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Although the pandemic feels like a lifetime ago, the context of unpredictability in connection to the lockdown, unemployment, several restrictions and the changes in today’s standard of living have impacted mental health severely. In a research conducted by Mind, around one in three adults and

The class action case against Celtic FC brought by alleged victims of sexual abuse has been delayed until next year. More than 20 former players of Celtic Boys Club have joined the action, The Times reports.

Staff in Shoosmiths' Glasgow office Throughout December, staff in the Edinburgh and Glasgow offices of Shoosmiths entered into the Christmas spirit to help support and raise funds for their local charity partners.

A charity volunteer has been arrested after she told the police she “might” be praying silently, when questioned as to why she was standing on a public street near an abortion facility. Police approached Isabel Vaughan-Spruce standing near the BPAS Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingh

MBM Commercial has advised Fitabeo Therapeutics on its successful spin out.

Hamaira Aslam, senior solicitor in Burness Paull's English real estate team, has won the award for Best in Law at the Scottish Asian and Business Awards. The awards celebrate the achievements of Scottish-Asian businesses and professionals, showcase the strength of the Asian community, and demonstrat

Two lawyers have joined the WS Society's board of trustees following the retirement of Rachel Wood WS. Jennifer Skeoch WS is a partner at Burness Paull LLP and an employment lawyer.

A law firm investigating the harm caused by NHS Tayside neurosurgeon Professor Sam Eljamel has echoed calls for the Scottish government to launch a public inquiry. Elizabeth Rose, founder of L&M MediLaw, told the Scottish Daily Express that a public inquiry would provide a "golden opportunity" t

A law student who alleged that her human rights had been breached as a result of her university’s handling of a complaint made against her has had her case dismissed by a sheriff in Dundee Sheriff Court. Lisa Keogh, who had a behavioural complaint made against her in March 2021 which was ultim

Customs authorities at one of Europe's busiest ports have hailed a "white Christmas" after seizing nearly nine tonnes of cocaine. Officials in Antwerp seized 3.9 tonnes of cocaine last Monday and a further 4.8 tonnes last Wednesday, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.

A former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been convicted of complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people. Irmgard Furchne, 97, worked from June 1943 to April 1945 as a stenographer and typist at the Stutthof concentration camp, where around 65,000 people were killed, including 28,00

Dr Alessandra Asteriti gives her opinion on a UN expert's advice to a Holyrood committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. On 13 December 2022, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation an

A petition by a British citizen who was raised in France challenging a decision to refuse a request that he be transferred from a Scottish prison to a French prison where he would serve a shorter custodial sentence has been refused by a Lord Ordinary. Thomas Wainwright had been sentenced to 12 years

The Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law has announced that the 2022-23 annual speaker is Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC. During the Annual Reflections Lecture, Ms Charteris will reflect upon their career to date; explore some of the obstacles, barriers, and challenges that they have faced; an

The UK government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has ruled. The court ruled yesterday that the scheme did not fall foul of the UN's Refugee Convention on human rights laws.