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Daradjeet Jagpal Daradjeet Jagpal gives a comprehensive overview of new data protection legislation.

Douglas Roberts Lindsays’ sports law team, led by partner, Douglas Roberts, advised John Sim and David Sinton of Stark’s Park Properties (SPP) on the acquisition of the controlling interest in Raith Rovers Football Club.

Lord Carloway An update on a new model for case management will be published tomorrow, the Lord President has announced.

A landowner who raised a legal action against the Scottish Ministers over what he claimed was a “natural right of drainage” has been granted declaratory that the M74 motorway interferes with that right. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the defenders were interfering with the pursuer’

There is still time for solicitors and advocates to book a place at a major two-day conference on arbitration this month, endorsed by legal experts from a range of countries and jurisdictions

Amanda Masson Reality needs to catch up with law when it comes to parental rights, says Amanda Masson.

Cat Maclean A Scots lawyer is looking to bring professionals together in a network to bring legal claims against financial institutions, The Herald reports.

Michael Matheson Justice Secretary Michael Matheson has announced that Scotland’s first two community custody units, managing lower-risk female prisoners closer to local services and support, will be located in Maryhill, Glasgow and at a site still to be confirmed in Dundee.

The founder of Scotland’s first legal aid centre, the Aberdeen Law Project, has talked about its beginnings in a new video.

A collective redundancy does not always qualify as an “exceptional case” permitting the dismissal of a pregnant worker, according to Advocate General Sharpston. In the context of a collective redundancy, the dismissal of pregnant workers may only occur in exceptional cases not connected to the p

David Rennie Stronachs LLP is moving its Aberdeen headquarters to larger office facilities to bring all its services under one roof.

Nicky Morgan The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is facing a torrent of data protection requests demanding it release a report into Royal Bank of Scotland’s controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG).

Three people have been fined in the German city of Essen for failing to come to the aid of a pensioner who collapsed in the lobby of a bank. Four bank customers were prosecuted for doing nothing to assist the 83-year-old man who suddenly collapsed and hit his head, leading to a traumatic brain injur

Hundreds of people are expected to take the chance of a rare glimpse inside the Faculty of Advocates when the Advocates Library features in Edinburgh Doors Open Day 2017 on Saturday 23 September.

Individuals seeking to challenge an age assessment in court should do so by judicial review, a judge has ruled. Lord Woolman in the Court of Session held that while an action for declarator was also a competent remedy, there were “decisive advantages” to proceeding by way of judicial review.