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A coalition of landlords and letting bodies has submitted a petition to the Court of Session seeking judicial review of the Scottish government’s rent control and eviction ban legislation. The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL), Scottish Land and Estates (SLE) and Propertymark believe the

Students from the University of Aberdeen paid a trip to legal London recently to learn about life at the English bar.

Donald Trump has been fined almost $1 million by a judge in Florida for filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hilary Clinton and others in which he claimed they conspired to damage his reputation as part of the Russia investigation. Judge David Middlebrooks said in his judgment that Trump was "a prolif

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China trading away human rights for short-term political wins: HRW report

Scottish court staff are to strike over pay next month. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said bar officers and clerks employed at sheriff courts will stop working on February 1 in protest at low pay.

A doctoral student researching the 18th century Scottish Highlands & Islands has won the Rosebery Prize. Juliette Desportes, a student at Glasgow University, was awarded the prize for her transcription of Petition and Complaint by Roderick Mackenzie (1756).

One of Scotland’s leading commercial real estate lawyers has joined Aberdein Considine. Chris Richardson – a commercial property practitioner with almost 20 years’ experience – has left Anderson Strathern to join Aberdein Considine as head of commercial real estate for Englan

A home economics teacher in a Perth school who made a discrimination claim against her employer based on its response to her complaints of being subject to racially motivated abuse by pupils has had her claim dismissed by the Employment Tribunal. The teacher, who described herself as of Scottish nat

Ahead of a major ruling of the Supreme Court next month, Cat MacLean takes a look at the jurisprudence of online fraud. Read part one here. Following the Appeal Court decision in Philipp, Sekers settled in due course for a substantial six-figure sum. Meantime, though, Barclays were given leave to ap

The looming constitutional court clash over Scotland's proposed gender reforms is the subject of a new article by writer and former practising lawyer Helen Dale. Ms Dale, who has law degrees from Oxford and Edinburgh, details the background to the bill and the rationale for the UK government's oppos

Local authorities have fined a man for “praying for [his] son, who is deceased” near an abortion facility in Bournemouth. Adam Smith-Connor stood still and silent on the public street for a few minutes before being approached by “community safety accredited officers”.

A concert venue contractor is facing a lawsuit from a woman who drove home drunk and blew up four houses. Canadian woman Daniella Leis, 26, severed a gas line when she crashed her car on the way home from a Marilyn Manson concert, leading to an explosion which destroyed four homes.

Ahead of a major ruling of the Supreme Court next month, Cat MacLean takes a look at the jurisprudence of online fraud. Part two follows tomorrow. Online fraud has been on the rise for many years. The pace of attacks has quickened with the pandemic and the advent of working from home. In most cases,

The rule of law should be put at the centre of new efforts to define Britishness and Britain’s place in the world of the 21st century, a think-tank says today. The Social Market Foundation said that Britain’s trusted legal system and tradition of fair play can help bind together the nati

TLT has advised global private asset management firm Capital Dynamics on the sale of a 27.5MW operational onshore wind portfolio consisting of three assets located in Fife, County Durham and Bedfordshire. The sale formed part of Capital Dynamics’ realisation of Capital Dynamics Clean Energy an