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Aberdeen law student Hamza Afzal is one of 10 finalists and the only Scottish student in the running for the Undergraduate Future Lawyer of the Year Awards 2023. The 21-year-old, who is studying Scots law with English law, was one of more than 5,000 entrants from across the UK to take part in the co

A Perthshire-based company has been fined £27,000 for health and safety failures after a worker lost part of a leg in a forklift truck accident. John Brodie, 65, suffered the life-changing injury in April 2019 at the premises owned by Broomhall Feeds near the village of Inchture.

Compass Chambers' Peter Gray KC will be running the London Marathon on 23rd April to raise funds for Young Epilepsy. A number of years ago Mr Gray's eldest daughter Ishbel sent him a text from the London Marathon where she was spectating, suggesting that it would be a wonderful idea if they both ran

The Scottish government recently published guidance on the ‘Repairing Standard’. This is often talked about in the context of the private residential letting sector but, in fact, it has a much wider application. Moreover, from 2027 it will be further extended and this will have a signifi

France's top constitutional court will today rule on whether to approve President Emmanuel Macron's pension reforms amid widespread opposition and three months of mass protests. Mr Macron's reforms would raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Surge in Iran executions aims to 'spread fear', rights groups say

Nominations are now open for solicitors hoping to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision-making body, representing members working across the UK. Becoming a member of the Law Society Council provides an opportunity to influence key decisions, contribute to the work of the Society and help

A former employee of the Scottish government has had her claim of harassment and victimisation on account of her race based on deliberate underpayment and unfair treatment dismissed by the Employment Tribunal. Claimant J Adegun, who was ethnically black, sought to establish that the Scottish Ministe

A local politician has threatened to sue ChatGPT over false claims in what would be the first defamation claim brought against an AI-powered chatbot, according to reports. Lawyers for Brian Hood, the mayor of Hepburn Shire, Australia, have written to ChatGPT developer OpenAI after the chatbot allege

A rapist who manipulated and exploited vulnerable people he met through online chat sites has been jailed for 11 years. Thirty-five-year-old Scott Hanlon – also known as Lannister – from Stirling degraded and abused his young victims after they accepted his offer to live at his flat.

Donald Trump has accused his former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen of causing him reputational harm for discussing hush-money payments and is suing him for more than $500 million. Filed in Miami, the lawsuit features arguments that will likely appear in Mr Trump's defence to charges that he falsifie

A mother of two newborn twin brothers resorted to calling the police after losing track of which was which. Sofi Rodriguez joked on Twitter that she was "mother of the year" after she took two-month-old Lorenzo and Valentín to a local police station to be fingerprinted in a bid to establish t

Spain's folkloric dance, flamenco, has been defined in law in its heartland of Andalusia. The region's parliament has passed a law that "establishes a legal framework for flamenco for its protection, conservation and the promotion of knowledge about it, ensuring its transmission to future generation

Chloe Shields has joined Lindsays as a senior solicitor. Previously part of the rural team at Brodies, Mrs Shields, who will be based in Edinburgh, has a strong track record of working with landowners, commercial lenders, private investment funds and asset managers.

House prices in Scotland continued to rise in March 2023, but at the slowest rate since June 2020, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.