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Following the launch of a Police Scotland campaign aimed at tackling modern slavery concerns within the construction sector, Ramsay Hall outlines what modern slavery actually involves and what can be done when there's concern about its presence in the supply chain. Exploitation of people c

DAC Beachcroft (DACB) has rolled out a series of animations explaining the insurance claims litigation process to clients in Scotland. The short animations, each lasting 60-90 seconds, discuss the key stages that a litigated insurance claim can pass through from start to finish, what insurers' custo

An Italian has broken the country's record for absenteeism after allegedly skipping work for 15 years. The public sector worker, dubbed the “king of absentees” by the Italian press, is reported to have accrued €538,000 (£464,000), despite not having turned up for work since 20

A landlord of commercial premises in Aberdeenshire whose former tenant refused to pay for the cost of work to the property at the end of their tenancy has successfully obtained a decree for payment from the Outer House of the Court of Session. Coal Pension Properties Ltd let the premises i

One of the most respected legal minds in Scotland, Heriot Currie QC, has passed away. “This week, we bade farewell to one of the titans of the Scottish Bar in recent times. Heriot Currie QC, who called in 1979 and took silk in 1992, suffered a massive stroke from which he did not recover, pass

Lady Rae has been elected Rector of the University of Glasgow.

Clyde & Co has announced the promotion of Sarah Crewes to equity partner in its Edinburgh office as part of its 2021 promotions round. Ms Crewes joined the firm in 2015 as an insurance litigator. The majority of her practice is defence and coverage work arising from professional indemnity claims

Balfour and Manson has announced three appointments to its Edinburgh office. Martin Lavery has joined the firm as a private client solicitor. Mr Lavery started his legal career as a trainee with Morton Fraser where he undertook a varied traineeship before deciding to specialise in private client wor

Alistair Bonnington, of Quis, questions the reasoning behind calls to scrap the 'not proven' verdict.  Amongst the free bikes, free laptops and the like, we find Nicola Sturgeon's manifesto for May's election also suggesting that the Scots 'not proven' verdict will have to go. For a long time i

More sectors than ever before are starting to utilise blockchain, European patent figures reveal.  Patent attorney David Grant, a partner at IP firm Marks & Clerk, says the technology – typically associated with cryptocurrency – is increasingly being explored for broader applica

Yet some believe it’s pure gold? I suppose I’ve given my position away early with the title, but let me explain why I consider there to be something quite sinister about Bitcoin. It is an ‘investment’ (Bitcoin simply does not meet the criteria to be considered an asset) I wou

Nominations are invited for the 2021 Law Society of Scotland In-house Rising Star award. The award, now in its ninth year, recognises the outstanding achievement of a newly qualified Scottish solicitor or trainee working in-house.

Wine tasters have pleaded with the French government to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as a priority. The Union of France Oenologists has written to the French prime minister to ask for wine tasters to move up the vaccination queue, The Telegraph reports.

An owner of a converted stable house in Elie, Fife, whose parking rights over a neighbouring property were altered to allow a new home to be constructed has unsuccessfully challenged the variation in the Inner House of the Court of Session. Bridget Thomson, who used the property as a holiday ho

Lawyers have expressed concern over a new app intended to expedite criminal cases, The Herald reports. An app to schedule meetings between the defence and prosecutors so that cases can either be resolved quickly or proceed to trial has been described as “entirely unreliable”.