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An event for lawyers, legal academics and equality bodies looking at challenges and ways to improve diversity in the legal profession will be held in Glasgow this month. The Scottish Discrimination Law Association (SDLA), Scottish Ethnic Minority Lawyers Association (SEMLA) and MacRoberts LLP are jo

Scotland’s legal tech sector is set to benefit from support from the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) in developing innovative solutions to ensure GDPR compliance which can be used across a range of different sectors and businesses. The Law Society of Scotland has signed a memorandum of u

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned traders that if they exploit the coronavirus outbreak to take advantage of consumers they will face enforcement action and that, if necessary, it will ask the UK government to introduce price controls. The CMA will consider any evidence that com

Dubai's 70-year-old billionaire ruler kidnapped two of his daughters and left the youngest of his six wives fearing for her life after he discovered her affair with a bodyguard, a judge has found. Sir Andrew McFarlane said that, on the civil standard, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum's actions

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has thanked Colin McConnell for his work as chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) following his decision to retire later this year. Mr McConnell has led the SPS since May 2012, following a career in prisons in Scotland, England and Wales and Northern Ire

A man who was beaten and raped by monks as a child has been given more than £300,000, The Times reports. Victim T was molested at St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, about 40 years ago. He was the victim of Brother Farrell, who was jailed in 2016 and Brother Ryan, who is now dead.

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The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) will continue to publish details of solicitors and advocates’ legal aid earnings despite the equivalent body in Northern Ireland discontinuing the practice amid GDPR concerns. Our sister publication Irish Legal News reported that the Legal Services Agency is

The Duke of Buccleuch has agreed to transfer land to a community group in the Borders, The Herald reports. He has gifted the land from the Buccleuch family's Borders Estate to Newcastleton & District Community Trust.

A councillor in Aberdeen has received an interim suspension of three months after he was convicted of sexual assault. The Standards Commission for Scotland imposed the suspension on councillor Alan Donnelly of Aberdeen City Council after receiving complaints that he had failed to comp

Property selling prices are rising in Scotland as an increasing number of homes go on the market, according to the latest ESPC data. Over the past three months, the average property selling price in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £250,603, a 5.2 per cent increase compared to

Thousands of sitting days have been restored to the Crown Court following comments made by the Lord Chief Justice. Lord Burnett of Maldon said the hearings were “listed further into the future” than they had been in recent years, The Times reports.

The search for the latest bright idea in risk management within the Scottish legal sector has been launched. Now in its third year, the Innovation Cup aims to tap into the expertise of the Scottish legal community and improve risk management across the profession. The Law Society of Scotland is runn

A Holyrood committee has called on the Scottish government to include a “sunset clause” in legislation that will enable the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to continue to operate during a post-Brexit transition period and to bring forward proposals and a timetable for introducing a new

Dear Editor, I was disappointed to read that court dress will no longer be required in some civil courts, but pleased to read in Scottish Legal News that not everything thinks this is a good idea.