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Prosecutors in Spain are preparing to reactivate the European arrest warrant (EAW) issued against former Catalan government minister Clara Ponsatí, a professor at the University of St Andrews, in relation to a disputed 2017 independence referendum. Professor Ponsatí, 62, took a secondm
A Lords committee has criticised the presentation of a proposed agreement between the US and UK governments on providing electronic data in order to counter serious crime. The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (SLSC) criticised the "staggered laying of associated papers as poor practice and l
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has found that a fifth of law firms in England and Wales are not compliant with the 2017 Money Laundering Regulations. In March, the SRA wrote to 400 firms asking them to demonstrate compliance with the regulations.
A man has been jailed for four months for failing to give evidence at an inquest in a legal first in England and Wales. Duncan Lawrence, 60, was a consultant at a London care home where 19-year-old Sophie Bennett took her own life in May 2016.
A large-scale report into the nature and prevalence of prostitution in England and Wales, carried out by researchers at the University of Bristol, has been published. The research, commissioned and published by the Home Office examines the variety of different sex work services and the reasons peopl
It took "far too long" for a notice of a fatal accident inquiry to be lodged in relation to the Clutha helicopter disaster, a sheriff has said. Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull has made his determination into the incident which saw 10 people die when a helicopter, then carrying out duties on behalf
Facebook has reached an agreement with the Information Commissioner's Office to pay a £500,000 fine in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal with no admission of liability. The fine was issued to the social media giant just over a year ago after the watchdog identified suspected fail
Homes in Glasgow and Edinburgh sell twice as quickly as the average UK city property, according to Zoopla's UK Cities House Price Index for September. The index has revealed that UK housing market conditions are strongest in Scotland, despite Aberdeen having performed the worst in the UK.
Social media giants Google, Facebook and Twitter must take "serious further steps" to tackle disinformation on their platforms by the end of the year, the European Commission has warned. If the platforms fail to improve their record by year-end, the Commission has said it may introduce "regulatory o
The Edinburgh Tax Network, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Chartered Institute of Taxation and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, with support from Terra Firma Chambers, will present a Joint Seminar and Discussion on 24th October on the subject of ‘Exiting from Private
A move to block the release of a film based on the Panama Papers scandal, involving law firm Mossack Fonseca, has failed. Lawyers for Jurgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca claimed in a federal court in Connecticut that The Laundromat, which has been released on Netflix, defames them.
A judge has become the first to oversee a public court hearing by telephone. At the Court of Appeal in London, Sir Andrew McFarlane had a conference call with two litigants, a man in Israel and a woman in England, for about an hour.
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Venezuela wins seat on UN Human Rights Council - BBC News
The sole director of a company has been sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment after his employee was crushed to death by an excavator bucket the director himself was operating. Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that on 7 May 2016 work was being carried out by Front Row Builders Ltd employees to build a wa
