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The UK government has failed to produce solutions on how consumers will be protected in the wake of Brexit, according to the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee, which has published the government’s response to its report Brexit: will consumers be protected?. The committee’s report, publishe
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It's no secret that the legal services market is undergoing fundamental change. The key drivers of that change are liberalisation, technology and client expectations. De-regulation means that new entrants are joining the legal services market, technology advances are driving greater efficiency and c
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Wednesday 28th March 2018 1pm - 3pm
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One of the many areas of law in Scotland which will be significantly affected by “Brexit” is environmental law. That topic will be one of the questions which will be examined by a “Brexit Update” seminar, which is being held in Edinburgh on the morning of Monday, 26 March. Dr Annalisa Savare
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Salil Shetty Austerity is undermining human rights around the world, Amnesty International has said in its annual global report for 2017/18.
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An appeal by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police over the nature of the duty to investigate ill-treatment amounting to a violation of article 3 of the ECHR has been unanimously dismissed by justices in the Supreme Court.
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Co-operation between countries in the fight against crime must continue post-Brexit, the Faculty of Advocates’ Clare Connelly has told MSPs. Ms Connelly was one of several witnesses to give evidence to Holyrood’s Justice Committee, on Brexit and policing and criminal justice.
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Credit: Google Street View The Law Society of Scotland has successfully petitioned the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor to Dalbeattie law firm Austins LLP, which ceased trading earlier this month.
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Pictured (l-r): Richard Duffy and David Perdikou Morisons Solicitors has expanded its real estate team with two new appointments.
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Dirk van Zyl Smit Professor Dirk van Zyl Smit will explore the appropriateness of life imprisonment in Scotland at a lecture hosted by the Howard League next month.
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Margaret Anne Clark discusses the ways in which HM Courts & Tribunals Service could deal with legacy employment claims following the abolition of fees last year.
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Tue 20 March 2018 6pm-7:30pm
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Julian Assange Wikileaks founder Julian Assange (pictured) has failed in an application to Westminster Magistrates' Court to have a warrant for his arrest withdrawn.
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France's Constitutional Council has upheld the constitutionality of a law preventing the commercial use of images of buildings protected as "national domains" without permission. Under section L.621-42 of the Heritage Code, the commercial use of "the image of the buildings that constitute the nation
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