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Fired staff at a clothing firm are taking legal action after they reportedly were given just 15 minutes of consultation over the risk posed to their jobs. Thompsons Solicitors are to represent workers at USC, which went into administration, losing 79 permanent staff and 166 agency or zero-hours cont

Calls have been made for clarity over the public’s right to use railway level crossings. A decade after access rights were secured for much of the country’s land and water under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Ramblers Scotland wants the Scottish parliament to re-examine the legislation.

The Law Society of Scotland has launched a two-week consultation with its members on the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's draft operating plan and budget for 2015/16. The plan includes SLCC fees which practising solicitors will be required to pay to the Law Society by 30 June of this year.

A miners’ union member who claimed that the successful candidate for election as president was “ineligible to stand” has failed in an appeal. The Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the certification officer did not err in dismissing a complaint by Stephen Mace that Nicky Wilson should not ha

The UK Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal of a campaign group challenging consent to build a windfarm on Shetland granted in 2012. Sustainable Shetland (SS) challenged a consent for a large windfarm in the Central Mainland of Shetland granted under s.36 of the Electricity Act 1989 on

Shepherd and Wedderburn will be speaking at this month’s Global Law Summit in London, dubbed by former attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC MP, as the “Davos of where law meets business”. John MacKenzie, solicitor advocate and head of the firm’s commercial dispute resolution division(pictured

David Morgan (pictured) discusses the ECJ’s interpretation of “establishment” in respect of collective redundancy in a case involving defunct retailer Woolworths. The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has delivered his opinion in the hotly anticipated and widely re

Edinburgh city councillors have approved a compensation deal for the families affected by the Mortonhall baby ashes scandal. The settlement was announced last month and means that 129 families who raised legal claims will no longer have to pursue them.

House sales exceeded £15.3 billion in 2014, according to statistics published by Registers of Scotland (RoS). A total of 93,875 sales took place across Scotland in 2014, the highest annual figure since 2008, and an increase of 11.6 per cent compared to the previous year.

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. This is a United Nations sponsored day of awareness and action against female genital mutilation (FGM) To coincide with this event the Scottish Women's Support Project and Scottish government have drawn up a statement op

A register of lobbying should be established according to a report issued today by the Scottish parliament’s standards, procedures and public appointments committee. The proposed register would make information about lobbying activity around decisions made by parliament and government more transpa

The Scottish Law Commission has published its “ninth programme of law reform”. The programme will form the basis for most of the commission’s work over the next three years.

Legislation which gives foreign states “blanket immunity” from the jurisdiction of the courts of the UK in respect of employment disputes concerning embassy staff breaches human rights law, appeal judges have ruled. The Court of Appeal in London held that sections 16(1)(a) and 4(2)(b) of the Sta

The Law Society of Scotland is notifying its members that the grace period for the Registers of Scotland (RoS) rejection fee is ending. From Monday 9 February, firms will be charged a £30 rejection fee for failed applications to RoS.

Scotland’s police force is considering ending non-statutory stop-and-searches. The first minister, Nicola Sturgeon (pictured), revealed to MPs that she discussed the issue with chief constable of Police Scotland Sir Stephen House after a BBC Scotland investigation.