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A former SNP councillor has been awarded £40,000 in damages after raising a defamation action against a party activist who falsely accused her of racism. Julie McAnulty sued Sheena McCulloch over the content of an email sent to the party compliance manager, in which it was alleg

The Court of Session has granted a declarator in line with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Article 50 case, Wightman and others. The European Court ruled this month that it was possible for the UK to unilaterally revoke the notification of its intention to leave the

Average prices in Scotland continued their upward trend in October, figures published by Registers of Scotland show. The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in October 2018 was £151,508 – an increase of 4.4 per cen

The UK government will pay compensation to Britons who were resettled abroad in the post-war period. Around 4,000 children were sent to different institutions in the Commonwealth between 1945 and 1970, where many of them say they were sexually, physically and mentally abused.

Staff at the Scottish Law Commission said goodbye to outgoing chairman Lord Pentland yesterday and presented him with a cake that included his picture and legal keywords and phrases such as "homicide" and "leases".

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Santander nearly £33 million for failing to transfer funds totalling over £183 million to the beneficiaries of tens of thousands of deceased UK customers. The watchdog's investigation found that 40,428 customers were directly affected, and

The Supreme Court is once again holding its essay competition, open to S5 and 6 pupils, with a top prize that includes tea with a justice. Have you recently been on a tour of the Supreme Court with your school? Did your visit spark an interest in the law? Are you considering studying law at uni

The next event in CLT Scotland’s extremely successful Scots Law 2019 Conference/Exhibition Series will be taking place at BT Murrayfield Stadium on 11 & 12 March.

Techniques used by police and lawyers to trawl through the phones and private data of rape complainants are to be investigated by a watchdog. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced it will undertake an inquiry into whether data protection rules are being breached within the

A music festival billed as being "male-free" has been found guilty of discrimination by Sweden's Discrimination Ombudsman (DO). The regulator noted that the publicity surrounding the event, which was held earlier this year, "discouraged a certain group from attending".

Katharine Muir highlights a very serious case implicating a company's products in the deaths of infants. The decision to bring criminal charges against ITH Pharma Ltd (“ITH”), the manufacturer of an intravenous nutritional product, is a reminder that manufacturers have duties to the end

An absurd €19,000 insurance quote obtained by a teenager for a 14-year-old car has been decried as an "outrageous" tax on rural Ireland. Leitrem councillor Padraig Fallon told The Irish Times that an 18-year-old approached him to say he had been quoted €18,693.95 - including a €100 di

The owners of a tug boat who sued the Ministry of Defence for “negligence” after the vessel sank having been attached to an MoD buoy have had the damages claim dismissed and been ordered to pay the more than £400,000 for the cost of the clean-up operation. Stuart White,72

Lady Paton has been appointed as chair of the Scottish Law Commission, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has announced. The appointment will be for five years and will run from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2023.

The general principles of the Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Bill have been agreed by MSPs. Under the bill, a new method of setting the discount rate used in determining long-term future awards of damages would be introduced.