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Offenders with mental health conditions and disorders could be given more lenient sentences under proposed guidance published in a consultation from the Sentencing Council. When the guidance is published in its final form judges and magistrates in England and Wales will have a process to follow when

MTM Defence Lawyers has appointed solicitor Sophie Russell to its Edinburgh office. Ms Russell will be working alongside solicitor-advocate Neil Hay to service MTM’s ever-growing private client caseload in the capital. MTM has seen a 50 per cent rise in the business, over the 2017/18 fina

Protections against redundancy for parents returning to work should match those already in place during maternity leave, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to a UK government consultation on pregnancy and maternity discrimination, the Law Society has supported extra redundancy

DWF's Scottish corporate team has advised private equity investors Aliter Capital and Boston Networks on the acquisition of technology solutions business Pinacl Solutions and Pinacl GDA to create a new UK-wide network infrastructure and integrated technologies business. This is the tenth deal on whi

Professor Tobias Lock of Maynooth University Department of Law has been appointed constitutional advisor to a Scottish Parliament committee. The one-year appointment will see him support the work of the Parliament's Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee in all constitutional matter

As employment tribunal claim numbers rise across the UK, Natasha Meikle and Claire McKee look at the biggest issue on the topic of age discrimination facing the courts (not to mention public sector employers and their employees) in 2019. The Court of Appeal held at the end of 2018 that the transitio

Couples in England and Wales will be able to go through "no-fault" divorces faster under new government proposals. New legislation representing the biggest overhaul of divorce laws in the jurisdiction in 50 years will be presented to MPs "as soon as parliamentary time allows".

Prison authorities in Russia have reinstated yoga classes for inmates after insisting they would not somehow turn them gay. The classes, introduced last year, were briefly suspended after the country's prosecutor-general launched an investigation into claims by an influential religious scholar that

Scotland's commissioner for children and young people has written to the United Nations, calling on it to intervene over issues including illegal restraint and the strip-searching of under-18s. Bruce Adamson said that the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child has not yet been incorporated into do

Restorative justice will be the topic of discussion at a free event in Glasgow next week, chaired by Lady Rae. Restorative Justice is a victim-sensitive process whereby all parties with a stake in a particular offence voluntarily come together to resolve how to deal with the aftermath of the offence

There would be a violation of article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) of the European Convention on Human Rights if a man resident in Switzerland, who was convicted of rape and who is now disabled and dependent on his children, were to be expelled to Kosovo, judges in the European C

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An Aberdeen sheriff who was suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct will not face criminal proceedings. Jack Brown, 59, who was appointed to the sheriffdom in 2016, was arrested and charged in January over the claims.

Lady Hale reflected recently on attempts in the nineteenth century to establish an Imperial Court of Appeal, opposed by both Scotland and Ireland. Delivering the 2019 Macfadyen Lecture in Edinburgh last month, the Supreme Court President asked: what is the United Kingdom Supreme Court for?