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A sheriff in Glasgow has made an order under the Forced Marriage etc. (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011 in order to prevent the parents of an Indian student studying in the UK from attempting to force her into a marriage. The pursuer, referred to as AB, alleged that he

Aberdein Considine has appointed senior finance specialist Stuart Hunter. Mr Hunter has joined the firm as its director with responsibility for training and competency following senior roles with a number of major financial institutions including CYBG (now Virgin Money), Prudential Financial Pl

Thorntons has taken on 13 new trainees. Three of the new recruits started their traineeship in September but, this month, 10 others have joined them. All 13 will undertake a two-year traineeship across the firm’s network of offices and will develop their skills and knowledge working across a v

A judge who suffered bullying after she complained about cuts to the justice system has been awarded a payout for harassment and discrimination, The Times reports. Claire Gilham, 62, said she had been victimised and became suicidal after her claims that courtrooms were unsafe and that judges had bee

Civil liberty campaigners have warned of a “staggering assault” on the right to protest as police revealed how they would implement government proposals to limit demonstrations. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) has published plans fo

Details of a proposed bill on housing will be published next week as part of a new 20-year route map for housing in the coming decades. Housing to 2040 – Scotland’s first long-term housing plan – aims to set the path for how homes and communities should look and feel in 2040.&

It is usually (but not always) a truism in the legal profession that what happens in London will eventually happen in Edinburgh. The most recent example of this is in relation to the way in which lawyers north of the border are entitled to charge for their work. For some time now, English lawyers ha

The critically endangered flapper skate is to gain further protection following the urgent designation of a new marine protected area (MPA) within the Inner Sound of Skye. The site will protect a nationally important flapper skate egg nursery area, which is the largest of its kind to be identified i

SEMLA has announced a work placement collaboration with NatWest Group. Between 12 – 16 April 2021, NatWest Group’s Outsourcing, Technology and IP (OT&IP) in-house legal team is offering two student members of SEMLA the opportunity to undertake a week of virtual work experience with t

A man who was sacked for sharing a leftover slice of pizza with his son on a business trip has been awarded over £150,000 by a court. Sydney man Greg Sherry was given permission to bring his wife and children on a trip to Melbourne, with his family members paying their own way.

Lawyers for Clara Ponsatí, the exiled Catalan politician, have vowed to fight on after MEPs voted to remove her immunity. Ms Ponsatí faces a charge of sedition for her role in Catalonia's independence referendum in 2017 and could now be extradited to Spain.

The advice that the Scottish government relied on to justify the ban on public worship will come under court scrutiny at a two-day hearing this week. The evidence which resulted in a blanket ban on worship in churches will be challenged when Canon Tom White, a Catholic priest from Glasgow, launches

Between December 2020 and February 2021, the average property selling price in East Fife, West Fife and Kinross was £218,393, up 11.9 per cent compared to the previous year, according to the latest data from ESPC.

TLT has appointed Peter McGladrigan as a legal director in Edinburgh. Mr McGladrigan, a solicitor advocate, is a leading financial services, commercial litigation and insolvency lawyer.

The nomination for Scotland’s new Biometrics Commissioner is set to be agreed by the Scottish Parliament tomorrow. Dr Brian Plastow, a former police chief superintendent and lead inspector for Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland, will become the first person to hold th