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A Spanish company that stopped paying employees during smoking breaks has won a case in the country's high court. Galp, an energy firm, said it was implementing domestic law when it began deducting time spent off-premises from employees' working days.

An independent investigation report has found Police Scotland was not to blame for the injuries sustained by a disqualified motorcyclist who collided with a tree. When officers in Aberdeen came across the 28-year-old man just after midnight on 26 June 2019, they instructed him to stop but he failed

Holyrood’s Justice Sub-Committee on Policing has said that current live facial recognition technology is not fit for use by Police Scotland. In a new report published today, it has told Police Scotland that before introducing the technology, it needs to demonstrate the legal basis they would r

Two human traffickers have been told they have to pay more than £13,000 in compensation to their victims. Robert McPhee, 70, and his son-in-law John Miller, 40, were jailed for a total of 17 years in 2018 after being found guilty of a catalogue of crimes.

Safety must be the top priority in allowing driverless buses on to our roads, the Faculty of Advocates has insisted. Issues surrounding Highly Automated Road Passenger Services (HARPS) are being examined by the Scottish Law Commission and the Law Commission of England and Wales in their second consu

A lawyer who says she suffered “psychiatric injury” while working at the Crown Office is to have her £1.3 million damages claim against the Lord Advocate heard at the Court of Session. Laura Malone, 53, argues that the Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC, is vicariously liable for negli

Hundreds of Crown Court judges face disqualification because they have not spent enough time hearing trials. Recorders must sit for at least 15 or 30 days per year, depending on experience, to keep their role.

A Holyrood committee has called for a “sunset clause” to be included in proposed legislation which would allow the Scottish government to amend or replace parts of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) during the post-Brexit transition period. In its stage 1 report on the Agriculture (Ret

Dr Kim Barker, lecturer in law at Stirling Law School, and Dr Olga Jurasz, senior lecturer in law at the Open University Law School, look at the proposed reforms to the hate crime regime. The Scottish government is currently considering reforms to the hate crime framework in Scotland. This law

DWF's highest earner took home a profit share of £1 million for the period 2018/19, The Lawyer reports. The accounts relate to the firm's UK operations, in addition to offices in Belgium, Italy, Qatar and Singapore.

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar on Entrepreneurs’ Relief Bear Traps on Thursday 27th February 2020 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Bob Langridge of Brodies. Registration will comm

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Statement by Ambassador Karen Pierce, UK Permanent Representative to the UN, at the United Nations Security Council briefing by the Chairperson from the OSCE

Over the past three months, the average property selling price in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was £248,009 – an increase of 2.1 per cent on the previous year. In Edinburgh, the average selling price was £265,748, a 1.8 per cent increase compared to last year.

New rules affecting Chapter 42A personal injury actions in the Court of Session will be analysed at an information event by the Faculty of Advocates. The revised process, outlined in a Practice Note, is designed to facilitate the more efficient progress of actions by early disclosure, discussion and

A new report published by Amnesty International today shows how the Saudi Arabian authorities are using a counter-terrorism court – the Specialised Criminal Court – as a weapon to systematically silence peaceful opposition in the country. Charges used in proceedings in the court fre