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Singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran was celebrating earlier this month after winning a copyright battle in the English High Court over his 2017 hit Shape Of You, the most-streamed song ever on the platform Spotify, with more than three billion plays. The case came to court after grime artist Sami

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is requiring the Department for Work and Pensions to improve its treatment of disabled benefit claimants. This is in response to serious concerns about failures to meet the needs of its customers with mental health impairments and learning disabilities

Terra Firma Chambers’ Philip Simpson QC and Gordon Watt will speak at Longmark’s Scottish Private Client Tax Planning Conference, taking place at the Dalmahoy Hotel and Country Club on Wednesday 18 May. Mr Simpson will present the ‘Critical IHT Update&

Lawyers in the family law practice at Brodies LLP have received five new accreditations from the Law Society of Scotland. Sarah Lilley and Rachael Noble have become accredited specialists in family law mediation while Donna McKay has become an accredited specialist in child law. Ms Noble and Ga

Pinsent Masons is to raise its starting salaries for NQ lawyers in London and the regions. NQs in London will enjoy a 22.6 per cent increase in salaries – from £75,000 to £92,000.

Anderson Strathern has advised Crown Estate Scotland on all 17 of the recently announced ScotWind off-shore wind leasing agreements, a £700 million programme and the first offshore wind leasing round in over a decade, and the first award of projects since the management of offshore wind rights

CMS has announced the promotion of five new partners in Scotland. They include Bruce Harvie and Kate Darracott from the corporate team and fellow Edinburgh-based colleagues, Kirsty Nurse from the finance team and Will Anderson from the litigation & arbitration practice. Also promoted to partner

A Falkirk couple seeking reparation from a fuel company after their oil tank developed a leak have been refused permission to lead secondary evidence as to the tank’s condition. An objection to the evidence was lodged by the defender, Highland Fuels Ltd, on the basis that their case had been p

A traveller was forced to part with his cane at airport security after officials discovered a blade inside it – which the man said he didn't know was there.

The European Commission has proposed the first-ever framework to protect the intellectual property for craft and industrial products that rely on the originality and authenticity of traditional practices from their regions.  This framework will cover products such as Donegal tweed, Murano

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israeli forces kill Palestinian human rights lawyer in West Bank | France 24

In a new article, Terra Firma's Michael Howlin QC considers the recent case of Plumbing Pensions (UK) Limited, Petitioner [2022] CSIH 9, which turned on the manner in which the corporate trustee of a large pension scheme dealt with Section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995 and whether that impacted the av

The resignation of Lord Wolfson over the 'partygate' scandal is one the UK government can "ill afford", Joshua Rozenberg QC (Hon) has said. The legal journalist pointed out that Lord Wolfson, who tendered his resignation as parliamentary under-secretary of state for justice yesterday, was "pers

The UK government's proposals to replace the Human Rights Act with a new British Bill of Rights risk weakening existing human rights protections, Westminster's joint committee on human rights has warned. In a new report, the committee warns that the new regime could cause confusion and result in mor

Andrew Stevenson Solicitor advocate Andrew Stevenson, secretary of the Scottish Law Agents’ Society, comments on the 'partygate' scandal, which has reached its denouement.