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The 2019-20 academic year has been another successful one for the Edinburgh University Mooting Society. Earlier this month it held the finals of both of its internal competitions: the Pinsent Masons Junior Mooting Competition, exclusively for first year students; and the LexisNexis Senior Mooting Co

Bobby Lindsay, lecturer in private Law at Glasgow University, attempted to "spice up" his Zoom tutorial by appearing in front of the poster for 2003 action comedy blockbuster Bad Boys II, starring Martin Lawrence and Will Smith.

Property owners are shifting from short to long term letting as coronavirus hits holiday lets, according to DJ Alexander. The property management company has first-hand evidence of Airbnb owners moving their properties away from holiday letting to long term letting as the tourist market collapses.

Irwin Mitchell has published its latest pay gap report which shows that for the third consecutive year the national law firm has narrowed its gap. Gender pay gap reporting was introduced by the UK government in 2017 and all companies with over 250 employees are required to report on their gende

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An accused who told a Scottish judge she was 'a f.....g old boot' has been given an extra three months' jail to cool his heels. Gary McGuiness, who was in the dock after being apprehended with a machete, made his outburst against Sheriff Frances McCartney after she denied him bail.

A plan has been agreed to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on ongoing transfers of title to land. The Law Society of Scotland and UK Finance have agreed a position whereby lenders are willing to continue to lend against transactions that are due to go complete during the period in which the appl

More flexible interim payment arrangements for legal aid lawyers will be made but require primary legislation, the Scottish government has announced. Legal aid lawyers have been asked to finalise and submit their accounts "as soon as possible" as legal affairs minister Ash Denham said the Scottish L

Registers of Scotland (RoS) is seeking to have emergency legislation passed which would extend the period of protection afforded by advance notices to 10 days after the next full reopening of the application record. The application record was closed by RoS given the risk posed to employees who

A man who pled guilty to a violent assault who claimed he was the victim of a “miscarriage of justice” because he may have been suffering from a “mental disorder” at the time of the offence has had an appeal against his conviction rejected. The appellant alleged “defect

On 25 March, the Scottish government published new guidance on social distancing for businesses during the COVID-19 outbreak, including which businesses are allowed to remain open during the period of so-called “lockdown”. This comes into effect immediately, writes Stephen McGowan. Leisu

Directors across the UK are asking the UK government for a temporary indemnity which allows them to keep technically insolvency firms in operation during the coronavirus pandemic without fear of legal action. Under current legislation, company boards can be sued for failing to wind up a company if i

Tayside Health Board has been fined following three incidents in which patients died by suicide using ligature points. Perth Sheriff Court heard that, between 1 April 2012 and 4 November 2015, on the Moredun Ward at general adult psychiatry ward of Murray Royal Hospital, Perth, three patients were a

Advocate Niall McCluskey will be presenting a free one-hour CPD seminar on the Coronavirus Act 2020 on Thursday 2 April at 1pm on Zoom, to which all are welcome. The bill which was fast-tracked through Parliament in three days will give ministers, councils, police, health professionals and coroners

To help clients mitigate the challenges that the coronavirus pandemic poses, Shepherd and Wedderburn's COVID-19 advisory group has launched a webinar series providing guidance on the commercial and legal issues that business owners, employers, and advisors should be considering now. To receive notif