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Ross McKenzie Ross McKenzie warns that the way organisations handle personal information will need to go through some significant changes in the coming years to accommodate the biggest change to the data protection regulatory framework since the early nineties.

New laws to strengthen the rights of carers will be debated by the Scottish Parliament for the final time this afternoon. Mental health minister Jamie Hepburn met young carers at Edinburgh Young Carers Project this morning ahead of the stage 3 debate of the Scottish government’s Carers Bill at Hol

A top judge has said the lack of diversity in the judiciary should be addressed by schools and policymakers. Wendy Joseph QC said the UK's “white, middle-class, middle-aged, male” courtrooms are not representative of the communities they serve.

A man jailed for eight years for the rape of two women has had his convictions quashed after Appeal Court judges ruled he suffered a miscarriage of justice. Lord Eassie, sitting with Lady Smith and Lady Clark of Calton ruled that Alan Clark, 40, suffered a miscarriage of justice.

Edinburgh University officials have been forced to scrap a plan calling on tutors to leak private information about students who told them about debt problems. Lecturers were instructed to pass the information of hundreds of students who had fallen behind in their tuition fee payments on to official

A mother who was caught trying to smuggle cannabis from the Netherlands into Germany in what a sheriff described as a “big mistake which has come back to haunt her” will not be extradited to serve a prison sentence. The sheriff discharged a European Arrest Warrant which was issued by the German

The Law Society of Scotland has launched a survey looking for Scottish solicitors’ views on the impact of local courts closures across Scotland. The survey is open to all members of the Law Society and closes onWednesday 24 February.

Andrus Ansip The EU and US have reached an agreement on a new scheme to allow companies to move personal data across the Atlantic following months of negotiations.

Rob Marrs Scottish solicitors, paralegals and other legal services professionals can now benefit from new guides aimed at helping them have a smooth return to work after maternity, shared-parental or adoption leave.

Andy Drane Davidson Chalmers has announced it is to open a new office in the Scottish Borders within the £5.2 million Galashiels Interchange. The recently opened purpose built office facility was designed to help facilitate business growth for the region following the launch of the new Borders rail

The Scottish government has released a guidance booklet on the community right to buy for communities, community bodies and landowners. Part 2 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, the community right to buy, provides the opportunity for communities across Scotland to register an interest in land

The High Court in London has ruled that Lord Lucan, a peer who disappeared 42 years ago, is presumed to be dead. A death certificate has been issued for the peer who vanished after his children's nanny, Sandra Rivett, was bludgeoned to death in London.

A lorry driver found guilty of dangerous driving and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm, who claimed that a sheriff erred in repelling a “no case to answer” submission, had an appeal against conviction refused. The Cr

David Cameron Prime Minister David Cameron has said a draft deal on reforming the UK's relationship with the EU delivers the “substantial change” sought.

Lord Carloway The Lord President, Lord Carloway addressed the Law Society of Scotland's Council, setting out his vision for courtrooms “fit for the 21st century”.