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One sunny weekday recently, a team of eager BTO volunteers donned their orange safety vests and rolled up their sleeves to help out at the Cyrenians’ depot in Leith. Cyrenians is a charity aimed at tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness.

A cafe worker who was dismissed for failing to use smiley face emojis in a conversation with her boss has won an employment case. The worker in Queensland, Australia, had complained about shifts and the need for more staff, the Fair Work Commission found.

The Aberdeen Law Project’s representation team has successfully enforced a tribunal decision in a foreign jurisdiction. The representation team argued that its client’s landlord had failed to protect her tenancy deposit. The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland made a four-figure award in fa

There is an urgent need for the UK and its allies like the USA and Australia to give clearer information about how they would respond in self-defence to ‘imminent’ armed attacks, a new study says. This is because the UN Charter requires countries to establish that they have been a victim

Sir Declan Morgan QC PC, the former lord chief justice of Northern Ireland, is chairing an Independent Commission on Counter-terrorism Law, Policy and Practice which will examine the impact of current counter-terrorism laws. The commission has launched its public call for evidence and will also call

The UK government’s Business Energy and industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is running an inquiry into the UK labour market “post-pandemic”. Part of its remit is seeking to understand whether current employment law is fit for purpose or requires reform. This is interesting because

A man convicted of 14 charges including rape, domestic assault, indecent communications and threatening behaviour against four separate complainers has lost his appeal against conviction. Appellant DM argued that the trial judge had failed to provide specific directions identifying the charges which

Four former executives of the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been found liable for a record 13 trillion yen (£81.4 bn) in damages over the reactor's meltdown in 2011 after it was struck by a tsunami. The case marks the first time individuals have been found guilty over the

TLT has advised Barburrito, national chain of award-winning burrito bars, on its £7 million sale to The Restaurant Group (TRG), further positioning the firm as a leader in the leisure, food and drink sector. Barburrito opened the UK’s first burrito bar in Manchester’s Piccadilly Ga

The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain QC, has emphasised the commitment Scotland’s prosecutors have to ensuring "victims’ voices and experiences are at the heart of the criminal justice system" as she addressed an international conference in London. In a speech at the Heads of Prosecution Agen

Senior procurator fiscal depute, David McDonald, has returned to the Crown Office and Procurator Service after an "inspiring" training program in Washington DC and New York.

Street Legal has been successful in a Court of Session case that challenged Edinburgh Council’s refusal to accept a homeless application from a family. A partnership between Clan Childlaw and Shelter Scotland, Street Legal provides free legal help with housing and homelessness for children and

A yoga teacher has been arrested for "illegal missionary activity" under Russia's new anti-terrorism laws. Dmitry Ugay, 44, was arrested after giving a talk about the philosophy of yoga at a festival in St Petersburg, The Independent reports.

Pinsent Masons has announced that Andrew Masraf will succeed Richard Foley as the firm’s senior partner on 1 October 2022. During his 28 years at the firm, Mr Masraf has held a number of leadership roles including global head of corporate and, more recently global head of the firm’s tran

The Scottish government's latest publication on our controversial third verdict – responses to a consultation on its future – reveals that the public and practitioners alike impute to it their own meaning to suit their own ends. Like some intractable theological question, it has bred zea