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A police investigation into alleged Covid-19 breaches in Downing Street has led to 20 fines – and a warning that more could be on the way. The Metropolitan Police launched an investigation into the UK's so-called "partygate" scandal months after it first emerged that parties and other gatherin

Communities and individuals will soon have access to information to enable them to find out who has a controlling interest in Scotland’s land. The Scottish government is introducing a new Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest (RCI) in land on Friday.

Anderson Strathern has hired commercial real estate and renewables specialist Dixcee Fast from Eversheds Sutherland as a partner. Ms Fast, who was formerly a trainee and associate at Anderson Strathern, is a leading lawyer on real estate matters in relation to clean energy projects including wind, s

Alastair Hope, founding member of what is now BTO’s Helensburgh office, is to retire after 40 years in the law. Since joining forces with Raeburn Hope in 2019, BTO has broadened its service portfolio to include the full range of legal services for families, individuals and businesses.

Drummond Miller’s Lorna Hale has been recognised as a specialist in medical negligence law by the Law Society of Scotland. She specialises almost exclusively in pursing medical negligence claims for individuals and has experience in a wide range of cases and in litigating in both the Court of

A Scots litigator has co-authored a new book on electronic music giants Depeche Mode.

The final part in David J Black's forensic examination of the ME/CFS scandal looks at alleged scientific misconduct and a possible cover-up. Read the last part here. The tragedy of the putative ME/CFS scandal as the revelations following the PACE controversy emerged, was that, for a time, thing

A Crown appeal against a sheriff’s decision to accept a no case to answer submission from a man accused of committing indecent acts against children has been allowed by the High Court of Justiciary. It had been argued by the accused and respondent, BL, that the evidence led in respect of two c

An advocate has endorsed an MSP's call for legal representation for complainers in sexual assault and rape cases. Scottish Labour's Katy Clark has lodged a motion at Holyrood that calls for complainers to be given their own lawyers.

A nearly eight-metre sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of a terraced house has been recognised as a protected landmark 36 years after it was illegally installed without permission. Oxford City Council spent years seeking to remove the 1986 sculpture by Bill Heine, an American who came t

Sir Howard Morrison QC KCMG has been appointed by the UK government to advise Ukraine's top prosecutor on the investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine. Sir Howard had an extensive judicial career in the UK and internationally, including serving a

The European Union has reached political agreement on landmark new legislation aimed at addressing "systemic misbehaviour" among so-called Big Tech companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) will blacklist certain practices used by large platforms acting as &

An English barrister who mocked and humiliated opposing counsel at a hearing has been fined £1,500 by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). Althea Sonia Brown was found to have "improperly undermined, insulted, humiliated and/or annoyed" the opposing barrister, named NC, and/or "was in the circumstan

Police officers appearing before the Sheku Bayoh inquiry will not at this time receive undertakings that their evidence will not be used in any future prosecution, the Solicitor General for Scotland has said. At a preliminary hearing over the public inquiry into the death of Mr Bayoh in May 2015, la

Partners at global law firm Clyde & Co and UK-headquartered BLM have voted in favour of merging this July to create a combined entity with a global revenue of over £700 million per year.