Families Need Fathers Scotland will be formally relaunched and renamed Shared Parenting Scotland at an event in Edinburgh on February 10. The keynote addresses will be delivered by Sir James Munby, who retired as head of the family courts in England and Wales in 2018, and Amanda Masson, partner at H
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Digby Brown has helped secure £100,000 in compensation for a man who was wrongly arrested and sent to prison on remand after being mistaken for someone else. Gary Webb, 60, spent a night in the police cells and three in jail in 2015 even though he showed officers from Police Scotland evid
The Scottish government is consulting on which bodies it should add to legislation to give them data sharing powers in respect of debt and fraud. Part 5 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 introduces new information-sharing powers to reduce debt owed to, or fraud against, the public sector.
The Supreme Court will hand down judgment in FMX Food Merchants Import Export Co Ltd (Respondent) v Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (Appellant), UKSC 2018/0218 next Wednesday. The issue in the case, which is on appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division, is:
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Myanmar has been ordered by the International Court of Justice to take emergency measures to prevent a genocide of the Rohingya. In a unanimous order issued by 17 judges, the court upheld provisions of the Genocide Convention and said that Myanmar had "caused irreparable damage to the rights of the
Drug company Tiofarma has admitted that it took part in an agreement that resulted in significant price hikes for a life-saving medicine. The development means that two of the three companies under investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) have now admitted to an allegation that t
The number of legal professionals in the UK and Ireland contacting the charity LawCare for emotional support continues to rise year on year, with 677 people seeking help in 2019. The charity, which runs a helpline, webchat, email and peer support service for the legal profession received over 900 co
The Scottish Council of Law Reporting (SCLR) has overhauled and relaunched its website at www.scottishlawreports.org.uk to give it a more modern, friendly and mobile device compatible look. The same wealth of information is still there including the popular links and resources page edited by Iain Ni
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has fined Fender Europe £4.5 million for breaking competition law by preventing online discounting for its guitars. Guitars make up a significant part of the wider musical instrument sector which has an estimated turnover in the UK of around £4
The Court of Appeal today ruled that Gypsies and Travellers have an “enshrined freedom” to move from one place to another and that an injunction to prevent camping on public land would breach the rights of the communities it targeted. Bromley Council sought the injunction, which was reje
Two judges will be speaking at an event on diversity in the judiciary in Glasgow next month. Attendees at the event hosted by SEMLA and Ellis Whittam will hear from Mr Justice Choudhury and Sheriff Aisha Anwar on their paths to the bench.
The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled “(Tax) Year End Planning for Individuals & Owner Managed Businesses?” on Thursday 20th February 2020 at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. The speaker will be Mike
European organisations have been fined €114 million (£97m) under the GDPR regime, DLA Piper has found. France, Germany and Austria top the rankings for the total value of GDPR fines imposed with just over €51m, €24.5 million and €18 million respectively.
A career at the bar is becoming "less appealing, or even viable" for new entrants, according to a report by LexisNexis. The company's survey found that despite the fact that nearly three quarters of respondents said their practices had either remained stable or grown, compared to three years ag
