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An in-house lawyer who sued his former employer for disability discrimination and victimisation cannot rely on a leaked email or a conversation he overheard in a pub to support his employment tribunal claim, appeal judges have ruled. Michael Curless, a former legal counsel for Shell, allegedly heard

Independent commercial law firm MacRoberts has welcomed a number of new clients to the firm as a result of recent competitive tendering exercises. In the private sector, the firm has been appointed to act for CALA Homes as part of a select panel of legal advisers.

Family lawyer Sarah Hay has welcomed the roll-out of a new court form giving children in Scotland as young as five years old a greater say on their own contact and residence rights. Form F9, the controversial court form for intimation to a child, has been replaced in a bid to improve meaningful part

A woman has been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged theft from the procurator fiscal's office in Aberdeen. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said the 33-year-old was arrested in relation to a "suspected security breach" in an evidence store, STV reports.

Edinburgh law firms are leaders in Europe and the Middle East in terms of agile working, with one in four firms in the Scottish capital offering some form of agile workspace. Adoption of new workplace strategies is limited across the EMEA area, with the UK leading the way in implementing agile worki

Danielle Stevenson, senior solicitor at Jones Whyte Law, looks at the collaborative approach to divorce. Often when couples are facing separation and divorce, the immediate thought is the rush to court, opposing sides and a battle. However, the reality is more often than not far from that, particula

Lady Scott will discuss how abused women are treated under the law in Scotland at an event marking 100 Years of Women in Law. The judge joins Professor Sharon Cowan of Edinburgh Law School at the UK Association of Women Judges event taking place at the Faculty of Advocates next month.

TLT has advised Q-Park, one of Europe's leading parking service providers, on the sale and leaseback of three Scottish car parks. The deals are part of a national disposals programme that TLT's specialist real estate team has acted on and involved international elements, careful attention to timesca

Scotland's human rights watchdog has warned that "much more needs to be done in practical terms" to translate the vision of "a rights-respecting Scotland" into reality. The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has published its annual report for 2018/19, marking the tenth year since it was establ

The Scottish Women’s Rights Centre (SWRC) has launched a new advocacy support helpline to complement its legal helplines and surgeries. The helpline has been set up to help women survivors of gender-based violence answer questions about the justice system, child welfare, finances, housing and

The number of homicides in Scotland remains at its lowest level in 40 years, according to new statistics. There were 60 cases in 2018/19, the third lowest number of recorded homicide cases for a single 12-month period since 1976, after 59 cases were recorded in 2015/16 and 17/18.

A woman has been charged with falsely reporting her own murder after she posed as her husband and told his alleged mistress that he had shot her. The wife - from the city of Bluffdale in Utah - was arguing with her husband about him talking to the other woman, police said.

A company which claims to have possessed a number of industrial units in a business park for more than 20 years has been granted a full hearing in an action against a property developer who was allegedly seeking to take over possession of the land. The pursuers GNC (Scotland) Ltd were seeking declar

A prisoner support expert has raised concerns about the function of a law aimed at offering more support to prisoners due for release on a Friday after it emerged only 15 people had benefited from it in three years. Under the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Act 2015, prisoners due for rele

The former head of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has called for the establishment of a parliamentary commissioner for the environment and a dedicated environment court after Brexit. Professor Campbell Gemmell, professor of environment policy, regulation and governance at Universi