The UK's advertising regulator has ordered the Home Office to withdraw a "misleading" advert for the post-Brexit EU settlement scheme. In a ruling published today, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the radio advert gives listeners the impression that a passport or ID card is the only id
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Russia violated the rights of an auditor charged with organised tax evasion who died in pre-trial detention in November 2009, judges in the European Court of Human Rights have unanimously ruled.
The first recipient of a scholarship which commemorates the life and work of leading Scottish lawyer Kirk Murdoch has been named. Demi Scorfield, 20, a law student at the University of Edinburgh, will be supported throughout her third and fourth year undergraduate course and will be offered summer i
A team of ten intrepid fundraisers from the Glasgow office of sister law firms Irwin Mitchell and Ascent, has scaled the dizzy heights of The Cobbler near Loch Lomond, raising around £2,500 to support the Teenage Cancer Trust (Scotland).
A judge in Mexico has granted two people the right to use cocaine recreationally in the first ever ruling of its kind. Both claimants were granted the right to "possess, transport and use cocaine" but not sell it, Mexico United Against Crime (MUCD) said.
A man who reported his truck stolen was arrested after CCTV footage allegedly revealed the vehicle was taken while he was robbing a shop across the street. William Kelley, 42, told police that someone stole his red 1992 Chevrolet pick-up truck after he left the keys on the seat while looking for a b
Prison authorities have successfully challenged a sheriff’s decision to allow a full hearing in a case brought by a former inmate who claimed he was "wrongfully" recalled to custody after being released on home detention curfew. John Paton raised an action for damages for the “wrong
Robert (Roy) Martin QC has passed away at the age of 69. The Faculty of Advocates said it was shocked to hear of the death of the former Dean and one of the few counsel to attain the distinction of Queen’s Counsel in both Scotland and England & Wales.
A sheriff was forced to sentence a man in the back of a prison van after he refused to leave the vehicle, The Times reports. Harrison Long, 28, had been brought to Selkirk Sheriff Court after having been found guilty of a machete attack.
Balfour and Manson has promoted Martin Walker to associate. Mr Walker joined Balfour and Manson in 2015 as a trainee before becoming a solicitor in the firm’s family and regulatory law teams. He mainly undertakes regulatory work acting on behalf of members of the EIS Union in referrals to the
A new campaign has been launched today designed to highlight the disconnection between Scotland's law firms and the SME community – the majority of which lack clarity over fees and advice, according to research by Morton Fraser LLP. The firm's fly-on-the-wall stunt in Glasgow uses humour
A University of Dundee academic has been awarded a European Commission professorship to further his research into how ecological and economic justice can be delivered. Professor Raphael Heffron received the Jean Monnet chair for 2019-2022 on the Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, one of o
Best-selling Scottish crime writer Val McDermid has backed a major new campaign by Shelter Scotland which aims to secure the legal right to a decent home for everyone in the country. Launched today, the campaign follows research conducted by YouGov for the charity that found that 88 per cent of peop
As part of the project to refurbish Nairn Courthouse, the steeple has been reinstated on top of the historic building following a facelift.
A former prison has been awarded a five-star rating from VisitScotland. Peterhead Prison Museum, which gives visitors the opportunity to experience life at one of Scotland's most notorious jails, has become very popular since opening in 2016.