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• Too many prisoners facing activity restrictions at HMP Edinburgh
  Too many prisoners at HMP Edinburgh face activity and regime restrictions which prevent them from making constructive use of their time, according to a new report. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, David Strang, today launches his report of an inspection of
• In pictures: Record number of Strathclyde’s Clinical LLB students graduate
  Law students at the University of Strathclyde gained their law degrees this week, celebrating below with university mascot Strathosaurus. Pictured below are some of the 17 students who graduated with the Clinical LLB degree, which formally combines the LLB with law
• Google handed record €2.4bn fine for abusing market position
  Google has been handed a record-breaking €2.4 billion fine by European regulators after it abused its dominant market position in the online shopping sector. The European Commission said the search giant has 90 days to bring an end to its misconduct or face penalty
• Eurodevils say thanks for ‘experience of a lifetime’
  Young lawyers from ten countries are preparing to head home with a new-found understanding and appreciation of the Scottish legal system, after taking part in the Faculty of Advocates’ 2017 Eurodevils programme. The programme is run in conjunction with the European
• PIRC finds litany of police failings following death of elderly woman
  The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) has identified numerous failings and made recommendations to police on their handling of a missing person case involving an elderly woman with dementia, who was later found dead. Janet McKay, 88, had been
• Blog: When is a strict rule of thumb not a strict rule of thumb?
  By relaxing the rules on notice provisions, a Court of Session decision may have introduced uncertainty, writes Paul Harper. Over the years the rule of thumb for following notice provisions in contracts has been to take things literally. The courts have favoured a
• Police Scotland loses FOI challenge over number of intelligence sources
  Police Scotland has lost a legal case over a freedom of information challenge, The Press and Journal reports. The single force had refused to tell a journalist how many covert human intelligence sources it had established since its inception in 2013. However, in
• Scottish Limited Partnerships must now reveal ‘ultimate beneficial owner’
  About 30,000 tax haven firms will be forced to reveal the identities of their owners following a campaign by The Herald. Emergency legislation has been passed to ensure Scottish Limited Partnerships (SLPs) comply with EU anti-laundering rules, due to come into force