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Ahead of yesterday's Scottish Parliament debate on eradicating hate crime and prejudice, the Law Society of Scotland said that legislation on hate crime offences and offences aggravated by prejudice should be consolidated. Michael Clancy, director of law reform at the Law Society of Scotland, said:

Joyce Cullen The University of Dundee is to honour a leading lawyer this month.

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The Faculty of Advocates has underscored its “enthusiastic support” for proposed legislation on third party rights in contract. Earlier this year, the Scottish Law Commission published a discussion paper on third party rights and the Faculty backed the proposals.

Daradjeet Jagpal Consultant and solicitor Daradjeet Jagpal dissects the Scottish Information Commissioner’s latest decision notice regarding a request for information made of Ayrshire Housing and underlines the importance of RSL compliance.

Michael O'Flaherty The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has said EU rules essential to build trust in the EU’s area of justice are seldom invoked, potentially hindering the fair treatment of people involved in criminal proceedings.

Brodies LLP has developed software that helps businesses identify contractual risks arising from the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. The software can search hundreds of commercial contracts in minutes to identify clauses that could pose a risk to businesses post-Brexit, allowing organis

Heather McKendrick Pupils from schools across Scotland are preparing to debate the pros and cons of holding referendums when they take to the floor for the opening rounds of the Law Society of Scotland’s annual debating tournament.

A domestic assault victim who applied for criminal injuries compensation more than 30 years later but was told by a tribunal that her claim was “time-barred” has had an appeal against the decision dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session held that there was “no error of law” in the tribuna

EU law does not preclude an increase in the share capital of a bank without the agreement of the general meeting of the shareholders in a situation where there is a serious disturbance of the economy and the financial system of a member state, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ru

Social housing sector tenants who challenged the so called “bedroom tax” have received a mixed outcome at the Supreme Court. Lord Neuberger, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hughes and Lord Toulson heard the cases, which relate to the cap on housing benefit introduced by

The Supreme Court has now received formal notification of the UK government’s intention to appeal the High Court’s decision of 3 November in the case of R (on the application of Miller & Dos Santos) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union. Permission to appeal has been granted by

Sara Skott Bengtsson The homicide rate in Scotland has fallen by half in the last two decades, resulting in a record low, The Scotsman reports.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has launched guidance to help newly qualified solicitors improve complaint handling. The guide, developed with the help of the Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA), and based on the results of a questionnaire which the two organisations jointly

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