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Scotland’s legal sector has welcomed 80 new solicitors to the profession, at a record-breaking admissions ceremony in Edinburgh.

I’m following with interest the current debate around a declaration of around 291 English barristers and solicitors refusing to prosecute climate change protesters and further refusing to act for clients in the fossil fuel industry on new projects. The Daily Mail made this declaration the subj

A judge in the High Court of England and Wales has found that the director of a software company had infringed the copyright of his former employer after he founded his own company to carry on a similar business. It was alleged by PQ Systems Europe Ltd (PQE) and Productivity-Quality Systems Inc, an

Monday 3 April 2023 at 6pm Zoom Our members spoke, and we listened. Before the turn of the year, the SYLA conducted a survey of our membership (2 – 5 years' PQE and 5 – 10 years, respectively). A number of the responses requested progression-focused events. Therefore, we are delighted to

A man has been indicted for licking a soy sauce bottle as part of a wave of 'sushi terrorism' plaguing Japan. Ryoga Yoshino, 21 was arrested after an incident at a Kura Sushi branch in Nagoya City last month.

Turcan Connell has today announced the promotion of 23 professionals including two legal directors, Mark McKeown and Heather Bruce and one tax director, Iain Alexander.

UK house prices experienced an unexpected and significant drop in March, marking the largest year-on-year decline since July 2009, according to data from Nationwide.

BTO’s fertility law experts have formed an exclusive sponsorship alliance in Scotland with Fertility Network UK. This announcement is hot on the heels of the publication of the Law Commission’s Final Report and draft Surrogacy Bill.

A Highland gangland boss who hid drugs valued at thousands of pounds in secret woodland “stash sites” has been jailed for five years and eight months.

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s second national human rights action plan (SNAP 2), but warned more must been done to make rights real for people across the country. The commission has called on First Minister Humza Yousaf to prioritise SNAP 2 and

New research suggests that the burden of care and costs associated with supporting someone in prison in Scotland falls disproportionately on women, with many spending half their income or more in costs relating to their family member’s imprisonment. The families of people held in prison overwh

A former employee of a Glasgow social club who was dismissed following a furlough period has lost a claim in the Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal and unpaid wages for the period between the end of her furlough and her dismissal. Claimant Melissa Carrington was employed at the Corinthian Club

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China’s growing influence threatens to undermine global human rights, new research finds

A French woman is facing trial for insulting President Emmanuel Macron by calling him "filth" in a Facebook post. She risks a €12,000 fine at the trial to be held later this year.

One of Scotland's central police control rooms used a fake system to manipulate response time targets – for eight years. Documents seen by the BBC show that thousands of calls to the Bilston Glen control room were allocated to a fake call sign known as DUMY.