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Professor David Cabrelli, professor of labour law at Edinburgh Law School, has been appointed a visiting summer scholar at the University of Oxford. Professor Cabrelli will be conducting research at Oxford until September, hosted by St John’s College and sponsored by the college's Professor Ma

The convener of the Faculty of Advocates' International Committee, James Mure QC, will be one of the speakers at a conference in Northern Ireland to explore major constitutional law issues. The Belfast summer school is hosted by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, John Larkin QC, from 7 to 9

A man who filmed himself throwing a fridge down a cliff while joking about "recycling" was ordered by police to drag it back up – by hand. Police made their own follow-up video of his Sisyphean effort and published it on Twitter, as well as slapping him with a €45,000 fine.

A councillor suspended for making inappropriate remarks to a man seeking to renew his taxi licence has had his appeal against suspension refused by a court, in a case providing that when acting in a quasi-judicial capacity the enhanced protection afforded politicians to make political comment, under

Prisoners serving sentences of 12 months or less will be allowed to vote for the first time in the forthcoming Shetland by-election. The Scottish Government has said it will take steps this week to align the franchise for the by-election with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

Advocate David Adams has joined Compass Chambers. Mr Adams called to the Bar in 2018 after eight years in practice as a solicitor, rising to senior associate with a Glasgow litigation firm.

MacRoberts has advised on the sale of Cultivate Software Limited, an Edinburgh-based software consultancy business, to international food delivery operators Deliveroo. A team led by corporate finance partner Alan Kelly, share schemes partner James Keith and corporate finance senior solicitor Bonar M

Rodney Whyte, partner and specialist in residential land development at Pinsent Masons, looks at how Scots law is holding back "later living" developments. There are almost 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK, and that demographic is forecast to grow by an additional 8.6 million people ove

Internationally-recognised Jurassic sites on Skye, containing rare evidence of how dinosaurs and early mammals lived many millions of years ago, have been granted greater legal status under a Nature Conservation Order (NCO). The order, signed by the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environ

Researchers looking at the use of bail and remand for young people across Scotland have appealed for those with experience of the system to get in touch. The Centre for Youth and Criminal Justice (CYCJ) is undertaking the research to better understand how the experience of going through the criminal

The Society of Advocates in Aberdeen has invited legal trainees in the city to attend a free buffet lunch in the Library at Concert Court next month. The trainee lunch on Tuesday 17 September 2019, at 1pm, is a chance to catch up with university friends and see the Society's facilities with no oblig

The German government has introduced draft legislation to allow British citizens in Germany to continue living and working in the country in the event of a no-deal Brexit, in sharp contrast to the UK government. The Brexit-Aufenthalts-Überleitungsgesetz (Brexit Residence Reconciliation Bill), w

The UK’s only court-based improv show, This Is Your Trial, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for a seventh year from tonight, at Frankenstein, 26 George IV Bridge. Sponsored by Inksters Solicitors, the show continues to attract the brightest and the best talent in town, to wear the wigs and lega

Scullion LAW has congratulated Gemma Brown on graduating with an LLB from the University of Strathclyde after 18 years with the firm. Ms Brown, from Larkhall, started off as an office junior and then a criminal secretary, before moving to the conveyancing team and eventually becoming a paralegal in

A drug dealer who inadvertently incriminated himself by dealing in front of his own car's dashboard camera has been jailed. Scott Curtis, 45, has been jailed for two years and six months after pleading guilty to possessing cocaine and heroin with intent to supply and producing cannabis.