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A new bill to pardon former miners convicted of certain offences related to strike action in the 1980s has been published. The Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Bill follows an independent review, led by John Scott QC, into the impact of policing on Scottish communities during the 1984-85 st

Malcolm Combe, lecturer in law at Strathclyde University and chair of the Land and Human Rights Advisory Forum, looks at the relevance of land and human rights now and what the work of the newly-established forum hopes to achieve.  This is a blog post about the new land and human rights forum,

The owner and landlord of a holiday cottage where a teenager died have been fined after failing to maintain the gas heaters. No annual checks were carried out on the cabinet heaters in Glenmark Cottage, which were also placed in small rooms without enough ventilation.

Digby Brown helped raise a massive £59,000 for spinal injury survivors thanks to the return of the Winter Dinner Dance.

A socialite's speeding fine has been halved to £50 after she requested special treatment due to “financial hardship”. Lady Eliza Manners, 24, daughter of the Duke of Rutland, paid only £50 after she admitted driving her Audi A1 at 47mph in a 40mph section of the elevated M4 i

An appeal by a man convicted of two charges of rape against separate complainers after meeting them on nights out has had his appeal against conviction refused by the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary. Raymond Nyiam argued that the jury ought to have been directed on the issue of reasonab

Multiplex is facing a new compensation claim from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) regarding the design and construction defects that led to a public inquiry into infection deaths at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) campus in Glasgow. The health board is already su

A woman who worked as a stripper has said the Employment Appeal Tribunal's refusal to grant her anonymity infringes her right to respect for a private and family life, The Gazette reports. The claimant in A v Burke and Hare had worked in Edinburgh and London and sought £1,846 for holiday

Poland must pay the European Commission a daily fine of €1 million following its failure to comply with a July ruling over judicial independence. The judgment from the Court of Justice of the European Union comes after the Commission sought "financial penalties" to ensure Poland suspends new la

Officers abusing their position for sexual purposes is now the single largest form of police corruption in England and Wales, a watchdog has said. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the number of people facing disciplinary proceedings for APSP has "risen sharply" in the past three

Dr Sarah Hendry, head of Dundee Law School, is among the finalists at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2021. She specialises in water and environmental law. Her research interests in Scots, EU and comparative water law extend across both water resources and water services.

Karen Prendergast has qualified as a solicitor and has taken up a full-time position with The McKinstry Company. She joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2019.

Just Employment Law will be turning Firhill Stadium Purple this Saturday, in conjunction with Partick Thistle FC, ahead of their “Battle of the Thistles” game against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. The third Purple Thistle Day is being held to raise awareness for JEL’s charity partn

The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has obtained an extra £2.2 billion to resolve the backlog of court cases. It had warned the Treasury that the backlog could rise to 72,000 cases – up from the pre-pandemic figure of 41,000 – unless is secured an extra £500 million to expand the N

A man who was fired and replaced by two women has been awarded $10 million. David Duvall, a white male marketing executive at Novant Health in North Carolina, sued the hospital in 2018, alleging that he was fired so diversity targets could be met.