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This month brought another interesting development in the ongoing saga of employment status for gig economy workers, writes Meghan Jenkins. Last Wednesday the English High Court rejected a judicial review challenge in the case of R (on the application of the Independent Workers Union of Great Britai

Morton Fraser has begun a new podcast series that explores mediation in Scotland. In the first episode of the Stuck in the Middle series, the firm chats with Graham Boyack, director of Scottish Mediation about the role mediation plays in resolving conflict and the various ways in which mediation can

A third of vintage Scotch whiskies have found to be fake. The Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC), based in East Kilbride, carried out carbon dating on 55 bottles, discovering that 21 were not what they claimed to be on the label.

A little boy in Fife won’t stand out from the crowd this Christmas but will be able to boast to pals that Santa brought him a bike, too – thanks to the generosity of members of the Faculty of Advocates and staff. The boy is one of many youngsters - and parents – to be given some fe

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Uber drivers should be considered workers, with the right to a guaranteed minimum wage and holiday pay, in a major blow to the gig economy company. The court upheld the previous Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal rulings that Uber had unlawfull

Scottish Legal News' extremely popular 'And finally...' slot enjoyed another year of bizarre and funny stories. Listed below are the 10 our readers enjoyed most. And finally… str**k off

A flight attendant who was forced to apologise on his knees to the airline chairman's daughter for serving her nuts in a bag and not on a plate has won £14,000 in compensation. Park Chang-jin was subjected to a stream of verbal abuse from Cho Hyun-ah, eldest daughter of Korean Air chairman Cho

A former SNP councillor has been awarded £40,000 in damages after raising a defamation action against a party activist who falsely accused her of racism. Julie McAnulty sued Sheena McCulloch over the content of an email sent to the party compliance manager, in which it was alleg

The Court of Session has granted a declarator in line with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Article 50 case, Wightman and others. The European Court ruled this month that it was possible for the UK to unilaterally revoke the notification of its intention to leave the

Average prices in Scotland continued their upward trend in October, figures published by Registers of Scotland show. The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in October 2018 was £151,508 – an increase of 4.4 per cen

The UK government will pay compensation to Britons who were resettled abroad in the post-war period. Around 4,000 children were sent to different institutions in the Commonwealth between 1945 and 1970, where many of them say they were sexually, physically and mentally abused.

Staff at the Scottish Law Commission said goodbye to outgoing chairman Lord Pentland yesterday and presented him with a cake that included his picture and legal keywords and phrases such as "homicide" and "leases".

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Santander nearly £33 million for failing to transfer funds totalling over £183 million to the beneficiaries of tens of thousands of deceased UK customers. The watchdog's investigation found that 40,428 customers were directly affected, and

The Supreme Court is once again holding its essay competition, open to S5 and 6 pupils, with a top prize that includes tea with a justice. Have you recently been on a tour of the Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you considering studying law at uni

The next event in CLT Scotland’s extremely successful Scots Law 2019 Conference/Exhibition Series will be taking place at BT Murrayfield Stadium on 11 & 12 March.