challenging the "regressive practice" by social landlords in Glasgow of preventing tenants from recalling eviction decrees. Rachel Moon, senior solicitor at Govanhill Law Centre who represented the defendant in&

A new paper proposes using a Roman remedy to give victims of revenge porn redress in the civil sphere. Jonathan Brown, a law lecturer at Robert Gordon University, suggests that revenge porn should be actionable as iniuria in Scots law.

A multi-track qualification scheme could be introduced at the English bar as early as next September, The Brief reports.The scheme is reportedly being considered as a key measure in widening social access and reducing the cost of becoming a barrister.Proposals under consideration by the&nb

The week of the 70th birthday of the NHS saw a timely discussion between the medical and legal professions on holding doctors to account. The event was staged by the Faculty of Advocates and featured two members, Clare Connelly and Vinit Khurana, with Dr Rob Hendry, medical director of the Medical P

A French court has decreed that its famous national motto, “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité”, can be used as a defence in court. The Constitutional Council said on Friday that a farmer who smuggled migrants into the country was not guilty of a crime as he acted o

The latest edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council's newsletter has been published, detailing changes in committees' membership as well as ongoing work. Yvonne MacDermid has been appointed to the Costs and Funding Committee for a further period of three years from 06 July 2018.

A diabetic student has been awarded £2,000 in compensation after winning a discrimination case against a company that provided security staff at the music festival Tennent’s Vital in 2016. Kayla Hanna from south Belfast had her bottle of Lucozade confiscated by b

After calling for reforms to put consumer protection at the centre of its regulatory framework, the Law Society of Scotland has expressed its support for Scottish government’s plans to establish a single consumer body for Scotland. Business minister Jamie Hepburn MSP announced plans to set up

Rosie Walker looks at the proposed changes to Scotland's defamation regime. On 14 December 2017, the Scottish Law Commission published its “Report on Defamation”, recommending a number of reforms to the law on defamation in Scotland. The current law on defamation has been in effect since

What does climbing Mount Everest have in common with getting on the property ladder? Other than both involving an uphill struggle, many people trying to buy their first home would likely agree both are also challenges of endurance, writes Shawn Wood. The difficulty in taking that first step to home

The University of Aberdeen School of Law will once again open its doors to students from the USA as part of its Baltimore/Maryland Summer School this year. The summer school is a long-standing tradition between the institutions – the programme was initiated in 1987 by Baltimore and Aberde

David Morgan found himself reflecting on a famous American idea as the US celebrated its independence day this week. As the 4th of July marks the anniversary of the adoption of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, I found myself reflecting on the well-known phrase in the introduction to the Declara