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The Supreme Court of Ireland has made a second reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in a case where the UK seeks the extradition of a man accused of committing IRA-related terrorism offences in Northern Ireland. Delivering its judgment, the seven-judge Supreme Court stated:

The Cyber and Fraud Centre has added a new legal partner to its 'cadre' in response to growing cyber security threats in the sector. Scullion LAW, which was targeted in a ransomware attack, earlier this year, is the fourth legal firm to join Cyber and Fraud Centre’s Incident Response Cadre. &n

The Aberdeen Law Project has successfully cleared a wrongly attributed energy debt for a University of Aberdeen student. Prior to engaging ALP, the client had received several letters stating that she had not paid an energy bill. The matter was then escalated to a debt collection agency. Following v

A pizzeria owner has been arrested after it emerged the best-selling item on his menu came with a side of cocaine. Customers who ordered "pizza No. 40" from the unnamed pizzeria in Düsseldorf received both pizza and drugs at their door, DW reports.

Oakwood Scotland Solicitors has announced the appointment of Alastair Cameron as its new director. With over 26 years of experience in the legal profession, he brings a wealth of expertise in civil litigation, personal injury law, and high-profile cases.

Companies House has published its first ever strategic intelligence assessment as it steps up its work to tackle economic crime.  The strategic intelligence assessment gives an analysis of the key threats Companies House faces. It aims to guide future prioritisation, decision making, risk ident

Kennedys, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, has appointed Meg Catalano as the firm’s global managing partner.  Ms Catalano is currently the regional managing partner for the US and a member of the firm’s five-strong executive group, which is responsible for setting and imp

There has been an alarming increase over the past three years in accusations of financial wrongdoing made against journalists in an attempt to silence them, according to a new report from UNESCO. Of 120 cases reviewed by UNESCO dating from 2005-2024, 60 per cent occurred between 2019-2023.

Ireland should decriminalise the possession of all illicit drugs for personal use and adopt a health-led approach to the use and misuse of substances, a committee of the Oireachtas, Ireland's parliament, has recommended. The joint committee on drugs use, which was established to examine and respond

A prisoner linked to serious organised crime who masterminded a covert operation to supply and sell Class A drugs from inside his cell has been handed a jail sentence totalling seven years and five months. Police officers examined mobile phones recovered from drug couriers and found numbers linking

The family law team at Scullion LAW has raised more than £2,500 for charity.

A construction company has been fined £215,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a cherry picker was struck by a bus in Castlemilk. North Ayrshire-based McTaggart Construction Limited pled guilty to a breach of construction regulations and health and safety legislation at Glasgow Sheri

Strathclyde Law School is to welcome Lord Reed to the Technology and Innovation Centre on Monday 28 October to deliver a lecture to mark the 15th anniversary of the Supreme Court. Registrations for the lecture, entitled “Why does the UK Supreme Court matter for Scotland?”, have now ended

The latest enforcement actions and supervisory publications by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) indicate the regulator’s renewed interest in market integrity and its expectations on regulated firms to assist it through clear dialogue and reporting, writes Anthony Harrison. Recent enforcem