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Chris Rae discusses the potential for Scotland to replicate Norway's success in the data centre market by leveraging renewable energy sources, reusing waste heat, attracting investors, and addressing infrastructure and planning barriers to drive economic growth and enhance environmental sustainabili

A private landlord who was removed from the landlord register because her local authority did not consider her a fit and proper person has successfully petitioned for judicial review of an Upper Tribunal decision upholding that decision. Petitioner Anu Sharma argued that the “fit and proper pe

Reconviction rates have decreased from 2018-19 across almost all groups, new statistics from Scotland’s chief statistician show. This is the first year that reconviction data affected by the pandemic has been published and is therefore not considered to be indicative of longer-term trends

A janitor at a laboratory who was irritated by a beeping alarm on a fridge is alleged to have switched it off and caused the destruction of decades of scientific research. The mega fridge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York, stored cell cultures and other samples at minu

A research project suggests that socio-cognitive biases might be a factor in the disproportionate number of misconduct complaints brought against solicitors from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The first report of the study, which ai

Eversheds Sutherland has relocated its team in Edinburgh to Capital Square, a new development located in the heart of Edinburgh’s Exchange district.

Lord Armstrong and Lord Beckett have been appointed to the Second Division of the Court of Session effective from 23 June 2023 and 1 July 2023 respectively. Lord Armstrong was appointed a judge of the Supreme Courts in February 2013.

Drugs minister Elena Whitham has welcomed research from Public Health Scotland which concludes that minimum unit pricing (MUP) has saved lives, reduced hospital admissions and had a ‘positive impact’ on health. In their final report of a series, researchers said that "robust, independent

The Court of Session is to become the first court in Scotland with a regular live streaming service, allowing cases to be viewed remotely by the public. Inner House cases held publicly will be live streamed from today.

Scotland has a "very high" incarceration rate, new figures from the Council of Europe show. The end of lockdown measures to tackle the pandemic produced a rebound effect in the incarceration rates in many European countries between January 2021 and January 2022: the median incarceration rate rose by

Seven in 10 people across Great Britain oppose a key plank of the UK government's controversial Troubles legacy bill, according to a new opinion poll commissioned by Amnesty International. The human rights group has published the findings of the survey as the House of Lords continues to debate the N

A Lord Ordinary has declared that a notice of variation of sea fishing licences issued by Marine Scotland is not compatible with the National Marine Plan adopted pursuant to the Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 following a petition for judicial review. The Open Seas Trust, a charity whose purposes include

Tributes were paid to past and current female advocates at an event hosted by the Faculty of Advocates last week to celebrate Dame Margaret Kidd KC, the first female member of the Scottish bar. Kidd was admitted to Faculty on 13 July 1923, almost 100 years ago, after the Sex Disqualification (Remova

A prominent academic who researches honesty has been accused of falsifying research results. Dr Francesco Gino, a behavioural scientist at Harvard Business School, has been placed on administrative leave following the allegations, which first emerged in The Chronicle of Higher Education, reports FT.

Holyrood has launched a public consultation on the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill, proposed legislation that would allow local authorities to impose an additional charge on overnight accommodations, such as hotels and bed & breakfasts.