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The European Commission has filled a post promoting religious freedom that has lain vacant for two years. Christos Stylianides has been appointed special envoy for the promotion of freedom of religion or belief outside the EU.

Burges Salmon is celebrating the continued growth and success of its Scottish practice, which launched in Edinburgh in May 2019. The appointment of Nigel Watson as head of employee incentives in January this year brought the number of Burges Salmon partners in the capital to six.

Legislation banning the sale of alcoholic drinks for less than 10c per gram of alcohol will be brought into effect in Ireland this year. Minimum unit pricing (MUP), as provided for in section 11 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, aims to reduce alcohol consumption by setting a floor price bene

Douglas J. Cusine, former sheriff and member of Quis, argues that responsibility for FAIs should be taken away from the Crown Office. When the Scottish Parliament reconvenes, there would be merit in looking very closely at the delays in holding fatal accident inquiries (FAIs), the responsibility for

A state senator in Ohio appeared in a Zoom meeting with a fake background while driving – on the same day a distracted driving bill was introduced. Andrew Brenner used a virtual home office background, but his seatbelt was still visible in his video feed.

An Edinburgh pensioner who tripped over a ramp outside a supermarket has succeeded in obtaining over £11,000 in damages after a sheriff in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court found that the supermarket acted contrary to the Occupiers’ Liability (Scotland) Act 19

Edinburgh-based Dentons partner Brian Moore has been named as divisional leader for corporate at the firm, covering the practice’s operations across the UK and Ireland. Mr Moore will lead a team of 150 lawyers, including 50 in Scotland, which will handle disciplines including competition, corp

TLT has announced the promotion of five lawyers to partner, including Glasgow-based financial services disputes lawyer Louise Chopra, effective 1 May 2021. Ms Chopra specialises in complex banking disputes and commercial contractual disputes. In line with the firm’s commitment to improving gen

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) today issued a set of minimum requirements for conditions of detention in European prisons, concerned by the negative effects of pre-existing austerity measures in certain states, which could be exacerbated by the Covid-19 p

House prices in Aberdeen are up 5.4 per cent over last year, new figures show.

In a dramatic U-turn, the US government has signalled its support for waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines and medical tools to help developing countries tackle the global pandemic. The waiver was first proposed by India and South Africa last October in a detailed submissi

Almost all of 50 of the UK's biggest employers questioned by the BBC have said they do not plan to bring staff back to the office on a full-time basis. A total of 43 of the firms who spoke to the BBC said they would utilise a combination of home and office working, with staff encouraged to work from

Howard League Scotland has made an urgent appeal for funding. A statement from the organisation reads: "We are a small charity that is fiercely independent of government funding, and we have operated exclusively in Scotland since 1979, but without your help we might not be able to do it for much lon

Terra Firma will host a planning law webinar, on 13th May 2021 at 2pm, with James Findlay QC, Alasdair Burnet QC and Fergus Colquhoun. Mr Findlay will consider two recent Supreme Court cases; one on climate change and environmental challenges: Friends of the Earth v Heathrow Airport Ltd [2020] UKSC

A farmer accidentally annexed part of France to his native Belgium after moving a 200-year-old stone marking the border between the countries. The border marker has been in place since the border was first drawn up in 1819 and ratified in the Treaty of Kortrijk the following year.