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Advocate John Halley has abandoned his Employment Tribunal claim against Lady Smith, STV News reports. Mr Halley had accused Lady Smith, who is chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), of discriminating against him.

TLT has secured a new licence for the first new bar in Port Glasgow since the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 came into force in 2009. Trading as The Caledonian, the bar opened to the local community on Friday 13 December. The application had attracted objections from the NHS, licensing standards and

Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Alastair Frood as litigation & disputes partner. Mr Frood has over 20 years’ experience, during which time he has built a reputation as a highly-experienced all-round litigator.

Edinburgh native Justin D'Agostino has been appointed as Herbert Smith Freehills' new chief executive officer. The appointment by the firm's council, approved by partnership vote, will take effect from 1 May 2020 for a term of four years. Mr D'Agostino will succeed Mark Rigotti, who has served two t

East, west, Dundee’s best for Marcus McKay QC, and he is looking to help make it a real city of discovery for students. Mr McKay, a graduate of the University of Dundee, is returning to campus as a trustee of Dundee University Students’ Association (DUSA).

While many joke about the pitfalls of doing something silly on a work night out at Christmas, there is also the darker issue of sexual harassment by a colleague, writes Watermans' Priya Cunningham. The majority of sexual harassment cases brought before the Employment Tribunal are brought by wom

Amy Cornelius, a senior associate at Dentons in Glasgow, has completed eight running events in the space of eight months and is on track to raise £8,000 for cystic fibrosis charities.

A man has been arrested for impersonating his mum in a driving test. The 43-year-old put on a floral blouse, nail polish, make-up and a wig to fool a driving instructor into thinking he was his 60-year-old mother.

A motorist found to have caused death by dangerous after being deemed “unfit to stand trial” because he suffers from dementia has had an appeal against the finding that he committed the offence dismissed. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary upheld the ruling by a t

Criminal law advocates are readying themselves for a major change in procedure which will come into effect in the New Year. Commencement Regulations have been laid before Parliament to introduce provisions of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Act 2019 from 20 January.

The company behind a shop selling Harry Potter memorabilia faces a lawsuit from Hollywood, The Times reports. Gold Brothers, which owns The Great Wizard store in Edinburgh, has been taken to the High Court of England and Wales by Warner Bros for alleged breach of its intellectual property rights.

Community ownership is increasing across Scotland, new figures from Scotland's chief statistician show. Community Ownership in Scotland 2018 presents the number of assets in community ownership, the number of community groups that own assets and the total area of assets in community ownership.

Jonathan Seddon determines the pros and cons of a modular approach to delivering homes compared to traditional building. The use of the pre-fab (or modular) building is by no means a new concept in the UK. Historically, it came to the forefront of construction following the Second World War. At a ti

Three heart patients died after an angry mob of lawyers rampaged through a hospital in Lahore in a dispute with doctors. Some 200 lawyers in their traditional black suits descended upon the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC), destroying windows and doors and setting a police van on fire.

Increased take-up of artificial intelligence technology in the legal sector could put tens of thousands of paralegals and other support staff out of a job, according to research published by the Law Society of England and Wales. The legal regulator commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies (