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Lady Justice Simler will join the Supreme Court on 14 November, it has been announced. His Majesty The King made this appointment on the advice of the Prime Minister and Lord Chancellor, following the recommendations of an independent selection commission.

CLT Scotland’s Scots Law Conference Series returns at the end of October. There’s still time to join other legal professionals at the popular face to face event for up-to-date, specialized knowledge of the ever-evolving legal landscape in Scotland, but only limited places remain.

A memorial service for Alan Inglis will be held on Sunday 12 November at 3.30pm, at St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Palmerston Place, Edinburgh. There will be a reception in the cathedral after the service. If you would like to attend, please register here so the organisers can keep track of nu

Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland will walk out next month in a legal aid dispute – just weeks after barristers south of the border secured a significant increase in fees in a similar action. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) balloted members on a withdrawal of services in response to "

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Equifax Ltd more than £11 million for failing to manage and monitor the security of UK consumer data it had outsourced to its parent company based in the US. The breach allowed hackers to access the personal data of millions of people and exposed

France is to fine shops that leave their lights on too long as it cracks down on energy waste. Agnès Pannier-runacher, the energy transition minister, said that firms that break rules on when they can have their lights on will face fines of €1,500 (£1,294).

Justice Secretary Alex Chalk is to announce that foreign criminals, including drug dealers, thieves, and burglars, will bypass prosecution and instead be deported in an effort to address the prison overcrowding crisis.

The Tumbling Lassie Seminar 2023: Cross-Border Human Trafficking will take place on Saturday 28 October 2023 in the Mackenzie Building, off High Street, Edinburgh. A fascinating programme will include a case study from Kath Harper, advocate depute on the Gombar case of sexual exploitation across bor

The Law Society of Scotland has endorsed the International Bar Association condemnation of the attacks by Hamas along with its call for urgent talks to restore peace. The Law Society’s Council supported the IBA's statement last week calling the attacks a violation of human rights and internati

Suspected fraudsters who are alleged to have bought 20 bottles of fine French wine with €95,000 (around £82,000) in fake banknotes have been arrested – but the bottles are believed to be lost. The two men and a woman are accused of swindling a Parisian wine merchant out of 18 bottle

Companies must prepare for a new law that will impose greater demands on verifying the identity of their directors and connected businesses, lawyers at Lindsays have warned. An impending new law means that Companies House will impose more stringent measures on confirming the identities of both new d

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel using white phosphorus in Gaza, Lebanon, endangering civilians: HRW | Al Jazeera

In his final report before stepping down as the Scottish information commissioner, Daren Fitzhenry published a report on the progress made by the Scottish government on improving its performance when responding to freedom of information (FOI) requests. The report is published as part of the commissi

A sheriff has determined that Holocaust denier Vincent Reynouard, 54, who was arrested in Fife, can be extradited to France. The domestic warrant issued for Mr Reynouard's arrest revolves around alleged offences linked to online videos, some of which distinctly contain statements that deny the occur

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Bryan Moorehead to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. In 2018 the applicant was convicted of a charge of assault to injury and sentenced to 42 months' imprisonment, a period which was ordered to run consecutively to