Tax evasion should be treated as a form of corruption if financial criminals are to be held accountable, a new study argues. Experts warn that without stronger enforcement, and clearer rules on corporate liability, the UK will continue to struggle to prosecute tax offences effectively.
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The Supreme Court has rejected the Kingdom of Spain’s long-running attempts to invoke state immunity to prevent renewable energy investors registering their 2018 ICSID arbitration award in England. Infrastructure Services Luxembourg and Energia Termosolar, the investors, are owed €120 mil
On Monday 16 March, JUSTICE Scotland will host two events exploring the impact of human rights and the rule of law. A panel discussion in the afternoon will examine the European Convention on Human Rights and its impact in Scotland. Chaired by Angela O’Hagan (chair of the Scottish Human Rights
A lord ordinary has granted decree of absolvitor to a partnership of solicitors and to its individual partners in a claim raised against them for damages following the purchase of the ground floor of a tenement for use as a beauty salon, after finding that they could not be held responsible in law f
Holyrood has unanimously approved measures enshrining the right of care home residents to contact with family and friends. Anne’s Law was developed following the pandemic, when restrictions on care home visits had a significant impact on residents’ health and wellbeing, but will also app
A serving prisoner convicted of possession of an improvised bladed article in his prison cell at HMP Perth has lost an appeal against his conviction on the basis of prejudice and misdirection by the trial judge after she initially gave the jury a direction on another offence of possession of a weapo
Lord Burrows has reflected on his experience as the first full-time academic appointed directly to the Supreme Court in a talk delivered at Oxford University. He described the shift from specialist scholarship to generalist judging, the court’s strong culture of collegiality – with
The Lands Tribunal for Scotland has refused an application by Murrayfield Curling Ltd to relax title conditions restricting summer use of its rink, holding that predictable control of shared access and event planning justified their retention. The ice rink was built at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, in the
The Court of Session ruled that a children’s hearing failed to consider the best interests of a sibling affected by its decision, as required by Article 3 of the UNCRC. The judgement confirms that hearings must treat the welfare of all impacted children as a primary consideration and clearly r
An English pub which was told selling pints for 25p would be illegal decided to give them away for free instead. Whitelocks, in Leeds, had intended to offer pints of a popular 1970s beer, which had been recently relaunched, at 1970s prices.
As AI enters complaints handling, gains in speed and insight must be balanced against fairness, transparency and the human touch, writes Vicky Crichton. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how organisations interact with the people they serve. That’s certainly true in the world of com
The Scottish Sentencing Council’s new sentencing guidelines on rape offences come into effect today. The two new guidelines, which cover offences of rape and rape of a young child under the age of 13, were developed following "extensive stakeholder engagement and research", culminating in a fu
