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Dr Karen Baston looks at a particularly acrimonious legal dispute from the eighteenth century over the use of a garden. In February 1760, advocate Walter Steuart presented a petition to the Court of Session on behalf of his client, John Grieve, a taylor in Potter-row. [1] The petition was part of a

A motorcyclist who was injured after crashing into the back of a car which performed an unnecessary “emergency stop” has been awarded nearly £50,000 damages. A sheriff in the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court ruled that the driver of the vehicle, who braked suddenly beca

A man who was fined for uploading footage to the internet of his dog performing a Nazi salute has failed in a bid to appeal to the Supreme Court. Mark Meechan, 31, was prosecuted following the publication of a video entitled "M8 Yer dug's a Naazi" which featured the dog raising its paw in respo

Burness Paull has won a brief to support the independent body that protects customers of financial firms that have failed. The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) has appointed eight law firms to form its second legal panel following a rigorous six-month procurement exercise.

TLT has helped to support the growth of three major pub companies and brewers in Aberdeen, by securing the first extensions to core licensing hours under a new policy from the city's licensing board. The firm represented Brewdog, Signature Pubs and Spirit Pub Company at the board hearing on 15 Janua

A leading Scottish insolvency expert has expressed her “great concern” after latest figures showed the number of Scottish firms that failed last year rose 21.2 per cent - to their highest level since 2012. The latest Accountant in Bankruptcy (AiB) figures show that 945 Scottish firms fai

Sean Duffy highlights new research showing how criminal record declarations undermine the concept of rehabilitation. Recent research from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice (SCCJ) called into further question the value of criminal record declarations on job application forms. Indeed, the rese

The European Commission has fined Mastercard €570 million for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered by banks established elsewhere in the Single Market, in breach of EU antitrust rules. Mastercard is the second largest card scheme in the European

David Lorimer analyses some technical aspects surrounding the introduction of independent legal representation for rape complainers.  On the 28 November 2018, The Faculty of Advocates hosted a debate on independent legal representation (ILR) for complainers in rape trials. This was informe

The Parliamentary Assembly of the 47-nation Council of Europe has expressed concern about the “judicial” activities of “Sharia councils” in the UK and has recommended that barriers to Muslim women's access to justice be removed. A resolution adopted last night by the assembly

The courts system is in chaos following a major computer outage that has lasted for days. Court WiFi has been unavailable to lawyers and cases have had to be adjourned because of a failure of the Ministry of Justice’s (MoJ) IT system, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) said.

Cycle Law Scotland has raised £1,200 for Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) after staff cycled a total of 1,500 miles on a tandem over the course of a year.

Brandon L Garrett, L Neil Williams, Jr professor of law at the Duke University School of Law, will give a seminar on “Forensic Science and Wrongful Convictions” at the University of Glasgow School of Law on next Tuesday. He will speak about new work he is carrying out on forensic science

A lawyer who twice forged her transcript in an attempt to land her dream job has been struck off. Jaya Anil Kumar, 30, doctored the transcript for her law degree from the National University of Singapore (NUS) when applying to the Singapore Legal Service in 2013.

An agent acting on behalf of a landowner and a contractor in relation to proposed works at a quarry should be regarded as “aggrieved person” and therefore entitled to challenge a planning decision, a Court of Session judge has ruled. Lord Drummond Young held that the appel