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It is incompatible with EU law to require a worker to take leave first before being able to establish whether he is entitled to be paid for it, according to Advocate General Tanchev. In circumstances where an employer has not provided a worker with paid leave, the right to paid leave carries over un

Following the results of the general election, Burness Paull chairman, Philip Rodney, has said Scottish businesses will react positively to the diminished possibility of a second independence referendum and a "Hard Brexit. Commenting this morning, Mr Rodney said: “At a constitutional level, it wou

Lady Hale A couple who want to take their seriously ill baby to the US for experimental treatment against the wishes of the hospital in which he is being kept on life support have been refused permission to appeal by the Supreme Court.

Colm Mac Eochaidh has been appointed a judge at the General Court of the European Union for a term of office expiring on 31 August 2019. Mr Mac Eochaidh was born in 1963 and graduated in law from University College Dublin in 1984.

Nicola Edgar Nicola Edgar explains new rules which recently came into force introducing pursuers' offers into the Court of Session and Sheriff Court Ordinary Cause procedure.

Annabelle Ewing

Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh The SNP’s Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, a solicitor, has lost her seat of Ochil and South Perthshire to Conservative Luke Graham.

The Supreme Court will rule next week on a challenge to the Secretary of State for Health over his failure to make abortion available on the NHS in England to women from Northern Ireland. Judgment in R (on the application of A and B) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Health (Respondent) will be

An arranged marriage in Tamil Nadu, India went off script when the groom's brother unexpectedly married the bride instead. The Bollywood-esque twist happened last Thursday as a man intended to marry a 20-year-old woman at Bala Murugan Temple at Ilayampatti.

Pictured (L-R) Alisdair MacPherson, Alasdair Peterson, Dr Andrew Steven, Andrew Sweeney and Dionysios Pelekis

People from throughout Scotland with an interest in the student law clinic sector and pro bono more generally gathered at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) yesterday for the Scottish University Law Clinic Network (SULCN) annual conference.

Kenny MacAskill Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has advocated the use of house arrest and tagging to deal with the threat of terrorism.

Professor Cyrus Tata The Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, will be among the speakers at a European conference tackling the use of imprisonment from today.

Gill Grassie Brodies is the only Scottish law firm to have achieved a gold ranking in this year’s IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals – a guide to the leading patent professionals in key jurisdictions around the globe.

Karen Phillips