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Jim Cormack QC explains why businesses should consider Scotland as a jurisdiction for resolving disputes. Amid all the coverage of the politics of Brexit, it’s understandable little is said about the importance of EU law as the source of the rules regarding which state's courts have jurisdicti

Ailie McGowan considers the significance of the Prescription (Scotland) Bill. Since the UK Supreme Court ruling in David T Morrison & Co Ltd v ICL Plastics Ltd [2014] UKSC 48 there have been a number of court decisions, which could be described as “hard cases”; where claima

The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal in MacDonald and another (Respondents) v Carnbroe Estates Ltd (Appellant) (Scotland). The pursuers are the joint liquidators of a company (Grampian) which was in business as a provider of distribution services in Scotland and the wider UK. In 2

The Supreme Court is offering students the opportunity to have a live question and answer session with a justice from their own classroom. These sessions, which will run between the months of January-May 2019, offer students with a keen interest in law a unique chance to meet and speak with a justic

A "clearly drunken" barrister who subjected a pupil to "excessively physical and unwanted contact" and "uncomfortable, hostile and intimidating statements" at a social event has been fined £1,000.

Irish Legal News, our sister publication, has run the strange story of ‘Typhoid Mary’ as part of its Legal Heritage series. We thought it sufficiently interesting to republish here on Scottish Legal News.

Pagans who attempted to worship at Stonehenge have been found guilty of breaking rules restricting their access to the ancient site. Maryam Halcrow, 56, who says she is a witch, Lisa Mead, 52, who identifies as a druid and Angela Grace, 46, entered the circle without reasonable excuse.

An environmental campaigner who was seeking to challenge decisions of the UK and Scottish governments not to hold a public inquiry into undercover policing activities in Scotland following the so-called “spy-cops” scandal has had her application for judicial review dismissed. A judge in

A bill that aims to give local authorities and communities a stronger voice in the management of Scottish Crown Estate assets has been passed. Under reforms passed by the Parliament, the Scottish Crown Estate Bill establishes a framework intended to deliver wider benefits and new opportunities for l

A police inquiry into the handling of the investigation and prosecution of the Lockerbie bomber has found no evidence of criminality, The Times reports. Nine allegations were examined by detectives over the course of four years in an investigation called Operation Sandwood.

The decision by the Scottish government to withdraw the Common Financial Tool (Scotland) Regulations 2018 from the Scottish Parliament (for the second time) is to be welcomed, writes Alan McIntosh. The regulations, which had intended to replace the Common Financial Statement (CFS) with the Standard

The University of Strathclyde Law Clinic celebrated its 15th anniversary last week. The event featured a variety of speakers, including law clinic director Kate Laverty; president of the Employment Tribunal (Scotland), Shona Simon; president of the Law Society of Scotland, Alison Atack; dean of

Poland has moved to reinstate 27 Supreme Court judges, who were forced to retire under controversial judicial reforms, following a European Court of Justice ruling last month. Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro told Polish MPs yesterday that he "respected the rules and principles of the European Union

The UK government's Crown Commercial Services (CCS) has appointed TLT to the full-service lot on its new £320 million wider public sector legal services panel. TLT is one of six firms in the full-service lot that have been appointed to deliver legal services in all three UK legal jurisdictions

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is facing a private prosecution for alleged misconduct in public offence during the EU referendum campaign. Private prosecutor Marcus J Ball revealed today that he has notified Mr Johnson of his intention to bring a case against him.