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Sue Gilchrist comments on a new bill intended to protect employees from sexual harassment. The UK government has intervened on draft legislation currently before parliament to address the risk that employers will take “unreasonable or drastic measures” to avoid being held liable for the

Professor Nehal Bhuta, chair of public international law, Professor Sharon Cowan, professor of feminist and queer legal studies and Edinburgh Law School graduate Karina McTeague, co-founder of the Edinburgh Foundation for Women in Law and who serves on the Advancement Advisory board, have been elect

A recent spike in online scams with fraudsters impersonating real law firms is a warning to all solicitors to be on the front foot to protect themselves and their clients. The Law Society of Scotland has seen an influx of online scams by fraudsters trying to con solicitors’ clients out of sign

Recent legal news has been dominated by the coming into effect of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 in England and Wales. Previously, the law provided that individuals aged 16 and 17 in England and Wales were capable of entering a marriage, provided that they had parental con

Thousands of children could be protected from witnessing their parents thrash out family disputes through the English and Welsh courts, following plans to mandate mediation for separating families announced by the UK government today. Proposals will see mediation become mandatory in all suitable low

Advocate Michael Upton looks at an early bank crash and its reverberations in Scots law.   Readers accustomed to making their way from Queen Street Station to Glasgow Sheriff Court have probably walked along Glassford Street. With bank crashes back in season, you may care next time to glan

The Supreme Court has dismissed a final appeal by the seller of an office block in Cumbernauld against a decision by HM Revenue and Customs that VAT was chargeable on the sale of the land to an unconnected company. David Moulsdale, trading as Moulsdale Properties, argued that the sale had fallen wit

IKEA UK has entered into a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), to improve its policies and practices in relation to sexual harassment. The intervention by Britain’s equality regulator follows a complaint about sexual harassment and assault from a former IKEA e

A barrister has called for an end to the use of the term "revenge porn". Grace Gwynne, family and personal injury barrister at No5 Barristers’ Chambers, said the term should be changed to end the stigma victims face.

Scots lawyers are overwhelmingly in favour of a four-day work week, a Scottish Legal News poll has, unsurprisingly, found. Of the 331 responses to our survey, 286 readers, or 86.4 per cent, answered 'yes' to the question: Do you believe that lawyers should work a four-day week?

A police sniper rifle dramatically landed on the St Patrick's Day parade in Buffalo, New York after being blown over by a gust of wind. Buffalo Police said it is continuing to investigate the circumstances in which a sniper rifle fell from a building and landed within feet of parade spectators, WGRZ

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice to the London Borough of Lewisham Council for failing to respond to hundreds of overdue requests made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. The council revealed the true extent of its poor performance on i

Iain Drummond analyses Lord Sandison’s recent opinion in Atalian Servest AMK Limited v BW (Electrical Contractors) Limited, an Outer House case which outlines the difficulty of challenging adjudicator’s decisions and the importance of precise drafting when deviating from standard form co

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has confirmed a £500,000 saving in costs over the next five years. The organisation is downsizing its office space, following a substantive programme of work to develop new ways of working, investment in upgraded IT infrastructure and a drive to

The UK government has announced that the maximum jail sentence for tax fraud will double from seven to 14 years for the most "egregious" forms of evasion. The Treasury announced the change in last week's spring budget and said it will consult on the introduction of a new criminal offence for pr