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HMRC was wrong to refuse a backdated claim for child tax credits for asylum seekers who had been granted refugee status, a judge in the Court of Session has ruled in the first successful social security test case for asylum seekers and tax credits in the UK. Although tax credits were abolished and r
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The Scottish government has confirmed judges will be forced to register their financial interests. While judges must declare relevant interests in a case before them they are not required to register them before a case arises, unlike the practice in some other jurisdictions.
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The Scottish government’s new Youth Justice Strategy and action plan, which aims to support children and young people in conflict with the law, has been published. Key priorities in the strategy include:
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MacRoberts has advised BAM on the Atlantic Square development in Glasgow City Centre. The firm acted for the developer, BAM TCP Atlantic Square Limited, a joint venture between BAM Properties and Taylor Clark Properties, in the development and letting of 1 Atlantic Square to HMRC.
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Thousands of judgments from the English and Welsh courts will be made available online for free through The National Archives, the UK government announced this morning. There is currently no single comprehensive archive of court judgments, though a wide selection are published by the British and Iri
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All things are poison and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison.
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A motorist caught driving with 99 licence suspensions has been arrested. Police in the state of New York pulled over Gilbert Cantres, 55, on Tuesday morning after he made a turn without indicating.
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Two former residents of a home for the children of seafarers in Rhu, Argyll, have had their actions for damages against the operators of the home dismissed after a judge concluded that it would not be possible for there to be a fair hearing. The anonymous pursuers, B and C, were resid
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A trainee paralegal with a gambling addiction who embezzled more than £220,000 from Aberdein Considine has been jailed for 16 months, The Press and Journal reports. At Aberdeen Sheriff Court, Callum Scott, 23, admitted stealing the sum from the law firm in order to deal with a number of payday
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There are circumstances in which data protection watchdogs in the EU can bring a company to court over GDPR breaches despite not being the lead supervisory authority under the 'one-stop shop' rule, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The complex judgment, handed down by the
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A legal services student has won the F&C Investment Trust Prize competition. Honor McAlpine, a City of Glasgow College HND Legal Services student, has made it three in a row for the college after winning the competition.
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Two law firms have introduced a new fertility benefit to enable employees to receive thousands of pounds in support to become parents. International firm Cooley will reimburse up to £45,000 for fertility treatment as well as personalised fertility care and family-forming support.
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Lawyers could use “performance-enhancing medication” in the future to maintain parity with machines, according to a new report from the Law Society of England and Wales. Images of the Future Worlds Facing the Legal Profession 2020-2030 also suggests that artificial intelligence could hal
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This is only a foretaste of what is to come, and only the shadow of what is going to be.
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Nine police officers have been suspended after arresting the entire staff of a fast food restaurant which refused them free burgers. The Johnny & Jugnu restaurant in Lahore, Pakistan said all 19 workers were rounded up on Friday night and kept until Saturday, the BBC reports.
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