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Incorporating the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law will provoke radical change and challenge those in power, Scotland's Children's Commissioner has told Glasgow Caledonian University's inaugural Law and The Common Good Lecture. Speaking on the eve of today's Scottish Parliamen

DWF has advised Aliter Capital-backed Sponge, a digital learning provider, on the acquisition of Idox Compliance from its parent company Idox plc. Sponge offers training solutions ranging from risk and compliance to people development and skills enhancement. It is backed by Aliter Capital LLP, a spe

Spain could become one of the first countries to trial a four-day working week after the government agreed to launch a pilot project for interested companies. Earlier this year, the small leftwing Más País party announced that the government had accepted its proposal to pilot

Blackadders LLP is raising funds for Comic Relief this month. Comic Relief supports the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children in the UK and around the world.

The cladding crisis in Scotland will be the subject of a free online seminar this week. On Thursday, 18 March, from 6-8pm, Watermans Legal will be joined by a panel of industry experts who will cover a wide range of topics associated with the cladding crisis.

A candidate for political office in Japan is conducting his campaign dressed as the Joker. Yuusuke Kawai, who is hoping to become governor of Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is running as a candidate for the Party to Make All of Chiba a Land of Dreams and Magic, SoraNews24 reports.

An appeal by the Crown to the High Court of Justiciary against the sentencing of a man convicted of statutory sexual offences involving his niece, a child under the age of 13, has succeeded. At the original sentencing diet of the respondent, JB, aged 55, the sheriff made a community p

Four out of five last-minute legal claims brought by illegal immigrants in an attempt to avoid deportation are eventually rejected, according to the Home Office. An analysis of people detained since 2017 has found more than 70 per cent made new claims or legal appeals days before they were due to be

The European Union is to take legal action today against the UK over its unilateral attempt to change the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol, RTÉ News reports. The European Commission will issue legal proceedings in a letter to the UK government, after its decision earlier this month to u

A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) is to be held into the deaths of three fishermen who died in 2016 after their boat sank in the Outer Hebrides. Martin Johnstone, 29, Chris Morrison, 27, and skipper Paul Alliston, 42, were asleep when creel vessel Louisa began taking on water while at anchor.

Lord Neuberger has agreed to remain a judge of Hong Kong's top court for another three years, The Times reports. The former Supreme Court president's decision comes amid calls for the judges to step down over Beijing's attacks on democracy in the territory.

Tributes have been paid to solicitor Kathleen More, who passed away last month. Sheriffs, lawyers and staff at Edinburgh Sheriff Court paid their respects as a live stream of her funeral service was played on screens last week.

The Scottish government is consulting on the detail of plans to pardon miners convicted of certain offences during the 1984-85 strike. An independent review into the impact of policing on communities during the strike, led by John Scott QC, recommended that the Scottish government should introduce l

Linklaters is planning to open an office in Dublin, The Sunday Times reports. The magic circle firm has 5,300 staff in 30 offices around the world and had revenues of £1.64 billion (€1.9 billion) last year.

An international celebration of the 250th anniversary of the life and works of Sir Walter Scott is being launched this month. On World Storytelling Day on March 20 the night sky at Smailholm Tower, in the Borders, will be lit up at an event organised by Abbotsford, Scott’s home near Melrose, a