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A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has found that the owner of a farm in Fife was not liable for injuries inflicted on a teenage stable hand by a racehorse that was stabled there. Milly Morrison sought reparations of £50,000 in solatium from James Oakden for a head injury and s

The Scottish government's 13-year delay in establishing an inquiry into childhood abuse in care was "woeful and wholly avoidable", a judge has said. Lady Smith, chair of the inquiry, made the comments in relation to the Scottish government’s response to a petition made to Holyrood in 2002 seek

Wayne Couzens, the police firearms officer who falsely arrested, kidnapped, raped and murdered Sarah Everard, has been sentenced to a whole life order. Tom Little QC, prosecuting, had sought the order, which means Couzens, 48, will be ineligible for parole and will die in prison.

Scotland's vaccine certification scheme will come into effect tomorrow. It will require a person seeking entry to certain venues and settings to show that they have been fully vaccinated. Fully vaccinated means vaccinated with an MHRA recognised vaccine in line with the MHRA recommended number of do

Shoosmiths has announced that three partners of the firm have been appointed to managerial roles within its operations. Janette Speed, real estate partner and previously head of Edinburgh has been officially named head of Scotland for Shoosmiths. She will assume overarching responsibility to spearhe

Businesses emerging from the Covid-induced cocoon of furlough payments used to retain their workforce since the pandemic struck are now facing the cold wind of scrutiny as HMRC gears up to claw back any cash that may have been handed over in error, writes Christine Rolland, forensic accounting

Climate leaders from the Global South have published a statement of their key priorities for COP26. Participants included communities impacted by the climate crisis, governments, non-governmental organisations, charities, and universities from countries including Malawi, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Tanzania,

DLA Piper is to agree a travel budget with its clients as part of a new series of measures to reduce its carbon footprint in the next two years. The move is part of a wider project of the firm's to commit to targets halving its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Burness Paull has signed an agreement to become the exclusive Scottish law firm pro-bono partner of the Lifescape Project, a specialist charity set up to promote the creation, restoration and protection of wild landscapes, including in Scotland. Bringing together science, technology, law, economics

Lawyers Patricia Taylor and Kerri Montgomery took part in The Kiltwalk on Sunday to raise funds for the Lawscot Foundation. The Lawscot Foundation is the Law Society of Scotland's social mobility charity. It promotes fair access to the legal profession and supports students from less advantaged back

A new book by Professor Federico Fabbrini, director of Ireland's DCU Brexit Institute and full professor of EU law at the DCU School of Law and Government, provides the first comprehensive academic analysis of the new terms of EU-UK relations post-Brexit. Launched today, The Law & Politics of Br

A drunk man who was reported missing after losing his friends inadvertently joined a search party looking for himself – for several hours. Beyhan Mutlu, from north-west Turkey, was reported missing by family after he wandered into a forest and lost contact with others, the Daily Sabah reports.

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber has ordered a Glasgow landlord to pay £2,400 to his former tenants after they applied to the tribunal for a Wrongful Termination Order. Lesley Munro and Grant McNicoll argued that they would not have left the property had they n

A new expert advisory forum on land and human rights has met for the first time to discuss the relationship between property rights and wider economic, social, and cultural rights. The forum has been set up through a partnership between Scotland’s land reform body, the Scottish Land Commission

Shepherd and Wedderburn is continuing its investment in Aberdeen by moving into flexible Grade A office accommodation, which offers the firm the opportunity to double its headcount in the city as it anticipates sustained growth in the region.