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The unpaid work element of community payback orders (CPOs) will be slashed by more than a third in most cases in order to ease pressure on local authorities during the Covid-19 pandemic. The new measures announced by the Scottish government will not include CPOs imposed for domestic abuse, sexual of
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The presidents of the UK's three law societies will set out their ongoing response to Brexit at an event early next month. The briefing has been organised by the UK Law Societies' Joint Brussels Office and will explore the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and what this means for UK qualified so
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Joanne Gillies, partner and insolvency disputes specialist at Pinsent Masons, examines a recent ruling by the Court of Session. Banks will be able to reduce the amount of compensation paid to customers who claimed they were mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI) in order to recover debts owed b
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Wall Street clearing houses will be able to provide central clearing services in the EU following a decision which financial experts are calling a blow to the City of London. The European Commission has adopted an equivalence decision determining that the United States Securities and Exchange Commis
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A full obituary of Professor Robert Rennie, who passed away earlier this month, has been published by The Herald. Douglas J. Cusine, who studied with Professor Rennie at the University of Glasgow and went on to co-write books with him, describes him as "one of a sadly declining number of academics w
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The Chagos Archipelago is part of Mauritius rather than the UK, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled in a further blow to the UK's claims on the islands. The tribunal examined the issue of sovereignty over the islands as part of a broader dispute between Mauritius and the Mald
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Responsibility for animal cruelty prosecutions in England and Wales may be transferred from the RSPCA to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ahead of the introduction of stricter sentences for offenders. The move, included in the RSPCA's new ten-year strategy, would bring England and Wales into line
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Sandwich chain Subway is facing a lawsuit alleging that its tuna sandwich contains no traces of tuna. Lanier Law Firm is bringing a class action lawsuit in the US state of California on behalf of thousands of people who have eaten Subway tuna sandwiches in the past three years.
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A man who received a total hip replacement that he alleged was defective has had his appeal against the dismissal of his case refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. The pursuer and reclaimer, John Hastings, claimed that the prosthesis he received from the defenders, Finsbury Orthopaedic
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Scotland's courts service is "paying lip service" to Covid-19 guidelines and more must be done to protect court users, lawyers across Scotland have said amid outbreaks in sheriff courts. Edinburgh Bar Association and Glasgow Bar Association are among 11 bar associations who have signed a letter crit
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Global law firm Dentons is set to hold its Burns Supper virtually this evening, with the event featuring a number of the firm’s client-produced brands with a "Dentons Burns Night in a box". Food and drink for the night will include Baxters cock-a-leekie soup, Nairn’s oatcakes, Hall&rsquo
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Mandy Laurie of Burness Paull explores whether employers can force employees to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. Since Margaret Keenan became the first person to receive the Pfizer vaccine in the UK, the rest of the nation has watched on as the introduction of two vaccines and the approval of a third h
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William Shawcross has been appointed as the new independent reviewer of the controversial Prevent counter-terrorism programme. Prevent aims to safeguard vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism, and forms one of the four strands of the UK government’s counter-terrorism strategy, CONTE
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An entire police station is under investigation after officers and civilian staff used their building for an illegal late-night party. One video circulating on social media shows the officers and staff at the major police station in Paris dancing the Macarena at 3am without face masks.
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An action by the lessee of a storage unit located on a former poultry farm that was destroyed by a fire in 2016 has been dismissed by a sheriff. Philip Samson rented a unit at the Turkeytorium, formerly Fenton Barns Farm, owned by DC Watson & Sons (Fenton Barns) Ltd, and sought damages for loss
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