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A man who was fired and replaced by two women has been awarded $10 million. David Duvall, a white male marketing executive at Novant Health in North Carolina, sued the hospital in 2018, alleging that he was fired so diversity targets could be met.

Poland must pay the European Commission a daily fine of €1 million following its failure to comply with a July ruling over judicial independence. The judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union comes after the Commission sought "financial penalties" to ensure Poland suspends new la

Karen Prendergast has qualified as a solicitor and has taken up a full-time position with The McKinstry Company. She joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2019.

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has obtained an extra £2.2 billion to resolve the backlog of court cases. It had warned the Treasury that the backlog could rise to 72,000 cases – up from the pre-pandemic figure of 41,000 – unless is secured an extra £500 million to expand the N

Dr Sarah Hendry, head of Dundee Law School, is among the finalists at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2021. She specialises in water and environmental law. Her research interests in Scots, EU and comparative water law extend across both water resources and water services.

Officers abusing their position for sexual purposes is now the single largest form of police corruption in England and Wales, a watchdog has said. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the number of people facing disciplinary proceedings for APSP has "risen sharply" in the past three

Just Employment Law will be turning Firhill Stadium Purple this Saturday, in conjunction with Partick Thistle FC, ahead of their “Battle of the Thistles” game against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The third Purple Thistle Day is being held to raise awareness for JEL’s charity partn

The folly of one man is the fortune of another.

Luxembourg's prime minister plagiarised all but two pages of his master's thesis in public law and political science, a media investigation has alleged. Xavier Bettel has admitted his thesis "could have – yes, maybe should have – been done differently" and has said he will "naturally acc

In-person hearings will resume at the Inner House of the Court of Session on November 15, lawyers have been told. Though not yet officially announced, Jonathan Mitchell QC noted the development on Twitter.

The General Teaching Council for Scotland has been awarded expenses in a series of unopposed petitions it raised against the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland for the disclosure of confidential material. It was argued by the respondent that as he was not permitted to disclose the mat

A new bill to pardon former miners convicted of certain offences related to strike action in the 1980s has been published. The Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill follows an independent review, led by John Scott QC, into the impact of policing on Scottish communities during the 1984-85 st

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has been successful in defending a number of leave to appeal cases in the Inner House of the Court of Session in recent months. These include five cases where the complainer sought leave to appeal against the SLCC’s decision that the complaint wa

The owner and landlord of a holiday cottage where a teenager died have been fined after failing to maintain the gas heaters. No annual checks were carried out on the cabinet heaters in Glenmark Cottage, which were also placed in small rooms without enough ventilation.

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