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Terra Firma Chambers is launching a spring webinars series with two events looking at the ways in which communities can now use the law to require the transfer of land and other property to them. There are an increasing number of community groups making applications under these provisions, which rai

The European Movement in Scotland, in association with Perth for Europe, is sponsoring a student essay competition to look at how society has benefited from the ECHR. The writer of the winning essay will receive a prize of £360 and the winning entry will be published in the Juridical Review.

Benjamin Bestgen considers the law around espionage in this week's jurisprudential primer. See last week's here. James Bond is a bad spy; a pathological character who’d probably score highly on most psychopathy tests: he is glib, manipulative, self-absorbed, lacking in empathy, unnecessarily v

A man who shares a surname with a derogatory term is suing a major academic institution over its definition. Italian man Francesco Terrone, 59, is seeking to have the prestigious Accademia della Crusca amend its definition of terrone.

A Pakistani citizen who challenged the decision to remove him from the UK on the grounds of his family life has had his petition for judicial review of the Upper Tribunal’s decision not to permit him to appeal the decision refused. Muhammad Javaid argued that the Upper Tribunal had failed

The key legal advice that underpinned the Scottish government’s defence of the judicial review taken by Alex Salmond will be released tomorrow. The decision by Deputy First Minister John Swinney has received the prior agreement of the law officers in line with paragraph 2.40 of the Scottish Mi

The Scottish Law Agents’ Society has secured wide-ranging political support for a proposed change in the law that would prevent the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) from approving its own budget. Andrew Stevenson, secretary of the society, said SLAS had received the support of

A parliamentary inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on human rights has called on the Scottish government’s recovery plan to ensure that those people who have already experienced disproportionately negative effects as a result of the coronavirus crisis do not suffer further. The rights of wome

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh has suggested serious consideration be given to decriminalising drug use in order to resolve the "national emergency" of drug-related deaths in Scotland in a new report. In December 2020, the National Records of Scotland (NRS) reported that the number of

Gilson Gray has acquired East Lothian-based Practical Legal Solutions.  As part of the deal, Gill Maclean, the former owner of Practical Legal Solutions, will join Gilson Gray as a consultant in its real estate practice. The firm is currently in the process of onboarding Practical Legal Solutio

A new database showing miscarriages of justice that have occurred over the past 50 years in all of the UK's legal jurisdictions has been launched at the University of Exeter. The Laboratory for Evidence-Based Justice, based at Exeter Law School, is a new research group working at the intersecti

DWF has appointed Ann Frances Cooney as partner in its employment practice in Glasgow. Ms Cooney joins DWF from Addleshaw Goddard where she was a legal director and head of the Glasgow employment team. At DWF, she will lead the employment practice in Scotland.

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed Clare Lamond as a managing associate. Previously at DWF, she has over 25 years' experience advising clients on all aspects of real estate work in Scotland.

Watermans Legal has appointed Tzana Webster as head of property sales. She joins the Watermans team with 15 years of experience in the Edinburgh property market having relocated to Scotland from Texas.

Clarity Simplicity has announced a number of promotions and appointments. Shannon Gaughan and Craig Chisholm have been promoted to senior solicitor, while Susan Grierson and Dionne Hunter have joined as solicitors.