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The Scottish government response to the independent review of mediation in Scotland has been issued this week. Ash Denham, legal affairs minister, has commented on momentum building towards mediation reform referring to proposals for review by (1) Scottish Mediation, (2) the Justice Committee report

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A neo-Nazi city councillor has launched a legal bid to force a left-wing mayor to shake his hand. Katja Wolf, mayor of the eastern German town of Eisenach, has refused to shake hands with any of the four councillors from the far-right National Democratic Party (NPD).

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Lord Summers’ recent judgement in the case of Peebles Media Group Ltd v Patricia Kelly has no happy ending, describing as it does a situation that is increasingly common in the UK – ‘whaling fraud’. Unlike ‘phishing’ where fraudulent emails are sent to a large num

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Community safeguarding charity Sacro has announced the appointment of Annie Mauger-Thompson as its new chief executive. Ms Mauger-Thompson, who was replaced as national director for CIH Scotland by Callum Chomczuk in September 2018, joins the organisation after stints as an interim chief executive w

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How is it possible to place a value on part of your body, unique to you and not usually measured in monetary terms? Nicola Edgar explains. This is a challenge faced by personal injury lawyers when advising clients on the value of their claim. If an individual has suffered an injury or accident which

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