The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) should be tasked with prosecuting cross-border terrorism, the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has said. The primary function of the EPPO, as set out in the Lisbon Treaty, is to investigate and prosecute fraud against the EU bu
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The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Commons by 326 votes to 290. The bill, which repeals the European Communities Act 1972, was debated over two days and its passage marks a significant step towards the UK's exit from the European Union. It will now mov
The McKinstry Company has this month revealed an expansion to its headquarters at Queen’s Court House, 39 Sandgate, Ayr, providing state of the art ground floor accommodation to clients in a high street location. The newly refurbished ground floor area of the Grade A listed building at Queen’s C
Overgrown hedges remain an issue in Scotland because legislation is not always being used as effectively as it could be, according to a Holyrood committee. The Scottish Parliament’s Local Government and Communities Committee has set out key recommendations in a report following its examination of
Legislation to allow the Unified Patent Court to open in the UK has been put before the Scottish Parliament, The Law Society Gazette reports. A statutory instrument (SI) which would confer legal personality on the court in the UK was put before Holyrood on 31 August.
Four solicitor advocates are competing to become the first ever Law Society of Scotland Council representative for Scottish solicitor advocates and five Scottish solicitors who work outside of Great Britain are vying to become the society’s first international Council member. The addition of these
Dallas McMillan Solicitors’ first ever race night was held at Hillhead Sports Club, Glasgow on Friday 1st September 2017.
Fifty years on from the riots that rocked Detroit in 1967, director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) brings alive one of its most infamous and disputed incidents in an intense and powerful cinematic polemic against racial injustice. We see enough of the rioting to place the f
A Scottish government’s bill aimed at reversing the autumn 2016 reclassification of housing associations as public bodies has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament. The Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill responds to last year’s decision by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that Regi
The Law Society of Scotland has launched an online survey to assess the impact of legal aid work in Scotland. The society is encouraging solicitors who carry out any work funded by the Scottish Legal Aid Board to complete a short, confidential questionnaire, providedby Rocket Science UK Ltd, an inde
A 59-year-old man who threatened to upload an intimate video of a former partner to the internet has been sentenced after the first conviction under new ‘intimate images’ legislation. Kenneth Robinson, from Northumberland, pled guilty to sending his former partner numerous emails and repeatedly
Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to announce that James Findlay, Stephen O’Rourke and David Parratt have been appointed Queen’s Counsel. Fourteen new appointments have been made by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. This brings the number of silks
Thirteen members of the Faculty of Advocates have been approved by Her Majesty The Queen for “the rank and dignity of Queen’s Counsel”. The list announced by the Scottish government includes James Findlay, who achieves the distinction of taking silk on both sides of the border.
