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The joint administrators of the department store Debenhams have been held by the High Court of England and Wales to have adopted the employment contracts of personnel who had been furloughed due to the company’s participation in the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS). The administrators so

The first virtual hearing in Scotland held as a result of the coronavirus emergency took place yesterday. The Inner House appeal, Stuart Campbell v Kezia Dugdale, was heard before the Lord President, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lord Menzies and Lord Brodie. The other participants were the clerk of c

Social distancing regulations introduced to slow the spread of coronavirus have been confirmed and extended to protect workers. Temporary regulations restricting public gatherings and non-essential business activity have been in force since 26 March.

A number of short-term prisoners nearing the end of their time in custody are to be released early, under measures designed to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Regulations will be laid before Parliament so that release can start from 30 April. The scheme will be limited to those sentenced to 18

Peter Carmichael Millar OBE, MA, LLB, WS, solicitor and Deputy Keeper of the Signet, passed away last month at the age of 93. From The Scotsman: "Peter Millar was one of the best known and respected Scottish solicitors of his generation. He had a wide private client practice; for 27 years he was clo

Terra Firma Chambers has announced the first of a series of webinars providing vital information and updates across its core practice areas at this unprecedented time of social and economic upheaval. Local Government in Challenging Times will be broadcast on Zoom at 11am on Tuesday, 28th April.

TLT has expanded its role as one of BT’s key legal advisers following a review and consolidation of the telecoms giant’s UK legal panel. TLT has retained its position as a preferred supplier for litigation and investigations, and is now also a preferred supplier for employment.

Stronachs has been awarded the STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners) platinum employer partner accreditation, the highest of three accreditation levels awarded under STEP's employer partnership programme. To achieve platinum accreditation, a partner must show that the importance of l

DAC Beachcroft has announced the arrival of a team of injury specialists from BLM. The latest additions to the firm’s Glasgow office include partner Keith Mathews and associate Ed Radford, both of whom previously worked at DAC Beachcroft.

Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP has promoted two of its lawyers to partner and four to legal director, effective May 1. The newly assumed partners are construction law specialist Lauren Thomson and corporate finance specialist John Morrison, both of whom have been with the firm since they were trainees.

Doctors may end a mentally incapacitated person's life where they have previously consented to assisted suicide, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands has ruled. The ruling represents a major development of case law in the Netherlands, where assisted suicide has been legal in certain limited circumst

Benjamin Bestgen discusses how moral judgements are affected by aesthetic perception in his latest jurispurdential primer. See also parts one, two and three. In March 2020, Singapore’s High Court dismissed a challenge to repeal s.377A, a colonial-era law that penalises homosexual acts between

A homeowner has won a planning battle started after a neighbour challenged her decision to paint her front door pink. The woman was forced to make a retrospective planning application after a neighbour complained to the local authority about the paint being "too bright".

A developer of commercial wind farms that applied for planning permission for a wind farm within the consultation zone of the Eskdalemuir Seismic Array has succeeded in petitioning the court for a time extension to begin proceedings for judicial review. The planning application of Energiekontor

The corporate team at Harper Macleod is on course to complete more than 30 deals worth over £50 million during the lockdown period – in a positive sign that corporate Scotland is still open for business. Since the UK's lockdown began on 23 March, the firm's team has completed 12 deals re