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The Supreme Court has held that a high street bank did not have a duty not to carry out a customer’s instructions if it had reasonable grounds for believing that customer was defrauded after an appeal against a decision of the Court of Appeal of England & Wales finding that such a duty cou

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Prosecutor in Argentina launches investigation into alleged human rights crimes in Venezuela

The Inner House of the Court of Session has this week condemned a solicitor’s “extraordinary lapse of professional judgement” in failing to produce a response to a complaint, but stopped short of making a finding of contempt of court.

Pictured (L-R): Lorna Hale, David Brown and Anna Rani  Drummond Miller has announced the addition of three new partners to its immigration, litigation and conveyancing teams.

Elizabeth Rose and Craig Christie assess the Supreme Court’s decision in McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board and the impact of the decision on one’s consent to medical treatment. The Supreme Court has finally answered the question on everyone’s lips since the landmark decision in

Outlets in Barcelona's old city selling cannabis-related items are allegedly bypassing zoning restrictions by registering as florists. The claim has been made by local shopkeepers who have noted an unusual proliferation of such shops, particularly in the tourist hotspot Ciutat Vella.

In 2019, Gillian Treasurer was on the cusp of moving from Wales to take up the coveted role of Scottish Rugby Union’s legal head when she got news that turned her world upside down. “For about a year I’d been feeling absolutely exhausted and quite ill and the day before I left Wale

The Fife Council job evaluation scheme did not meet the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, rendering the scheme unreliable, the Employment Tribunal has found in Allan & Others v Fife Council. Dallas McMillan Solicitors, which acted for over 1,000 claimants in the case, said the council&

New research from the Next 100 Years project has found that 67 per cent of women in the legal profession believe their workplace is committed to removing barriers to women’s progress, but less than half (45 per cent) felt current measures being taken were proving effective. The profession&rsqu

The family of a man who died of cardiac arrest who alleged that the NHS Scotland health board responsible for his treatment was vicariously liable for his death has lost an appeal to the Supreme Court challenging a decree of absolvitor granted to the board. Jennifer McCulloch, wife of the late Neil

The Bar Council of Ireland has called on criminal barristers to take part in a one-day strike this October in a major escalation of its campaign for fee restoration, our sister publication Irish Legal News reports. Sara Phelan SC, chair, said the Bar Council had been "left with no choice" as a resul

A former tracing agent for Royal Bank of Scotland impersonated customers by using voice-changing software to to assist the bank in debt recovery, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has revealed.

The English and Scottish courts have repeatedly confirmed that there are very limited grounds upon which an adjudicator's decision will not be enforced. The case of J&B Hopkins Ltd v A&V Building Solution Ltd [2023] EWHC 301 (TCC) provides a further illustration of the English court's approa

Following a decrease in housing demand and supply in June, Scottish house prices are forecasted to remain largely stable over the next quarter, according to the recent Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. The survey, which collates the views of property experts,

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