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The second conference in a collaboration between the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow in international law – 'Glasginburgh 200' – will take place next year.

On 23 December 1919, the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act was passed, allowing women to be admitted to the professions. On 12 December, the Law Society of Scotland and Women in Law Scotland are hosting an event to celebrate this seminal date in legal history.

A newly-published author is helping to write a fresh chapter in the story of the Tumbling Lassie, and boosting her fundraising appeal. Stephen O’Rourke QC, has pledged one third of royalties from his début novel, a historical thriller called The Crown Agent, to the appeal.

Brodies LLP this week welcomed a Chinese delegation responsible for developing, coordinating, implementing and enforcing immigration law in China.

A court in Egypt has ruled a woman should take an equal share in an inheritance with her brothers in a landmark case, The Times reports. Lawyer Huda Nasrallah, 40, brought the case to the court in Helwan, south of Cairo, with her brothers' support.

An exhibition celebrating the centenary of the admission of women to the legal profession is the subject of the latest Law Pod UK podcast. Episode 99 sees Rosalind Wright CB QC discuss the first 100 years of women in law with Rosalind English.

A cattle farmer has been fined €6,000 because of the smell of dung and hay on his farm. Nicolas Bardy was ordered to pay the sum to his neighbours after a judge ruled that they had been disturbed by the smell.

A motorist who was fined £500 after being convicted of driving without a valid licence and without insurance has failed in an appeal to have the financial penalty reduced. The appellant claimed that the sentence imposed was “excessive” because it would take nearly two years to repa

Aspects of plans to compensate for historical child abuse in care could create a “survivor hierarchy” and deny payments to some victims, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. Proposals by the Scottish government for a scheme of financial redress would not apply across all institutions

The increasing volume of Brexit-related secondary legislation has coincided with a decrease in the number of Scottish statutory instruments laid before the Scottish Parliament for consideration, a Holyrood committee has reported.

An application for appeal against the Inner House's judgment in the Serco lock eviction case is to be made this week. Mike Dailly, principal of Govan Law Centre, said in his column for the Evening Times that he will lodge an application seeking permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.

MSPs on the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee are calling for better mental health support for young people ordered into either secure care or a young offenders’ institution (YOI). The committee is calling for assessments of a young person’s needs to be made within the first

Lynda Towers takes a look at what the Children (Scotland) Bill might mean for Scotland’s youth. The Children (Scotland) Bill is currently at stage 1 in the Scottish Parliament and continues the current government's emphasis on improving rights and protections for children in Scotland. This bil

A Holyrood committee is undertaking an inquiry into protected trust deeds (PTDs) amid concerns over their use. PTDs are a type of insolvency, similar to bankruptcy, which commits the debtor to an agreed payment schedule in return for a substantial write-off of debt and protection from creditors.

Burness Paull advised on the corporate and capital-markets aspects of UK-based independent oil & gas company Savannah Petroleum plc’s deal to acquire the assets of Seven Energy in Nigeria, which involved a $125 million equity fundraising. Chris Gotts and Edward Hunter (corporate & capi