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A landlord who failed to pay a tenancy deposit into an approved deposit scheme until four years into the tenancy has been unsuccessful in challenging a payment order. Linda Searle appealed against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (FtT) in which she

The number of self-harm incidents and attempted suicides recorded in prisons during the first seven months of 2019 has already far exceeded the figures for the whole of 2018. Figures acquired through freedom of information requests by the Evening Express and Scottish Liberal Democrats also show

Burness Paull LLP has confirmed three promotions to partner and one new lateral partner hire. The firm has promoted energy lawyers Neil Bruce and Peter Ward to partner.

Dentons has launched a risk consulting business to provide advisory, assurance and remediation services to clients. Dentons Risk Consulting is led by managing directors John Davison and Christian Blackwell.

Scotland's largest haggis maker, Macsween, has won a legal dispute with a company it accused of trying to cash in on its name, The Times reports. A website selling Macsween haggis, "macsweenshaggis.co.uk", was registered by Hillhead Hampers, a business based in Bannockburn and run by Elaine Macphers

Former Northern Ireland solicitor and judge Greg McCourt has been appointed to scrutinise reports of searches and seizures carried out across the UK without judicial approval. Mr McCourt spent over three decades in private practice in Bangor prior to spending over a decade as a district judge in Nor

A 92-year-old former Nazi is to go on trial in October over charges he helped kill hundreds of people at the Stutthof death camp near the end of the war. Bruno D is accused of being an SS guard at the camp near Gdansk and of having been involved in the killing of 5,230 prisoners between August 1944

A Scots lawyer is to appear on a new BBC series in which designers will compete for a commercial contract for a London hotel, The Courier reports. Terian Tilston, a solicitor at the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) and owner of Terian Tilston Interior Design, will be one of 10 people competin

Proposals to hike meat taxes in Germany – adding around 30 cents to the price of bratwurst – have been met with public outcry. Earlier this week, MPs from the Green Party and Social Democratic Party proposed raising the seven per cent rate of VAT on meat to 19 per cent.

A couple who claimed their company’s solicitor had been negligent in his conduct during a purchase transaction have failed to establish negligence. Sajjad and Rumella Soofi brought an action against Jeffrey Martin Dykes for professional negligence in respect of their purchase of

The fatal accident inquiry system is plagued by "unexplained delays" that “have the potential to devalue the purpose" of the system, according to a new report. The HM Chief Inspector of Prosecution’s review of the FAI regime found that three years on from the last thematic report, there

The fight against Serco’s lock change evictions in Glasgow continues with fifty evictions now blocked by Glasgow Sheriff Court. The scale of intervention from the court raises serious questions about multinational firm Serco’s evictions policy.

Brodies LLP has today unveiled its new brand, inspired by the firm’s history and its ambition. Enlightened Thinking is a culmination of the firm’s story, people, values, ideas and origins that date back to 1739 in Edinburgh, when many of Scotland’s leading minds helped sh

House prices across Scotland continue to grow, with respondents to the monthly RICS Residential Market Survey expecting further price rises for the year ahead. Unlike the majority of the UK, which has seen house price growth subdue following the new government bedding in, respondents to the July 201

Equal pay claims have certain special features, and the case of Graysons Restaurants Ltd v Jones and others highlights what that means in an insolvency context. Equal pay claims are based on discrimination principles but are basically breach of contract claims. They also have a unique treatment unde