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Bruce Crawford Holyrood's devolution committee has called on the UK government to include a commitment to transparency and accountability in the Scotland Bill.

Dean Spielmann The European Court of Human Rights President Dean Spielmann has launched a network for the exchange of information on the case-law of theEuropean Convention on Human Rights.

Patrick McGuire Thompsons Solicitors could launch mass litigation against car manufacturer Volkswagen in the wake of a scandal over rigged emissions tests.

Greg Lowson Almost half of lawyers asked would not recommend their profession to friends and family members, according to new research by Wesleyan, the financial services provider for lawyers.

Kathleen Hallisey Survivors of child sex abuse are campaigning for the UK government to introduce mandatory reporting laws to help tackle abuse within Jehovah's Witnesses communities.

Anthony Maton The European Commission has come under pressure from lawyers to release further details of a €1.8 billion fine paid by eight major banks over the Euribor rate-rigging scandal two years ago.

Laura Irvine Laura Irvine writes on the importance of complying with the Data Protection Act 1998.

Leigh Kirkpatrick, a solicitor at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh, has won this year’s “Law Society of Scotland In-House Lawyers’ Group Rising Star Award”. The award was presented at the Law Society’s Law in Scotland Conferencereception, along with a presentation to the Scottish La

From left: Joanne Romanis, Brian Inkster and Robert Wild (photo taken by Rob McDougall)

Sir Jeffrey Jowell Proposals to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 will pose problems for the UK's constitutional settlement according to a legal expert.

The European Court of Human Rights has today launched a multilingual Twitter accountECHRPublication reserved for news on case-law publications, translations and the HUDOC case-law database. Registrar Erik Fribergh said: “Over recent years the Court has stepped up its efforts to improve the underst

Michael Gove The Justice Secretary, Michael Gove is to enact radical changes in the penal system by transferring more power from Whitehall to prisons themselves.

A father who left his baby daughter brain-damaged after shaking her and throwing her down on to a couch in a “deliberate and violent assault” has had his seven-and-a-half year prison sentence reduced following an appeal. The Criminal Appeal Court quashed the sentence and imposed a custodial term

Proposed changes in the law of succession could reduce the number of cases where children of the deceased inherit a share of the estate, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. In its response to a Scottish government consultation paper, which followed a report by the Scottish Law Commission, the Fa

Justice Secretary Michael Matheson Traffickers face life in prison under a new law approved by the Scottish Parliament yesterday.