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Hundreds of people are expected to take the chance of a rare glimpse inside the Faculty of Advocates when the Advocates Library features in Edinburgh Doors Open Day 2017 on Saturday 23 September.

Individuals seeking to challenge an age assessment in court should do so by judicial review, a judge has ruled. Lord Woolman in the Court of Session held that while an action for declarator was also a competent remedy, there were “decisive advantages” to proceeding by way of judicial review.

Fears have been voiced by the Faculty of Advocates that proposals to modernise the law of defamation have “a significant gap” in dealing with online character attacks. The Faculty is also concerned that the wording of the Defamation and Malicious Publications (Scotland) Bill could exclude MSPs a

David Gourlay David Gourlay gives SLN readers a rundown of the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017.

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Graham Dunlop Terra Firma Chambers’ Graham Dunlop has been appointed to the office of legal member of the First-tier Tribunal, Housing and Property Chamber.

Lawyers led by a human rights NGO are calling for the UK-UAE Extradition Treaty to be suspended after multiple UK court rulings have rejected UAE extradition requests due to the “real likelihood of human rights violations”. Radha Stirling, CEO of NGO Detained in Dubai, a UK-based organisation sp

Confusion reigned over last week’s ECJ ruling on the Ryanair jurisdiction case. We are pleased to clarify the issue with this analysis from Catherine O'Flynn and Jeffrey Greene of Dublin law firm William Fry. The ECJ has ruled on 14 September 2017, in a case relating to six Belgium-based Ryanair e

A Scots lawyer is gearing up for a cycle trek across Tanzania in aid of a children’s charity. Alastair Hope, 60, of Helensburgh firm Raeburn Hope will cycle 350km across the savannah in aid of Children’s Hospices Across Scotland (CHAS).

Richard Masters Pinsent Masons has appointed Richard Masters as chairman of company operations for Northern Ireland and Scotland.

Lawyers in Nebraska may accept cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin as payment for legal services, a local state ethics committee has determined. The eight-member Lawyers' Advisory Committee said in an advisory dated 11 September 2017 that Nebraska attorneys can accept a cryptocurrency as long as they i

A qualified welcome has been given by the Faculty of Advocates to plans for periodical payment orders, which will introduce major change to personal injury litigation. Ministers propose to bring Scotland into line with the rest of the UK by giving courts power to impose PPOs without the consent of p

The Scottish Civil Justice Council reports in its latest update that the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Summary Application Rules 1999 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2017 will come into force on 18 September. It amends Chapter 49 (Family Actions) of the Rules of the Court of Ses

Macdonald Henderson has achieved a doubling in size since its management buyout in 2009 following the announcement of two new appointments. Victoria Lawson has been appointed as a conveyancing executive in the firm's private client team, while Colm Kerr has been appointed as a trainee solicitor in t

Pictured (l-r): Stephen Clark, Jacqueline Tainsh and George Paschakis Morisons Solicitors has welcomed three new appointments to the firm.