Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf is considering cutting offenders' unpaid work hours after Social Work Scotland (SWS) warned the system would be "overwhelmed" due to the pandemic. SWS said it would not be possible for the 700,000 hours of unpaid work to be done within the next 12 months.
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Dr Ilona Cairns and Dr Adelyn Wilson have been appointed co-directors of the Centre for Scots Law at Aberdeen University. The centre was established in 2018 to support the enhancement of Scots law as an academic discipline with considerable practical relevance.
Addleshaw Goddard has advised on the £2.33 million capital raising comprising a placing and offer for subscription by Frontier IP Group plc. Frontier IP, an AIM-listed specialist in spinning out and commercialising intellectual property, has raised approximately £2.33m by way of a placin
Burges Salmon has advised Europe's first oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology, in connection with its inaugural investment fundraise of £1.7 million. St Andrews-based investment firm Eos Advisory led the investment round, supported by the Scottish Investment Bank, the investme
A Paisley man who killed a 15-year-old schoolgirl in a hit and run incident has been sentenced to five years and three months' imprisonment. 21-year-old Shaun Gatti was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to causing the death of Robyn Fryar on Glenburn Road, Paisley.
The 8th Edition of the Odgen Tables have been published and are applicable from 17 July 2020. Compass Chambers’ Andrew Smith QC was part of the Ogden 8 Working Group and assisted the Government Actuary’s Department in configuring and providing the explanatory notes. It has been nearly a
In the first of his 'neurolaw' articles, Benjamin Bestgen looks at how the law might accommodate advances in cognitive technology. See his last primer here. Humans are capable of fascinating feats of observation, empathy and intuition but we cannot read other people’s thoughts. Our thoug
A man who allegedly attempted to fake his own death to avoid a jail sentence was arrested after prosecutors noticed a typo in his supposed death certificate. The document submitted to authorities in New York State looked genuine except the word "registry" was spelled "regsitry", NBC News reports.
A Polish national who made a return order for his young child under the 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention has had his application remitted for rehearing following an appeal by the child’s mother. The child, M, had been residing with his mother, another Polish national, in England, wit
British lawyers are among professionals who have functioned as "enablers" for the extension of Russian influence in the UK, according to a long-awaited report from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC). The committee drew up the report on Russia last year under the chairmanship
Blackadders has announced the appointment of Peter Duff as chairman. Mr Duff has been a partner in the firm's Glasgow office since it acquired the Morisons LLP Glasgow business in 2019. He is an experienced business lawyer with specific expertise in corporate and commercial law, and his role will fo
Uber drivers have launched a legal case in the Netherlands to force the release of the computer algorithms used to manage their work in a test case that could lead to greater transparency for millions of gig economy workers. The case has been brought by UK-based App Drivers and Couriers Union (ADCU)
Universities have agreed to put an end to grade inflation and to give students qualifications that better reflection their academic ability. The pledge should do away with practices such as ignoring grades from core or compulsory courses when calculating the final degree classification, as is done o
Online mortgage broker Trussle has seen a 136 per cent increase in mortgage applications for properties in Scotland.
The Queen has appointed Jane Margaret MacLeod of Jane Macleod Solicitors as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute in succession to Patrick Stewart CVO MBE, who is due to retire on 25 July. Mrs MacLeod currently holds the office of Vice Lord-Lieutenant and is a leading mem