The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has confirmed the inadmissibility of an action brought by former commissioner John Dalli in relation to his resignation allegedly requested by ex-President José Manuel Barroso. On 16 October 2012 a meeting took place between Mr Barroso, then Preside
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A police unit has admitted 13 breaches of spying laws. Police Scotland’s counter corruption unit (CCU), which illegally snooped on journalistic sources, has been found to have authorised its own spying, instead of obtaining judicial approval.
Statistics have been released on productivity and cases brought at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The institution as a whole
More than 200 lawyers have said theInvestigatory Powers Bill breaches international surveillance standards and is not fit for purpose ahead of its second reading in the House of Commons today. In a letter to The Guardian, senior lawyers condemned the bill, which sets out a legal framework facilitati
A top judge has said the lack of diversity in the judiciary should be addressed by schools and policymakers. Wendy Joseph QC said the UK's “white, middle-class, middle-aged, male” courtrooms are not representative of the communities they serve.
Judges in the Court of Appeal have declared the so-called bedroom tax discriminatory following legal challenges made by the family of a seriously disabled teenager and a domestic violence victim. “A”, a single mother, lives in a three-bedroom council house which had a panic room installed to pro
A prisoner in Scotland is set to face justice in the US after a court rejected his plea that extradition to his native Pakistan would put him at a “mortal risk”, The Herald reports. Johar Javed Mirza, 35, who converted to Judaism, is serving a three year prison term for attempted rape of a stude
Police have warned the number of illegal alcohol delivery services connected with organised crime gangs are on the rise. So-called “dial-a-booze” services are operating throughout Scotland, especially in Glasgow.
At the High Court in Glasgow this week seven members of a gang, some as young as 15 at the time of the incident, were sentenced for an indefensible attack on a man with learning difficulties. One 17-year-old male, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was ordered to be detained for six months. Mich
The Scottish government is to continue reviewing the effects of second-hand e-cigarette smoke on health after MSPs rejected a solicitor's bid to have vaping banned in cars. The Law Society of Scotland as well as pressure group Children in Scotland wanted to see legislation banning smoking in cars ex
A Dundee woman who hid her partner's salary of £53,000 a year from welfare authorities so she could claim £27,000 in benefits to play the lottery and shop online has been jailed for a year. Anita Brown, 56, fraudulently claimed benefits for four-and-a-half years before being caught. She said she l
A Scots lawyer who embezzled over £1 million has been struck off by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT). SSDT investigators found David Lyons, 64, had been involved in numerous illegal practices.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled theScottish government's minimum unit alcohol pricing plans are contrary to EU law as other tax options exist. Instead, the ECJ has recommended the introduction of alternative tax measures to achieve the same effect.
Violent crime in Scotland has gone up after declining for a number of years. The latest police statistics show a small rise in “group one offences”, including robberies and serious assaults in the first half of 2015/16.
People caught by police with small amounts of cannabis will be given warnings rather than be prosecuted, The Herald reports. The move is part of a change in how officers deal with petty crimes to free up police and prosecutors' time for more serious offending.
