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Mr Justice Green, Sir Nicholas Green, has been appointed as the new chair of the Law Commission (England and Wales). Taking up his role on 1 August 2018, Sir Nicholas will serve for three years and has declared no political affiliation.

The retirement of US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has sparked fears that an appointment by President Donald Trump could strengthen conservative influence on the court.The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Justice Kennedy was a "critical moderating forc

There has been a rise in inappropriate behaviour at the English bar since 2014, according to a new report. The Barristers’ Working Lives 2017: Harassment and bullying report shows a "marked increase" in incidents, based on more than 4,000 responses to a survey.

A different-sex couple who object to marriage on the basis they believe it is patriarchal and who sought judicial review of the respondent’s refusal to make legislative changes which would allow them to enter into a civil partnership have had their appeal unanimously allowed by justices in the

Humza Yousaf has been appointed Justice Secretary as part of a reshuffle by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Mr Yousaf takes over from Michael Matheson and will head up the delivery of new hate crime laws following the recent publication of Lord Bracadale's report recommending new stat

A new type of land register recording all applications of community bodies to buy land or property which is abandoned, neglected or causing harm to the environmental wellbeing of the community, where the owner is not willing to sell that land, has gone live. The Register of Applications by Community

This was the question that the presenters of Edinburgh Law Seminars’ Contract Law Update 2018 answered in the annual roadshows which took place in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and the Western Isles last month. The sessions considered developments in the law in both Scotland and England. Issues

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has said it is to focus on improving efficiency and proportionality. Its 2018-19 operating plan details the implementation of new complaints regimes for ‘Alternative Business Structures’ – which will see non-lawyer ownership of law fi

Drug dealers in Scotland have seen cannabis profits decline as a result of mass production – which has driven prices down. Gangsters who spoke to academics for new research have complained that the market in the Class B drug is "saturated".

Glasgow Caledonian University Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Pamela Gillies CBE FRSE, has been appointed as a founding trustee of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights UK (RFKHRUK), a human-rights advocacy organisation established to keep Robert F. Kennedy's legacy alive. Led by human-rights acti

DWF’s Scottish projects team has advised West Midlands Combined Authority (“WMCA”) on the insourcing of the operation of the West Midlands Metro to wholly owned subsidiary, Midland Metro Limited. Working closely with WMCA's in house legal team, DWF advised on the public service con

In the latest edition of his podcast Pod’s Law, Julius Komorowski and Lindsey Reynolds, senior solicitor for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, discuss the recent decision in AA v Secretary of State for BEIS in which Lord Tyre ruled that Employment Tribunal claimants can raise parallel

Online voting is now open to elect the Law Society of Scotland Council member for Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain and Wick. Four solicitors are competing for the second seat representing solicitors in the highlands and islands constituency,

The Glasgow Bar Association’s self-proclaimed ‘Golden Generation’ of footballers travelled to Ballymena in Northern Ireland on Saturday 23 June to play a friendly match with Ballymena Utd as part of their ‘Peace & Goodwill Tour’ 2018.