Couples in England and Wales will be able to go through "no-fault" divorces faster under new government proposals. New legislation representing the biggest overhaul of divorce laws in the jurisdiction in 50 years will be presented to MPs "as soon as parliamentary time allows".
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The Scottish prison population fell by 4.1 per cent between 2016 and 2018 while the overall imprisonment rate in Europe fell by nearly seven per cent, new figures reveal. The Council of Europe's Annual Penal Statistics for 2018 (SPACE), published yesterday, reveals that a downwards trend in European
Hearings into alleged judicial misconduct will be heard in public under Irish government proposals to be considered in the Oireachtas, the country's legislature. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has submitted amendments to the Judicial Council Bill 2017 to provide for misconduct hearings to be held
Tens of thousands of convictions for cannabis possession could be dismissed or reduced automatically under a pioneering scheme launched by prosecutors in California. District Attorneys Jackie Lacey of Los Angeles County and Tori Verber Salazar of San Joaquin County have jointly announced their parti
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Russia did not meet its article 2 obligations while investigating a man's murder by a police officer while he was held in a drunk tank. Aleksandr Alekseyvich Anoshin, 51, was murdered in July 2002 after being stopped by police and taken to a s
Linklaters has become the first Magic Circle firm to offer gender reassignment surgery to staff on its private medical insurance scheme. The new benefit, effective from 1 March 2019 and provided by AXA PPP healthcare, forms part of the firm's strategy to create a diverse and inclusive environment in
The European Commission has imposed a €1.49 billion fine on search giant Google for breaching EU antitrust rules. In a decision yesterday, the Commission found that Google had abused its dominant position in the online search advertising intermediation market by imposing restrictive clauses in
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Vote Leave Limited £40,000 for sending out thousands of unsolicited text messages in the run up to the 2016 EU referendum. An ICO investigation found that Vote Leave sent 196,154 text messages promoting the aims of the Leave campaign with t
We hope you enjoyed our St Patrick’s Day quiz on Friday. We received 122 responses, of which 44 were correct.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has invited solicitors to contribute to a research project looking at whether legal aid for discrimination cases provides effective access to justice for people who have suffered discrimination in Scotland. The equality body also wants to hear from any
Clyde & Co Scotland welcomed over 60 guests to The Signet Library, one of Edinburgh's most iconic venues, to celebrate the Scottish commercial disputes market with an evening of drinks, canapés and speeches. Key figures from across the sector heard Michael Payton, chairman of Clyde &
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has affirmed that EU member states can, where certain conditions are met, remove citizenship from dual nationals even if that would lead to them losing their EU citizenship status. However, it added, the principle of proportionality requires an indiv
A senior judge has decided to sleep next to a small dairy farm to help resolve a dispute over the sound of cowbells throughout the night. Judge Johannes Nagorsen suggested that he and his colleagues spend a night listening to cows to help bring an end to the farm's long-running dispute with its neig
Transgender inmates at a women's prison in London are set to be moved to the UK's first transgender prison unit later this week. The new wing at HMP Downview will accommodate three trans women prisoners, all of whom have Gender Recognition Certificates, BBC News reports.
A bill to allow drivers to run red lights during low traffic has been approved by US legislators. The proposed law was approved by 39-34 in the Utah House of Representatives.
