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Theresa May MPs backed the Investigatory Powers Bill at its second reading in the House of Commons yesterday by 281-15.

The European Court of Justice has dismissed an action by The Body Shop to have a decision of the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) to reject its application for registration of the trade mark “SPA WISDOM” annulled. In 2010, The Body Shop International, established in Littleh

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Brian Inkster Crofting experts are gathering in Edinburgh this week at their annual conference where attendees will call on the Scottish government for reform of the law,The Scotsman reports.

The Scottish Parliament Information Centre has published a briefing looking at stage 1 and 2 consideration of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill. The bill is a consolidation bill and as such makes no changes to the substantive law in this area.

Police in New Zealand have been forced to order larger handcuffs to accommodate "plus-sized clients". Sergeant Graham Gubb of Response and Operations at Police National Headquarters told Ten One police magazine: “Who on the frontline can’t tell a story about trying to arrest somebody who just wo

A ferry operator that sued the Scottish Government after it unsuccessfully bid for a contract to provide services between the Northern Isles and mainland Scotland has failed in a £12 million damages action. A judge in the Court of Session dismissed the claim by Shetland Line (1984) Limited because

The Law Society of Scotland has called on the UK government to use the remaining stages of the Scotland Bill’s passage throughParliament to ensure the Sewel convention is fully incorporated into law. Holyrood yesterday passed the Scotland Bill, which will devolve new powers over tax and welfare to

Andy Wightman Legislation to transform how land is used and governed has been passed by the Scottish Parliament.

Campaigners have argued the Crown should not consider a police report into allegations of criminality in the Lockerbie investigation. Police Scotland said it is nearing the end of a three-year investigation into nine allegations made against police, prosecutors and forensic officials involved in the

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A wholesale review of how family law in Scotland operates may be required, says a report published today by Holyrood’s Justice Committee. Following concerns raised about the effectiveness of some aspects of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, the committee took evidence from academics, legal pract

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission today published a discussion paper on defamation law. The project emerged from modernisation of the law in England and Wales in 2013, where changes were made to tackle “libel tourism”; claims being brought in the English courts on the back of minimal pub

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled* the Dublin III Regulation allows member states to send an applicant for international protection to a safe third country, irrespective of whether it is the member state responsible for processing the application or another member state. Th