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Claims that England could become the "maintenance capital" of the UK after an artistocrat's estranged wife was granted permission to bring her claim for a slice of his £5 million fortune in England – despite the pair having lived most of their married life in Scotland – have b

Dr Robert Brett Taylor and Dr Adelyn L M Wilson summarise a judicial review case, currently at avizandum, challenging the lawfulness of a decision to allow administration of abortion medication in the pregnant woman's home. Section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 allowed the Secretary of State to appr

Jessica Weir, a banking and finance solicitor at Brodies has been elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association for 2018-19 following its AGM last night. The executive committee now comprises Jessica Weir as president, Ayla Iridag (Clyde & Co) as vice president, Graham

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has announced how it intends to work with the profession to eliminate unfair treatment of female barristers.

The UK government is planning to strengthen its position on Brexit through a series of appointments to the House of Lords, The Guardian reports. Around 10UK government to strengthen Brexit position through Lords appointments peers will join the chamber, as well as three 

On 11 May we ran an article entitled 10 Essential Steps to Renewing your Law Firm’s Professional Indemnity Insurance. We would like to clarify that the arrangements for professional indemnity insurance differ north and south of the border. The Master Policy Insurance provided by the Law Societ

In the third of our occasional series looking at Scotland's legal heritage, both grand and obscure, Graham Ogilvy appreciates Sir John Steell's statue of George Kinloch in Dundee. George Kinloch is not the only outlaw in Scotland to be publicly commemorated. Stirling's Wallace Memorial, the obelisk

The Crown Office's failure to notify complainers of decisions not to prosecute and its "lack of progress" on developing systems to learn from complaints have been criticised by the prosecution watchdog. The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a report on the operational effec

Drivers accused of ‘minor’ road traffic offences should retain the right to go to court if fixed penalty notices are introduced in Scotland. The Law Society of Scotland has responded to a Scottish government consultation on whether the Road Traffic Offenders Act should be amended to give

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Professor Joe Thomson, who passed away on 12 May at the age of 70. “Professor Joe Thomson, who has died just six days after his 70th birthday, was one of the leading legal scholars of his generation. He inspired hundreds of students with a unique s

The face of UKCS contracting is changing, and rapidly so with the introduction of the Oil and Gas Authority in October 2016. Laura Petrie considers whether mutual indemnities remain beneficial to all parties. To set the scene, the 2016 Court of Appeal decision in Transocean Drilling UK Ltd v Provide

The House of Lords has today appointed an ad hoc select committee to consider and report on the Bribery Act 2010. The committee will be taking evidence throughout the summer and autumn, and will be reporting in 2019. The Bribery Act 2010 created two basic crimes of giving and receiving bribes, and c

Four panellists from the Brexit and Family Law Group were invited to speak to MEPs and Permanent Representatives from the EU member states at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday. The session, hosted by Catherine Bearder MEP and the Joint Brussels Office of the Law Societies, saw

David Hoey looks at the the Court of Appeal's decision in City of York v Grosset.  The Claimant was a teacher who suffered from cystic fibrosis. He was employed in one of the Respondent’s schools. Adjustments had been made to accommodate his disability but these had not been properly