Opinion

It comes as no great surprise that Shamima Begum has lost her appeal against the Home Secretary's decision of 19 February 2019 depriving her of United Kingdom ...

Nicola Ross discusses two court procedures unique to Scotland which can be beneficial to parties. Scottish court procedure can often seem like a dark art to many ...

Digby Brown recently successfully challenged an argument advanced by a defender regarding the application of section 8(4) of the Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Act ...

Angela Robertson discusses the case of Alan King v Black Horse Limited and Park’s (Ayr) Limited. The Sheriff Appeal Court in Edinburgh has recently (January 2023) decided an ...

The aim of LGBT+ History Month 2023’s theme, ‘Behind the Lens’, is to shine a light on and celebrate the contribution of members of the LGBT+ Community ...

The latest Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) employment trends survey revealed three-quarters of UK business are struck by labour shortages and industries across the UK have reported ...

Attention has recently focused on policy and practice concerning accommodation of transgender prisoners in Scotland.  However, the role of Article 3 of the European Convention on ...

As Rishi Sunak arrives in Belfast for talks with political leaders on the Northern Ireland Protocol, Anurag Deb here examines the UK Supreme Court's latest Brexit ruling ...

Nicola Edgar compares the approaches to awards for damages following wrongful death between Scotland and the rest of the UK. For a number of years in Scotland, ...

Tom Stocker details developments in the law surrounding fraud and related offences. A new offence of failing to prevent “fraud, false accounting or money laundering” is to ...

The case of Muir Construction Limited v Kapital Residential Limited [2017] CSOH 132 served as a timely reminder of the importance for parties to a construction contract ...

Prior to the British Nationality Act 1981, any child born in the UK was automatically a British citizen, writes Nikki Weir. The 1981 Act, which came into ...

A recent Sheriff Court decision has reminded employers that, when arguing an employee was contributory negligent for their accident, clear evidence that the employee was appropriately trained ...

The theme for this year’s LGBT+ History Month is ‘Behind the Lens’. Its aim is to celebrate LGBT+ people's contribution to the production of film and cinema ...

Gwyneth King recently published an opinion piece claiming to set out some facts about the Equality Act as it relates to gender recognition reform. Almost everything she ...