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Holyrood’s Equalities and Human Rights Committee has unanimously backed the general principles of the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) Bill. The bill pardons men convicted of same-sex sexual activity that no longer constitutes a crime, and offers to ‘disregard’ their crimina

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There were 514 applications to the Solicitors Regulation Authority to open new law firms in 2017, underlining the health of the legal profession despite Brexit related uncertainty, according to accountants and business advisers Hazlewoods, which specialises in the legal profession. With 10,400 solic

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New figures reveal that Scotland’s “Drambusters” have launched legal action more than 60 times to protect Scotch whisky against fakes, with Russia becoming a growing problem, The Herald reports.

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Daradjeet Jagpal As the spectre of GDPR looms, Daradjeet Jagpal, legal consultant and director of Information Law Solutions, asks: is GDPR the Millennium Bug for law firms?’

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A new review of cyber crime in Scotland estimates that the internet was used commit at least 20 per cent of sexual crimes in Scotland in 2016/17. Crimes committed online tend to revolve around non-contact offending though use of the internet may also be a precursor to crimes committed in person.

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The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has demonstrated its commitment to action on climate change and joined WWF Scotland for the planet’s biggest environmental event. On the back of Earth Hour 2017’s success, the SLCC will join millions of people from 187 countries around the world in

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