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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has recorded 1,627 data breaches over the entirety of the 2019-20 financial year, up from 1,378 in the previous financial year, according to official figures.  The data, contained in the annual CPS report and analysed by Griffin Law, a UK litigation practice,

A daughter is suing a historian who claims the woman's mother had a relationship with an SS guard. The woman is suing academic Anna Hájková, associate professor of modern continental European history at Warwick University in a court in Frankfurt for €25,000.

A police crackdown on speeding cyclists has been met with widespread derision on social media. Officers in Toronto posted photos on social media of them using radar guns to track the speed of cyclists on bike paths.

A taxi driver who had his licence suspended by a local authority on the ground of no longer being a fit and proper person to hold such a licence has had his appeal against the decision refused.  Scott McMillan argued that West Lothian Council had made several errors in their cons

A former Supreme Court president has warned that when a society deprives people of the right to challenge the government in court "you are in a dictatorship; you are in a tyranny". In a discussion on the Internal Market Bill, Lord Neuberger, David Neuberger, a former president of the Supreme Co

The Internal Market Bill should be withdrawn by the UK government after consent for it was denied by a majority of the Scottish Parliament, Constitution Secretary Michael Russell has said. MSPs backed the Scottish government’s legislative consent memorandum, which states the bill threatens dev

The Dean of Faculty has made a personal plea to the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary: stop denigrating the legal profession. Mr Dunlop has written to Boris Johnson and Priti Patel following speeches in recent days in which references were made to “lefty human rights lawyers and other do-g

Niall McCluskey and Christian McNeill take a critical look at the latest coronavirus rules. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. The corollary is that the state attempts to create laws that are certain.

Urgent measures are needed to address the increase in Scotland's prison population, a Council of Europe human rights delegation has said. The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published a report made following a visit to Scotl

After she left her role at Burness Paull to join London media practice Simkins, Fiona McAllister – now a lawyer at Channel 4 – began looking for an extra-curricular activity that would allow her to contribute to society while at the same time not being too closely related to her day job.

Pinsent Masons has appointed Melanie Grimmitt as global head of its energy sector. Ms Grimmitt joined Pinsent Masons in 1999 and has over 20 years' experience advising on high profile infrastructure and energy projects across the globe.

Following the Law Scot Foundation and Law Society of Scotland 'Celebrating Inclusion Event & Law Fair', the Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) will be hosting a virtual quiz and mixer. This will be a further opportunity to network with those you may have met at the fair, and get to

CMS is to hold a free seminar for Scotland’s travel and tourism sector as it navigates its way through the pandemic. The firm’s Rebound and Remodel event, which takes place on Tuesday 27 October at 16:00, will focus on how Scotland’s tourism sector can bounce back from the impact o

Vatican money intended for the rescue of Catholic hostages was allegedly misused to buy luxury handbags and clothing. An investigation into Vatican finances has concluded that €500,000 paid to a company owned by Cecilia Marogna was spent on clothes and accessories from Prada and Yves Saint Laur

The Sheriff Appeal Court (Civil Division) has ruled that a man who applied for financial provision following the end of a long cohabitation period has had his appeal against the sheriff’s decision not to make an award in his favour refused.  George Duthie, the pursuer and appell