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A multinational cement company has been indicted by French investigative judges on charges including complicity in crimes against humanity and financing of Syrian terrorists. The allegations relate to the conduct of Lafarge Cement Syria, a subsidiary of French-based Lafarge SA, between 2011 and 2014

Lady Justice Arden DBE and Lord Justice Kitchin will join the Supreme Court as justices on 1 October 2018, followed by Lord Justice Sales on 11 January 2019, it was announced yesterday. Her Majesty The Queen made each of the appointments on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor,

Further details of a proposed apprenticeship route to qualification as a solicitor in Scotland were revealed at a round table discussion on legal education hosted by Holyrood's Justice Committee this week. Rob Marrs, head of education at the Law Society of Scotland, said that consultation

Britain's intelligence services were involved in numerous extraordinary rendition operations between 2001-10 – those where there is a real risk of torture – according to a new report. Westminster's Intelligence and Security Committee has published two reports today on the actions of the

Mr Justice Green, Sir Nicholas Green, has been appointed as the new chair of the Law Commission (England and Wales). Taking up his role on 1 August 2018, Sir Nicholas will serve for three years and has declared no political affiliation.

The retirement of US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has sparked fears that an appointment by President Donald Trump could strengthen conservative influence on the court.The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Justice Kennedy was a "critical moderating forc

There has been a rise in inappropriate behaviour at the English bar since 2014, according to a new report. The Barristers’ Working Lives 2017: Harassment and bullying report shows a "marked increase" in incidents, based on more than 4,000 responses to a survey.

This was the question that the presenters of Edinburgh Law Seminars’ Contract Law Update 2018 answered in the annual roadshows which took place in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and the Western Isles last month. The sessions considered developments in the law in both Scotland and England. Issues

Drug dealers in Scotland have seen cannabis profits decline as a result of mass production – which has driven prices down. Gangsters who spoke to academics for new research have complained that the market in the Class B drug is "saturated".

Online voting is now open to elect the Law Society of Scotland Council member for Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain and Wick. Four solicitors are competing for the second seat representing solicitors in the highlands and islands constituency,

CLT Scotland, in association with the University of Strathclyde, has launched the next event in the Scots Law 2018 Convention Series. Taking place at BT Murrayfield on 29th and 30th October, delegates will be able to choose from 10 individual conferences, each providing 6 hours of CPD. Roy Spiers, C

Pinsent Masons has joined a cyber catalyst working group set up by the Scottish government to help businesses protect themselves from cyber attacks. The establishment of the working groups is a key part of the Private Sector Action Plan on Cyber Resilience, which was published yesterday.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the UK discriminated against a transgender woman who was denied a pension on reaching the retirement age for women. The case concerned transgender woman MB, who was assigned male at birth in 1948, married a woman in 1974, began to live as a woman in

A new report has claimed that European Arrest Warrants are "too often being used for small offences" instead of their intended function of tackling serious crime and terrorism. Campaign group Fair Trials will present its critical report on the system to the European Parliament later this week, The B

Holyrood’s Justice Committee has found that the proportion of remand prisoners in Scotland is high, particularly amongst female prisoners, where remand prisoners account for almost a quarter of the total female prison population. The committee also found that time spent on remand can result in