Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner has launched an investigation into whether Facebook is breaching the GDPR by failing to fulfil requests to hand over information it collects about users' web browsing. The social media giant collects information about other websites that Facebook users acc
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A Commons Select Committee has warned that we are facing a democratic crisis founded on the manipulation of personal data, particularly during elections and referenda. In a first interim report in its Disinformation and ‘fake news’ inquiry, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Sir James Munby, outgoing President of the Family Division, has highlighted concerns about access to the family courts and described as "woefully inadequate" help for litigants who are forced to represent themselves as a result of cuts to legal aid. On his final day in office last week, Sir James sa
Doctors in the UK will be able to legally prescribe cannabis-derived medicinal products, though legislative amendments will be required in Northern Ireland before the change can be enforced. The Home Secretary Sajid Javid has said that products that meet the safety and quality standards are to be ma
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the Irish High Court was justified in delaying the extradition to Poland of a man suspected of drug trafficking because of concerns about political interference with the Polish judiciary. The court found yesterday that domestic courts mu
More than 300 rape convictions will be reviewed for possible miscarriages of justice amid concerns that evidence casting doubt on prosecution cases has not been fully disclosed. The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) has announced it will look at 306 convictions made between April 2016 and
Two pub directors and licensees have been handed a record fine of more than £327,000 for illegally showing Sky transmissions. Four people who ran between them the Prince of Wales in Stafford, the Beaufort Arms in Birmingham and the Pheasant Inn in Wolverhampton were convicted of a total of 64
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a series of measures to crack down on crime and violence in English and Welsh prisons, including the wider roll-out of in-cell telephones.Justice Secretary David Gauke revealed the new scheme and other initiatives as he announced a £30
A pair of inexperienced drug dealers were arrested after approaching undercover police officers and asking if their cannabis delivery was for them.The cops said yes and subsequently arrested the pair, who were carrying nearly 70 kilograms of cannabis resin worth up to £700,000.Police
Facebook and Google have been hit with a series of lawsuits, in the wake of GDPR of coming into force, that accuse the tech giants of coercing users into sharing their personal data. The lawsuits, which seek to fine Facebook €3.9 billion and Google €3.7bn, were brought by Ma
Gilson Gray has acquired the North Berwick offices of law firm Lindsays, including the transfer of partner Dorothy Kellas and all local staff.
The Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission of England and Wales have started work on a joint review of the laws on surrogacy. The project forms part of each Commission’s current Programme of Law Reform and the UK government has referred the project to both Commissions as a joint project.
The Scotland Office title has been scrapped as part of a rebranding by the UK government. The department will now be known as UK Government Scotland, or the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland south of the border.
Ireland is set to pick up more legal business from financial services companies after Brexit following a boost from the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). The association has agreed that its members may consider Irish law as an option for drawing up documentation for contracts a
Harper Macleod is part of a legal team advising two MPs who have joined a legal challenge in relation to Brexit. On Tuesday, the Court of Session granted MPs Tom Brake (Lib Dem Brexit spokesperson) and Chris Leslie (Labour) permission to become involved as 'directly affected' parties in ongoing liti
