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Four panellists from the Brexit and Family Law Group were invited to speak to MEPs and Permanent Representatives from the EU member states at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday. The session, hosted by Catherine Bearder MEP and the Joint Brussels Office of the Law Societies, saw

The Crown Office's failure to notify complainers of decisions not to prosecute and its "lack of progress" on developing systems to learn from complaints have been criticised by the prosecution watchdog. The Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has today published a report on the operational effec

A world-renowned Ibiza nightclub is under criminal investigation after hiring dancers dressed as police officers.Two trained dancers dressed as members of the Policia Local to kick off an evening of entertainment at the Pacha club earlier this month.The pair pretended to be shutting down the event b

The House of Lords has today appointed an ad hoc select committee to consider and report on the Bribery Act 2010. The committee will be taking evidence throughout the summer and autumn, and will be reporting in 2019. The Bribery Act 2010 created two basic crimes of giving and receiving bribes, and c

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it lost unencrypted DVDs containing recordings of police interviews. The DVDs contained recordings of interviews with 15 victims of child sex abuse, to be used at the trial.

US gymnasts who were sexually abused by their doctor, Larry Nassar, are set to receive a $500 million settlement from Michigan State University (MSU), one of the largest settlements of its kind. California law firm Manly, Stewart & Finaldi announced the deal struck with the university on behalf

Dr Robert Brett Taylor and Dr Adelyn L M Wilson summarise a judicial review case, currently at avizandum, challenging the lawfulness of a decision to allow administration of abortion medication in the pregnant woman's home. Section 1(3) of the Abortion Act 1967 allowed the Secretary of State to appr

On 11 May we ran an article entitled 10 Essential Steps to Renewing your Law Firm’s Professional Indemnity Insurance. We would like to clarify that the arrangements for professional indemnity insurance differ north and south of the border. The Master Policy Insurance provided by the Law Societ

In the third of our occasional series looking at Scotland's legal heritage, both grand and obscure, Graham Ogilvy appreciates Sir John Steell's statue of George Kinloch in Dundee. George Kinloch is not the only outlaw in Scotland to be publicly commemorated. Stirling's Wallace Memorial, the obelisk

Morton Fraser has played an integral part in the multi-million pound acquisition of Scotland’s biggest privately owned plant hire operator. AB 2000, which is based in Glasgow and has a turnover of approximately £30 million a year, has been acquired by Quattro Group, a supplier of equipme

Plans to allow experienced mental health tribunal members to remain in post beyond pensionable age have been praised by the Faculty of Advocates. As part of a new tribunals system, the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland (MHTS) is to transfer to the Scottish Tribunals and become the First-tier Tribu

The new chair of the independent body for complaints about the Scottish legal profession has called for radical reform of the regulatory and complaints landscape in Scotland. Speaking at an event held at Queen Margaret University’s Consumer Dispute Resolution Centre, attended by complaints exp

Jessica Weir, a banking and finance solicitor at Brodies has been elected president of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association for 2018-19 following its AGM last night. The executive committee now comprises Jessica Weir as president, Ayla Iridag (Clyde & Co) as vice president, Graham

Thorntons has welcomed Corinne Ward to the firm as a solicitor in its intellectual property team. Based in the Dundee office and joining from Dentons, Ms Ward has experience in intellectual property dispute resolution; drafting commercial contracts; the protection and commercialisation of intellectu

A cancer patient wearing a medical face mask on doctor's orders was threatened with a fine for breaching Austria's strict "burqa ban" laws. Valentin, 26, told Vice News that he was stopped by police and told that his face mask - which doctors told him to wear to protect his immune system -