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The UK Supreme Court has ordered the UK government to deal with the country's air pollution problem and publish a report on it by the end of this year. Air pollution in the UK has contravened EU limits for years and has been linked to thousands of deaths.

GCHQ has been ordered by a court to destroy documents relating to communications between a Libyan dissident and his lawyers which they illegally intercepted. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, chaired by High Court judge Mr Justice Burton, ruled that the UK intelligence agency breached Sami Al-Saadi

A parliamentary report scrutinising proposals to legalise assisted suicide has been published today by the health and sport committee. Deputy convener of the committee, Bob Doris MSP said: “First of all, the committee wants to acknowledge the positive intentions of Patrick Harvie MSP in bringing t

Today sees the publication of Standards of Service for Victims and Witnesses by a number of Scottish criminal justice organisations. The document explains what victims and witnesses can expect to happen at each stage of the criminal justice process, specific standards of service to expect, and inclu

The Faculty of Advocates has pointed to “the potential to enhance justice” if US-style damages based agreements (DBAs) are introduced in Scotland. However, it stressed the need for regulation of such agreements, and voiced concern at the Scottish government’s decision not to regulate claims ma

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre's principal solicitor has called upon the European Banking Authority (EBA) to make greater use of its article 9 consumer protection mandate to help prevent misconduct in banking across the European Union (EU).

A call for views on legislation which will create a new criminal offence for adults who smoke in a motor vehicle in the presence of a child has been launched by Holyrood's health and sport committee. The Smoking Prohibition (Children in Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Bill aims to protect children from s

Bill Drummond Brodies has been recognised as the leading law firm in Scotland at the Who’s Who Legal Awards 2015 in Washington DC.

The University of Edinburgh Law School has been ranked as one of the world’s top 30 in the 2015 QS World University Rankings. Edinburgh climbed five places in the law rankings, from 32 to 27, and is one of only six UK universities to make the top 30.

A football team which was disqualified from a tournament because it fielded a player who was serving a disciplinary suspension at the time has lost its appeal.

From left: Jaimie Wolbers, Kim Atkinson, Sean Callery, David Meighan (lying down), Sarah Jane Scott, Russell Whyte, Marina Sinclair-Chin, Georgie Millyard, Victoria Kimber, Matthew Jack, Katie Wood, Martin Wood.  

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has published an analysis of trends in the Law Society of Scotland’s handling of complaints about solicitors’ conduct from 2009 to 2014. Under the Legal Profession and Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007, the SLCC is the single gateway for complaints abo

Employees of a Scottish university who were employed under limited term contracts (LTCs) and who were dismissed but were not included in a redundancy consultation process have won their appeal at the UK Supreme Court.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that men who have had sexual relations with other men may justifiably be prevented from donating blood where it is established such men are at a high risk of contracting severe infectious diseases and, to ensure compatibility with the principle of non-di

Paul Wheelhouse Legal highs are the cause of an increasing number of drug deaths according to the latest statistics.