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The First Division of the Court of Session, chaired by the Lord President, Lord Carloway, have written to the Court of Justice of the European Union requesting a preliminary ruling on whether the UK decision to leave the European Union can be unilaterally revoked. The reference follows the Court of

In its decision in the case of Chong and Others v the United Kingdom the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously declared the application inadmissible. The case concerned the killing of 24 men in December 1948 by British soldiers in the village of Batang Kali in Selangor, which is now a state

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced that partner Paul Motion, who heads the firm’s data protection and online reputation teams, has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in freedom of information and data protection law. This is only the second such accreditation to be aw

David Lorimer applies a quantitatively analytical approach to criminal law. He has written previously for SLN on jury analysis and the admissibility of prejudicial evidence (with a journal paper currently under peer review). In this article he indicates how his work led to similar con

A new law that stops Shetland being put in a box on maps of Scotland has come into force. Under the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018, its position relative to the mainland will now have to be “accurately and proportionately” shown on maps produced by Scottish government bodies.

Meghan Jenkins warns employers about HMRC fines of up to £20,000 per underpaid worker for breaching National Minimum wage obligations – fines that are levied on top of the obligation to reimburse the underpaid wages. At the end of September, HMRC reported that a record number of employer

The International Bar Association’s Legal Policy & Research Unit is undertaking a global survey focusing on bullying and harassment in the legal profession.

Shoosmiths has this week been named a LEX winner 2018/2019 in three of its categories. It follows analysis by student law firm guide, The Lex 100, of anonymous responses received from 2,800 trainees across 147 UK law firms.   In evaluating their firms, trainees assigned scores relatin

A go-kart operator that allowed drivers to dress up as Mario characters and drive through major Japanese cities has lost a court battle with Nintendo. The video game company said the MariCAR go-kart service did not have permission to allow drivers to dress up as its characters.

Glasgow-based corporate law firm Kergan Stewart has announced the appointment of Stephen Smith as a partner. Mr Smith joined Kergan Stewart in 2016 from Brodies and is experienced in all aspects of corporate and commercial law.

A review of policing at football matches in Scotland is to be undertaken by a senior officer from south of the border. Deputy chief constable Mark Roberts of South Yorkshire Police will investigate operation planning for games as well as intelligence gathering and resource deployment.

Merger and acquisition activity in the past 12 months has been in rude health, fuelled to a great extent by the ready availability of well-priced debt and a wide range of potential purchasers, writes Rosalie Chadwick. The Private Equity (PE) funds are keen to deploy capital, but there is a mismatch