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Brexit negotiators have reviewed the future of intellectual property rights, with the likelihood being that EU-wide rights will be replaced with equivalent UK rights after the end of the transition period. This "much needed" detail should give "reassurance" to holders of EU trademarks registered bef

Lady Paton has granted permission today for a petition to proceed for judicial review of a homelessness decision against the Glasgow City Integration Joint Board (GCIJB; also known as the 'Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership'). A procedural hearing has been assigned for 22 August, and a

A watchdog has warned that police must shore up failings in their response to hate crime ahead of a potential surge after Brexit. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) found in a review that victims had been let down after being targeted because of their

The Attorney General and Director of Public Prosecutions have been criticised by MPs on Westminster's Justice Committee for failing to address the problem of non-disclosure in criminal cases. MPs said that DPP Alison Saunders, who is due to stand down in October, did not recognise the severity of th

Israeli lawmakers have come under sharp criticism after approving a law that defines "the right of national self-determination" as belonging exclusively to the Jewish people, reduces the status of Arabic, encourages illegal settlements and claims Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Prime Minister Benjami

One of the UK's biggest perfume retailers has unveiled a new fragrance – that smells of marijuana. The Perfume Shop is the first to sell 212 VIP Men Party Fever, from Carolina Herrera.

A police officer who raised concerns about misuse of public money by Police Scotland was unlawfully treated by her employers, a tribunal has ruled. The Times reports that Amy McDonald, 45, former director of financial accountability at the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), contacted former Justice Se

A ruling of the UK Intellectual Property Office has been described as one of a catalogue that "strike against the Scottish legal profession". Cloch Solicitors, run by Philip Hannay, had sought to register the word 'loch' insofar as it is used for legal services, an application opposed by Loch E

A woman who allegedly stalked comedian Frankie Boyle for eight months last year has been ordered to stay away from him for three years, The Herald reports. Rebecca Gamble, 48, is alleged to have tormented Mr Boyle by appearing at his gigs at The Stand comedy club in Glasgow and the Sheraton Hotel in

Morton Fraser has been named as a provider of legal services in Scotland for Curtis Banks, the UK’s largest provider of self-invested personal pensions (SIPP). The latest appointment for Morton Fraser’s property in pensions team, the largest of its kind in Scotland, commenced in June 201

The Scottish Civil Justice Council has published its fifth annual report, which outlines its achievements, accounts and a summary of the rules prepared during the last year. Writing his foreword as council chair, the Lord President, Lord Carloway, charted the council’s continued work on civil

Turcan Connell is more than doubling the size of its Glasgow office due to rising client demand in the city.

The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) has been fined £200,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after sending a bulk email that identified possible victims of non-recent child sexual abuse. The inquiry, set up in 2014 to investigate the extent

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) is calling on practitioners to respond to a survey on the issue of retaining lawyers in Scotland. With more and more lawyers moving to different jurisdictions or leaving the profession altogether the association has created a survey to identif