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Spain's amnesty on Franco-era atrocities was abolished last night after a new law was passed in Madrid. The Democratic Memory Bill, drafted by the Socialist-led coalition government of Pedro Sánchez, the prime minister, is intended to deal with the grievances around the victims of fascist dic

Rebecca Dyer, 2021/22 student director of the Strathclyde Law Clinic, talks about her time in the clinic and offers encouragement to current and future members. Some weeks ago, I said a goodbye to the law clinic as my academic studies drew to a close. My time in the clinic was easily the highlight o

A lawyer ran 5km every day in September to raise money for a charity that conducts research into sepsis. Elizabeth Rose, founder of L&M MediLaw, took on the challenge after she interviewed Colin Graham, COO of the charity Sepsis Research FEAT to discuss Sepsis Awareness Month, which takes place

A Lord Ordinary has refused a judicial review petition challenging a nil valuation of company shares by an independent chartered accountant for the purposes of paying out a former shareholder. David Maguire, a former shareholder of 5PM Ltd, challenged the decision of Stewart MacDonald CA to ascribe

Legislation making it a criminal offence for anyone to supply fireworks or other pyrotechnic articles to a child or person under 18 comes into effect on 10 October. From the same date, attacks on emergency workers using fireworks or pyrotechnics will also become aggravating factors that can be taken

A devious pair of fishermen narrowly lost a €30,000 cash prize after tournament organisers discovered they had stuffed their catch with lead weights. Jacob Runyan and Chase Cominsky were found out just before they were due to be awarded $28,760 USD (around €29,000 or £25,305) at the

Legal mental health charity LawCare is asking the legal community to tell ten friends or colleagues about their support service on World Mental Health Day next Monday. The charity, which offers free, confidential, emotional support to anyone working in the law including support staff and law student

Rebekah Vardy has been told to pay more than £1.5 million in legal costs to Coleen Rooney after a judge found that she had purposely destroyed evidence in her libel case. The wife of footballer Jamie Vardy was ordered to make an interim payment of £800,000 within the next six weeks after

The Scottish Law Commission has recommended a new set of rules for the ending of leases of commercial property in Scotland, replacing the existing common law of tacit relocation. At present, tacit relocation – the automatic continuation of a lease at the expiry of the period for which it was g

Four lawyers have stepped down from the Scottish Covid inquiry. The departures follow that of Lady Poole, the inquiry chair, who announced she was leaving the inquiry on Monday.

A serial domestic abuser has been jailed for more than seven years after being found guilty of assaulting four of his ex-partners. Sales advisor Rian Hood, 31, from Kilmarnock, raped one woman, sexually assaulted two others and subjected all his victims to violent attacks.

Anderson Strathern has been named as a supplier on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) legal services framework for the first time. The framework will allow public and third sector organisations, including councils, health and emergency services, education bodies and housing associations, to continue

Terra Firma Chambers will sponsor a Property Bar Association conference which will be held at The Mackenzie Building, Edinburgh on Thursday 10th November 2022. The conference will be chaired by Terra Firma’s Denis Garrity with fellow TFC member Robert Sutherland delivering a recent case update

The legal aid spend per person in Scotland dropped from €33.28 in 2014 to €20.18 in 2020, according to a report from the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ). The European median figure in 2020 was €3.08, but UK legal systems traditionally have some of the largest

An appeal by a man who described himself as suffering from a mental disorder seeking damages for medical negligence has lost an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to delete certain averments from probation in the Sheriff Appeal Court. DD, the pursuer in an action against NHS Fife Health Board