Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is breaching the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) by allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark" previously reserved for notable figures, the European Commission has said. Following an in-depth investigation, the Commission has informed X of its pr
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A man who indecently assaulted three people while falsely claiming to be conducting radiation testing after the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant disaster has been jailed. John Beaumont pretended to be a Ministry of Defence official when he targeted fellow students at St Andrews University in Fife between 198
The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against the imposition of an Order for Lifelong Restriction on a man who assaulted a woman on her way home from work with the intention of raping her. Maximiliano Moreno, aged 22, was given an OLR with a punishment part of 32 months’ imprisonm
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An English pupil barrister who swore throughout an ethics exam has been fined £500. Jack Henry Sadler told the Bar Standards Board (BSB) that he was unaware – despite being told – that he could be heard and was being recorded during the professional ethics assessment, which he took
Several Sheriffs contacted SLN recently to report that they were not receiving their daily Scottish Legal News newsletter. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has investigated and found that security filters had wrongly identified SLN as "spam". SCTS has now made the necessary adjustmen
The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow is sponsoring this year’s Glasgow Legal Walk – set to take place on Wednesday 25 September. The annual charity event coordinated by the Access Justice Foundation encourages members and supporters of the legal community to walk to raise money fo
A rapist who subjected two former partners to a campaign of violent and controlling abuse has been jailed for seven years. Charles Fyfe Morrison was found guilty of five charges – including three serious sexual assaults – following a trial at the High Court in Paisley.
The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal by an airline against a decision that the cancellation of a flight caused by a pilot falling ill did not constitute “extraordinary circumstances” under which it was not required to pay compensation to air passengers. Kenneth and Linda
Home sales in Scotland are expected to rise over the next three months despite a falloff in new buyer enquiries during June, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. A net balance of 26 per cent of respondents to the survey in Scotland expect
Greek authorities have begun issuing €350,000 fines in a major crackdown on unlicensed tourist beaches. Tourist companies have been accused of effectively taking over entire public beaches by installing and renting out deckchairs and parasols at an expensive rate.
A judge has been accused of bullying and sexist behaviour in Employment Tribunal hearings. One woman said that Judge Philip Lancaster shouted at her at least 16 times. The women told the BBC that they had all lost cases heard in Leeds before Judge Lancaster.
The Scottish Parliament’s Social Justice and Social Security Committee has opened a consultation to consider the impact of the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017. The Act aims to measure, tackle and report on child poverty in Scotland. It set out specific targets that seek to virtually eradicat
A violent rapist who defrauded former partners out of more than £210,000 has been jailed. Christopher Harkins targeted single women on dating websites, quickly befriending them and gaining their trust.
The centuries-old distinction between "criminal contempt" and "civil contempt" will be scrapped in England under proposals set out by the Law Commission of England and Wales. 'Contempt of court' refers to a wide variety of conduct that may impede or interfere with the administration of justice, for
