The Inner House of the Court of Session has again considered the vexing issue of notice requirements, write Gillian Craig and Josh Grieveson. Facts
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This year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe will see staff at Edinburgh Law School take to the stage and Old College become one of the city's hundreds of venues. For the second year in a row, Dr Smita Kheria, senior lecturer in intellectual property law, will perform her show No copyright, no problem? as
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has been granted leave to intervene in the continuing legal challenge to the “serious human rights implications” of Serco's lock-change policy. The private accommodation provider began its mass eviction policy of up to 300 people in Glasgo
Liberty has lost a High Court challenge against the UK's surveillance laws, saying that the ruling allowed the government “to spy on every one of us”. The rights group had challenged parts of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA), known to its critics as the "snoopers' charter", a
Jonathan Tait discusses the concerning details of a popular new app. The latest craze to hit social media involves an app which can edit an image you upload, to show younger or older versions of yourself. Of course it’s a bit of fun and thousands have taken to using the app and taking up the #
In a series of three full-day workshops this year, funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, academics and practitioners will critically review the role and impact of the Scottish Parliament on child and family law in Scotland. 2019 marks the twentieth anniversary of the re-establishment of the Scot
Restitution Ltd, Scotland's only independent litigation funder, recently secured a win for a case that would never have made it to court without funding. The litigation funding market in the UK has grown rapidly in recent years, as solicitors and their clients increasingly accept funding arrangement
EU leaders have been urged to prioritise the fight against disinformation as the European Council meets for its June summit. Leaders will receive a European Commission report on disinformation and elections in the wake of the European elections.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a German autobahn toll proposal which would have put the burden of cost solely on the owners and drivers of cars registered in other EU member states is contrary to EU law. In an unusual move, infringement proceedings were brought against Germany by
An Australian firm taken to court by St Andrews University over gowns it offers at a discount is trying to have the case heard south of the border, The Times reports. Churchill Gowns sells a red “University of St Andrews” ceremonial gown from as little as £89. The official ones are
Press freedom around the world is under increasing threats. Journalists are being killed, imprisoned, demonised and censored at alarming rates. In 2018, according to Reporters Without Borders, 66 journalists had been killed worldwide, while in 2019, 174 journalists, 150 citizen journalists and 17 m
The Libel Reform Campaign, which campaigned successfully for the ’serious harm’ test in defamation, has welcomed the judgment in Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd and another, handed down by the Supreme Court yesterday. The case concerned the interpretation of section 1 of the Defamation A
Hundreds of asylum seekers face eviction after housing provider Serco announced it is restarting its lock-changing programme. It first announced it was handing out eviction notices to tenants who had been denied the right to remain in the UK last July.
Ambitious targets to tackle bullying and drive diversity have been announced at a summit celebrating 100 years of women in law. In a speech the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, praised the steps taken by the legal profession to increase inclusivity over the past century, while calling on the professi
There is no basis for the belief that abolishing the ‘not proven’ verdict in Scots law will lead to more people being found guilty of rape and could in fact result in "rogue convictions", leading criminal lawyers have told Scottish Legal News. Responding to Gordon Jackson QC’s sugg
