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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after it lost unencrypted DVDs containing recordings of police interviews. The DVDs contained recordings of interviews with 15 victims of child sex abuse, to be used at the trial.

The Supreme Court’s contribution to the development of devolution jurisprudence will be the subject of a lecture delivered by the UK’s most senior judge in Edinburgh next month. The Scottish Public Law Group (SPLG) will host Lady Hale, who will deliver a special address in her first

Documents from the Auschwitz trial have been added to the UNESCO "Memory of the World Register”, marking their importance as "common heritage of humanity”, The Local reports. The trial of 22 Nazi officials who ran the death camp, which lasted from 1963-65 in Frankfurt, was the first in w

US gymnasts who were sexually abused by their doctor, Larry Nassar, are set to receive a $500 million settlement from Michigan State University (MSU), one of the largest settlements of its kind. California law firm Manly, Stewart & Finaldi announced the deal struck with the university on behalf

Not having a place to call home is one of the most stressful situations a person can find themselves in, and as ‘stress’ is the theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May) the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is urging property

Regulators in France and Belgium are allowing English lawyers to requalify even if they do not speak the local languages in an attempt to bring commercial legal work to their jurisdictions after Brexit. Officials at the Law Society told The Brief that bar heads in France and Belgium are encouraging

The UK’s police forces must address concerns over the use of facial recognition technology or they may face legal action, according to the UK’s privacy watchdog. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has said the issue is a priority for her office.

Police officers dealing with digital disclosure are under-trained and often unaware of what they are looking for, a Justice Select Committee has heard. Digital forensic experts have said police failures have led to a number of court cases collapsing, The Guardian reports.

Rebecca Barrass looks at the litigation surrounding the Glendoe Hydro-Electric Scheme In January 2009, energy giant SSE started operating the Glendoe Hydro-Electric Scheme. Opened officially by the Queen later that year, the scheme was cited as one of Scotland’s biggest civil engineering proje

Proposals for a second public inquiry into the conduct of the press have been defeated by MPs for what could be the final time.The House of Commons voted 301-289 against the so-called "Leveson 2" inquiry yesterday, just a week after the proposal was rejected by 304-295.A second vote w

A senior member of Faculty has been appointed a sheriff by Her Majesty the Queen on the recommendation of the First Minister. David Young QC, will serve in the Sheriffdom of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, based at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

An ever-increasing focus on anti-money laundering (AML) controls within the legal profession has seen the introduction of new AML requirements for both the Law Society of Scotland and the Scottish solicitors. As part of the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on

Land access is a critical barrier for new entrants to agriculture in Scotland according to research published today. The report, prepared for the Scottish Land Commission by The James Hutton Institute, suggests that existing farmers and landowners are well placed to offer gr

The Scottish government has has urged the UK government to remove the parts of the EU Withdrawal Bill that constrain devolved powers, following a vote in the Scottish Parliament. Brexit minister Michael Russell said the decision of the Scottish Parliament to withhold consent from the withdrawal