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Reforms to the law are required to protect victims from online and social media-based abuse, according to a new report by the Law Commission for England and Wales. In its scoping report assessing the state of the law in this area, the commission raises concerns about the lack of coherence in the cur

Professor Dr Gabrielle Kaufmann-Kohler, the president of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA), spoke on Tuesday night at an ICCA Edinburgh reception hosted by the Scottish Arbitration Centre. The next ICCA Congress, the largest international arbitration conference in the world

On Wednesday 3 October the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) held its 2018 annual lecture, delivered by Sir Anthony Seldon and sponsored by CMS. ALP hosted a capacity audience for the address of Sir Anthony Seldon, award-winning political author, contemporary historian and educator.

Scotland's next census will include new questions on sexual orientation as well as transgender status. Proposals for the 2021 census were detailed in ‘Plans for Scotland’s Census 2021’, published by National Records of Scotland.

A launch event will be held next month to mark the introduction of the new Common Law Programme at Glasgow University's School of Law. Starting at 3.00pm on 19 October there will be a panel session among senior members of the judiciary/practitioners/academics on: “The tradition and evolut

The High Court in Belfast has begun hearing three test cases for damages brought on behalf of people who were shot or wounded on Bloody Sunday. Three of 21 civil actions brought by Madden & Finucane Solicitors against the Ministry of Defence were selected as test writs and are being heard now.

A team of eight brave solicitors from BTO took part in the Spartan super race last week in and around Kinnoull Hill, Perthshire – an eight-mile race with 25 different obstacles.

Proposals to help complainants, whom the UK government refers to as "victims", have been launched today. The powers of the Victims' Commissioner are to be strengthened and a consultation will be launched on a new law to underpin the Victims' Code, Justice Secretary David Gauke has announced.

The ability of Scotland’s police and prosecutors to plan for Brexit is being hampered by an “unacceptable” lack of clarity from the UK government, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said.Following the Scotland Secretary, David Mundell's evidence to the Justice Committee last week,

Ex-Rangers administrators David Whitehouse and Paul Clark have failed in the civil claim against the Lord Advocate for wrongful detention over allegations of fraud, The Herald reports. In the Court of Session, Lord Malcolm ruled that there nevertheless remains a case to be answered under the Europea

A new initiative to drive partnership working between legal professionals in the UK and Nigeria has been announced by Prime Minister Theresa May. The initiative is the latest stage of the Ministry of Justice’s ‘Legal Services are GREAT’ campaign, which aims to promote the UK&r

The Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke, and the High Court's designated arbitration judge, Mr Justice David Barniville, are set to launch the New York chapter of Arbitration Ireland next month. The event, designed to highlight the attractiveness of Ireland as a seat for arbitration an

A new Compulsory Sales Order (CSO) power could tackle the blight of abandoned buildings and parcels of vacant and derelict land in town centres and communities across Scotland, according to a report published today by the Scottish Land Commission. The proposed new power would provide plann

Defence lawyer David Rudolf, the attorney for Michael Peterson in the hit Netflix documentary series The Staircase will be hosting a live show in Glasgow this October. The crime drama is based on the murder of Kathleen Peterson, who was killed at the home she shared with Michael, on December 9, 2001

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the Clutha helicopter crash will begin next April in Glasgow. Three people on a Eurocopter EC 135 died when it crashed into the Clutha bar in Glasgow in November 2013. Seven people inside the pub were also killed.