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Advocate Michael Upton FCI Arb updates readers on recent cases in communications law. The ‘new’ Electronic Communications Code came into force at the end of 2017 as a schedule to the Communications Act 2003. It governs telecoms masts and other "electronic communications apparatus"; speci

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The Swedish government has announced plans to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 for certain serious crimes in spite of opposition from the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). In a statement on Monday, Swedish justice minister Gunnar Strömmer said the country w

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France’s National Assembly has approved a bill that would bar under-15s from accessing social media, a move backed by President Emmanuel Macron. Parliamentarians in the lower house voted 116–23 late on Monday to approve the core provisions of the legislation, which would prevent young te

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Intellectual property firm Murgitroyd has strengthened its senior leadership team with three appointments. The firm has appointed Camilla Jagger as its chief operating officer, David Goldsby as its chief technology officer and Russell Flanders as its commercial director.

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A consultation being undertaken by the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) to extend the rules governing mass legal claims has closed amid concerns that a new system will disadvantage Scottish consumers and the economy. The SCJC is considering extending the rules surrounding mass legal claims in S

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Shoosmiths in Scotland has appointed William Reid as banking legal director.  Based in Shoosmiths’ Edinburgh office, he will work closely with colleagues in the real estate and corporate teams, advising clients on matters including corporate lending, leveraged / acquisition and real estat

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Police Scotland has confirmed it will continue recording non-criminal “hate incidents”, even as the practice is set to be abandoned in England and Wales. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said police south of the border should stop logging non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) and focus inst

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Carole Ewart, director of the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland, comments on recent developments in Scotland's FOI regime and the need for reform. It’s been 21 years since the legal right to access information became enforceable under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act and

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