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The Scottish Council of Law Reporting has created a live index enabling users to search Session Cases data online. The Index to all Session Cases from 1821 to date is provided to aid swift identification of relevant cases. It is searchable by case name as well as by catchwords and phrases.

There were five reasonable precautions a contractor could have taken to prevent the death of a child who fell down an open manhole in an incident in 2020, a sheriff has found. Sheriff Stuart Reid has published his determination in the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Shéa Ryan.

A new exhibition which showcases how Enric Miralles, Holyrood’s lead architect, brought to life his vision for a Parliament "growing out of the land" is on display at the Scottish Parliament. The exhibition, Enric Miralles: Creating the Scottish Parliament and other stories by Benedetta Taglia

Lewis Silkin has launched a new employment law offering in Scotland with the appointment of a three-person team based in Glasgow. The team will be led by Carolyn Miller, who joins as a partner of Lewis Silkin LLP and brings more than two decades of experience in employment law.She has spent the last

Helsinki has become the first European capital city to record zero road traffic deaths for an entire year. The Finnish capital is comparable in population size to Dublin, with around 1.5 million people living in or near it.

New research highlights concern from across Scotland about the role of industrial forestry corporations and asset management organisations who increasingly dominate the ownership and management of Scotland’s forests. The research concludes that more community ownership and management of woodla

The Law Society of Scotland’s risk management competition has returned, seeking the best new ideas to reduce risk for the legal sector. The annual Innovation Cup is focused on improving systems, processes or controls within private practice firms, from a simple tweak through to something compl

Millions of motorists could receive compensation under a redress scheme announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) following widespread mis-selling in the car finance market. However, most people are expected to receive less than £950, and payments will not begin until next year. The F

Singers who glorify "mafia culture" face up to three years' imprisonment under a law proposed by junior members of Italy's hard-right government. Lega, a far-right party with long-standing roots in the north of Italy, has taken aim at the neomelodica genre of music associated with the southern

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Views are being sought on fatal accident inquiries ahead of a review of the system. A call for evidence by the 2025 Fatal Accident Inquiry Review aims to gather views on the efficiency, effectiveness and trauma-informed nature of investigations into deaths in custody and the specific barriers that f

Public sector in-house solicitor Anne Stewart has been elected as convener of the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Lawyers Committee (ILC). Ms Stewart, head of legal and corporate governance at the Scottish Social Services Council has worked in-house for more than 20 years and has been a mem

Young people who engage in rioting and large-scale public disorder offences have been urged to consider the impact a criminal record will have on their lives. The warning comes from a senior Crown Office prosecutor after a 17-year-old was sentenced to 18 months' detention for firework-related disord

Karim Khan KC, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has been ordered to recuse himself from the court’s investigation into alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela due to a conflict of interest arising from a family connection. The ICC’s appeals judges rule

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has written to Police Scotland and the Crown Office warning of potential human rights violations in the policing of peaceful protestors. The letter reminds the public bodies of their duty to exercise their functions proportionately in the wake of the proscription