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Irish solicitor James MacGuill has taken up the role of president of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). Mr MacGuill was elected as president by the CCBE plenary session last month and has led the CCBE since the start of January.

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has ruled that the Chief Constable of Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate could not be held liable to pay millions in damages for malicious prosecution to a former consultant of Rangers Football Club involved in the takeover of the club by Craig W

Balfour and Manson has welcomed its latest intake of law graduates.

Gilson Gray has appointed Richard Shepherd as a partner in its property team. Based in Aberdeen, Mr Shepherd joins the firm from James & George Collie, where he has been the managing partner since 2014.

US authorities have released a dubious guide to help parents decode covert drug references in emoji form. The "emoji drug code" released by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been compared to early 2000s guides which explained texting abbreviations like "LOL".

DAC Beachcroft has relocated to new offices in Glasgow. Taking inspiration from the firm’s global headquarters at the Walbrook Building in London, the new Glasgow office at Sutherland House, 149 St Vincent Street has been designed to provide colleagues with a blend of work and collaborative sp

The UK Supreme Court, in partnership with Royal Holloway, University of London, has launched an online course. Entitled Inside the UK Supreme Court: Its Role, Its Work and Cases that Affect Us All, the two-week course, delivered by FutureLearn, a social learning platform, is designed to increase kno

In December 2021, the Scottish government published its terms of reference for the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry, to be chaired by Scottish judge, Lady Poole. The overall aims of the inquiry are to investigate the strategic handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in a number of areas in order to establish the

Shoosmiths has opened an office in Brussels and recruited experienced lawyer Kiran Desai to meet growing client demand for European Union competition, regulatory and trade law advice. Dual-qualified in Belgium and in England and Wales, Mr Desai was previously the EU competition law leader at EY Law

Amnesty International has called on the Kazakhstani authorities to release journalists and activists who have been arbitrarily detained for their coverage of mass protests across the country over the past week, as the number of individuals arrested reaches close to 10,000. The human rights organisat

The Guardian has published an obituary of Professor Anthony Bradley QC. "For a country without a written constitution, the UK was fortunate in having the authoritative and industrious Anthony Bradley among its leading constitutional experts. His work, spanning seven decades, shone a clear light on t

A doctor fighting for the rights of children, a nun helping destitute women and a Zambian man looking to end marginalisation are all in the running for this year's Robert Burns Humanitarian Award (RBHA).

A Lord Ordinary has awarded expenses against the Secretary of State for the Home Department after it was determined that the First-tier Tribunal was wrong to conclude that no appeal could be made against a decision not to allow his wife’s adopted son into the UK. The petitioner, OA, had brough

A court has upheld the sacking of two police officers who ignored an ongoing robbery to continue playing Pokémon Go. Los Angeles police officers Louis Lozano and Eric Mitchell were recorded dismissing a call to assist with the robbery while boasting of catching rare Pokémon in the mobi

Former Law Society of Scotland registrar, David Cullen, is to join Douglas Mill Consulting. "When I heard David was leaving LSS after 30 years of sterling service, I called him to congratulate him and to see what his plans were. Asking him to come on board was a no-brainer. He has years left in the