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A man who left two prison officers injured after trying to escape from custody during a hospital visit has been jailed. James Demarco had been taken to Perth Royal Infirmary for an X-ray appointment on September 25, 2023. The 34-year-old was handcuffed to a female GEOAmey employee when he caused her

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Labour Party for repeatedly failing to respond to hundreds of subject access requests (SARs). In November 2022, the Labour Party had received 352 SARs that required a response. Of that number, 78 per cent had not receive

Sarah Cooper outlines changes that landlords and tenants should expect in the Housing (Scotland) Bill. It has been a busy year on the housing front in Scotland. In early Spring, we saw the temporary measures protecting tenants from rent increases and evictions relating to the Cost-of-Living cri

The head of a top City of London firm has advised partners not to send non-urgent emails over the weekend. Segun Osuntokun, appointed last year as global senior partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), a firm of over 1,275 lawyers across 31 offices, told The Telegraph that he schedules emails

On 7 September 2024 the profession lost one of its true originals and, for those of us that knew and worked with him, a very special colleague and friend. Richard Alexander Barrie – or “RAB” – died peacefully at home after having carried himself with indefatigable courage sin

A lord ordinary has reduced three decisions by the Home Secretary that further submissions made by a family of three who fled their home country for fear that the mother would be subjected to female genital mutilation did not amount to a fresh asylum claim. Petitioners A, B, and C, the latter aged s

A pensioner couple are seeking judicial review of government cuts to the winter fuel payment. Peter and Florence Fanning, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire have raised proceedings in the Court of Session against the the Scottish government and the UK Work and Pensions Secretary with the help of Govan

An employment tribunal has awarded a man over £21,000 after finding he was unfairly dismissed from his employment with the Royal British Legion Scotland’s Arbroath and District Branch after making a protected disclosure about health and safety concerns at the bar he worked in. It was fur

Addleshaw Goddard has announced the recruitment of a new partner, Anya Duncan, to its employment law team in Scotland. Ms Duncan, who is dual-qualified, joins from Stronachs and is an accredited specialist in employment law. She is experienced in multi-jurisdictional matters, acting for a range of i

Scottish Information Commissioner David Hamilton attended a conference in Ukraine last week to develop a framework to balance information and security concerns for countries operating under martial law.  The commissioner responded to concerns of non-compliance by Ukrainian public authorities by

David J Black tells the tale of his encounter with Hollywood, whose prestige is, happily, diminishing rapidly. See part two in tomorrow's SLN. News comes that the $238 billion Netflix Corporation of Los Gatos, California, has developed an interest in Edinburgh’s Grassmarket to the extent that

A new film about the exploitation of garment workers in the UK fashion industry has been released to mark Anti-Slavery Day 2024. The animation, based on research conducted by Glasgow Caledonian University London lecturer Erica Charles, tells of the human cost behind the production of clothing for fa

Former senior partner at Levy & McRae, the late Leonard Murray, features in new BBC documentary Inside Barlinnie. Mr Murray was the solicitor who defended Tony Miller, the last ever prisoner to be hanged in HMP Barlinnie after a murder conviction. Mr Murray was a young lawyer at the time, but it

After more than two decades in legal practice, private client partner Beth Hamilton has retired from her position at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM). Ms Hamilton joined Bartys, then a branch of Borland, Montgomerie , Keyden, in 1999, initially as a part-time assistant specialising in will

New silk Usman Tariq KC reflects on his career so far and his hopes that others will follow in his path. On 23rd September 2024, at the opening of the legal year in the Court of Session, I had the honour of being welcomed to the rank and dignity of King’s Counsel.