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A data breach at Facebook which affected 50 million accounts, including five million European ones, is to be investigated by the EU. The Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC), the lead supervisory authority for the social media giant in the EU, is taking in information to determine the basis for a

The annual report of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland has been published. This is the ninth report of the board as a statutory body. The report reveals data on applicants in the six appointment rounds that occurred this year, one for sheriffs, one for summary sheriffs and four for tribun

MBM Commercial LLP, together with Chiene & Tait Accountants, held a charity dinner at MBM's offices last week to raise money for Maggie’s in Edinburgh, which provides support to cancer patients and their families.

Glasgow Caledonian Law Clinic has won the Public Services Award at the Evening Times Glasgow Community Champion Awards. The clinic was set up in March 2014 by law lecturer Claire McFadzean and is a student-led and student-run initiative designed to promote access to justice in th

Advocate Robert Sutherland has completed his trek to the peak of Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro. 

A man has been jailed for three years and fined over £1 million for overharvesting sea cucumbers.Hoon Namkoong, 62, failed to report nearly 115,000 kilograms of sea cucumbers which he bought between 2014 and 2016.His company, US-based Orient Seafood Production, sold the marine animals in Asia

Burges Salmon has announced that it has secured leased office space at Atria One in Edinburgh’s Exchange business district, next door to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre. It is leasing 6,229 sq ft of office space on the second floor of Atria One on a 10-year lease. Other

A union for prosecutors has accused the government of undervaluing its members' work. The Procurators Fiscal Society of the FDA union said that Scottish ministers value their work less than that of government lawyers.

Former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, will be joining the University of Glasgow as a professor of children, law and religion. Born in Belfast, Professor McAleese is the eldest of nine children and grew up in Ardoyne, a sectarian flashpoint where she experienced first-hand the violence of

Inverness and Invergordon based Macleod & MacCallum has announced the appointment of Jenna Thomson as a director of the firm. Ms Thomson obtained her law degree from Glasgow University in 2006 and completed her traineeship with Macleod & MacCallum, before permanently joining the firm's

A literature review of the law surrounding death by dangerous driving has been published. Dr Rachel McPherson and Professor Cyrus Tata, from the Centre for Law, Crime & Justice at Strathclyde University, were commissioned by the Scottish Sentencing Council to carry out the review, which examines

Govan Law Centre has secured a First Tier Tribunal housing benefit appeal for a former homeowner in Glasgow. She had jointly owned her home with her father but, when he died, a one half share of the home was split amongst beneficiaries who wanted to realise their inheritance.

The right to a civil partnership will be extended to different-sex couples in England and Wales, Prime Minister Theresa May has announced. In June, the Supreme Court said the existing law on civil partnerships was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Right

A substantive hearing in Alex Salmond's legal action against the Scottish government over its handling of sexual misconduct allegations made against him will begin in January next year, the Court of Session has confirmed. A procedural hearing will be held on November 6.