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A BBC journalist who raised allegations of sex discrimination, victimisation and harassment against the broadcaster has lost her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling to strike out her claim. Sally Chidzoy, a BBC home-affairs correspondent for some 30 years, was overheard discussing her case

The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in March 2018 was £146,009 – an increase of 6.7 per cent on March in the previous year and an increase of 0.5 per cent when compared to the previous month. This comp

New legislation will increase efficiency by ensuring the right judge is deployed to the right case, according to the Ministry of Justice. Under the Courts and Tribunals (Judiciary and Functions of Staff) Bill, appropriately qualified and experienced court and tribunal staff - authorised by

Thompsons Solicitors has announced that Lindsay Bruce, associate in the firm's mass litigation team, has been promoted to partner. Ms Bruce is a graduate of Strathclyde University where she gained her law degree. She trained and qualified at Thompsons, joining the firm in 2007.

Wendy Sinclair-Gieben has been appointed the new HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, the first woman appointed to the role. Ms Sinclair-Gieben has a background in justice in the UK and Australia, including terms as a prison governor and managing a reintegration facility for young male offend

DLA Piper has represented publicly-owned utility Scottish Water on the re-procurement of its core IT and telecoms infrastructure. The deal sees the formation of a strategic Digital Technology Partnership, with contracts with an estimated total value of between £200 million and £300m awar

There is just one day left to contribute to Liberty’s legal fees in its fight against the UK government over the Snoopers’ Charter. The Investigatory Powers Act – or Snoopers’ Charter – lets the government monitor records of everyone’s texts, emails and calls. It

31 May 2018, 17:30 - 19:30 Two lawyers will share their experiences of using arbitration agreements, which increasingly form part of commercial contracts, at Aberdeen University next week.

Land and property search firm Millar & Bryce is set to hit the road in June with a series of Scottish roadshows, marking the launch of their fourth conveyancing manual. Each event will be led by Millar & Bryce’s principal consultant John King, who brings over 30 years' legal, policy an

A woman who falsely accused four men of sexual or violent offences has been sent to prison after the Solicitor General, Robert Buckland QC MP, referred her sentence for being too low. Anna Judith Costin, 30, accused her victims of rape, sexual assault, or assault during early 2016. None of the men w

Four members of Terra Firma Chambers will be speaking at CLT’s forthcoming “Scots Law 2018” Conferences – demonstrating the breadth of practice areas within the stable. At the Succession Conference on 18 June, Roddy MacLeod – a specialist in contentious executries &ndas

The Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF) invites participants to join in the 2018 sponsored Edinburgh and Glasgow legal walks on Monday 1st October at 5:30pm. The annual 10km walk around the sights of Edinburgh and Glasgow take place after work and will raise funds for local legal advice charities to

The Scottish Legal Aid Board has successfully appealed against a judge’s ruling to reduce its decision to grant civil legal aid to a man who was seeking to challenge the lawfulness of a local authority’s determinations relating to the provision of community care services to his elderly a

Scotland will become one of the first countries to achieve a 100 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, Climate Change Secretary Roseanna Cunningham has said. The new Climate Change Bill will immediately set a target of a 90 per cent reduction by 2050, which the UK Committee on Climate Change (UK C

The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish companies rose sharply during the first quarter of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust. Registry Trust is a non-profit organisation which collects decree and judgment information from jurisdictions across the British Isle