Websites that are more than one-third pornographic will have to verify the age of UK visitors under a newly passed law. While the regulations had been delayed as the government sought to amend them, age verification checks will become active from April.
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The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in favour of an Azerbaijani journalist who was subject to a sex-tape smear campaign after investigating government corruption. The ECtHR ruled that the Azerbaijani authorities failed to investigate a “sex video” of Radio Free Europe re
Dr Kim Barker of Stirling Law School and Dr Olga Jurasz of the Open University Law School are hosting an evening reception at the Royal Scots Club in Edinburgh on 5 February 2019 to mark the launch of their new book: Online Misogyny as a Hate Crime: A Challenge for Legal Regulation. The book assesse
On 1 December 2017, new legislation came into force which transferred jurisdiction in relation to applications in Private Sector Rented Cases and Private Residential Tenancies to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber. Civil cases relating to the private rented sector are
Legislation will be introduced this year to close potential loopholes in the law protecting foxes and other wild mammals. Delivering a statement to Parliament on improving animal welfare, rural affairs minister Mairi Gougeon announced her intention to bring forward a bill that will imple
Advocate General Szpunar proposes that the Court of Justice of the European Union should limit the scope of the dereferencing that search engine operators are required to carry out to the EU. By decision of 21 May 2015, the President of the French Commission nationale de l’informatique et des
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Magistrates are calling for their retirement age to be raised from 70 to 75 to stem the judicial recruitment crisis, The Times reports. Over the past 10 years, the number of magistrates has halved from roughly 15,000.
The Scottish government has admitted it failed to follow the correct procedures in an investigation into Alex Salmond over allegations of sexual harassment and has had its findings struck down by Lord Pentland in the Court of Session. The former first minister crowdfunded £100,000 for his case
The Scottish woman who became the UK's first female solicitor is being honoured by her alma mater. Madge Easton Anderson was a graduate of Glasgow University who joined the profession in 1920.
Solicitors are to be honoured for their contribution to society as part of the Law Society of Scotland's 70th anniversary celebrations. The society is inviting nominations for honorary membership for outstanding service for the public good by a Scottish solicitor.
“No negligence where the doctors disagree” used to be the approach of the courts to expert evidence in medical cases.
Corporate law firm Rooney Nimmo has appointed Grant Docherty as a partner in its UK operations. He will be responsible for running the banking team at the firm and will be based in Edinburgh. Mr Docherty has nearly three decades of banking sector law experience having previously served as partner an
Judges are the main source of bullying in the legal profession while sexual harassment and propositioning remain a problem, a survey for The Times has revealed. More than half of 1,500 barristers surveyed by the Bar Council thought there was still a problem with bullying and older male barristers se
Requiring potential employees to declare criminal convictions on their job applications should be banned, according to new research. A study found that criminal record declarations can deter candidates from applying and actually do little to predict the risk of re-offending.
