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New EU rules regulating large online platforms classified as "digital gatekeepers" have come into force and will be implemented within months. The EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) was proposed by the European Commission in December 2020 and agreed by the European Parliament in record time in March 2022.

Dear Editor, It was alarming to read the report of the submission by Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service to the Criminal Justice Committee to the effect that some courts may have to be closed, 25 per cent of civil court days may be lost and staff numbers reduced in order to deal with, inter alia,

Hundreds of people were evacuated from Birmingham's main train station yesterday after the discovery of a "grenade" – which turned out to be a cannabis grinder. The Birmingham New Street station was evacuated and train services halted after the "suspicious item" was discovered on a platform.

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association will host its Dundee Launch Party tomorrow at The West House. The event will kick off at 6:00pm and drinks tokens will be provided to attendees.

Ashurst has announced the release of Ashurst: The story of a progressive global law firm – the first 200 years, a book to celebrate its bicentenary year in 2022. The book has been written to reflect on the firm's progressive foundations and showcases interviews with current and former Ashurst

TLT has advised Intelligent Land Investments Group (ILI) on the completion of the sale of a 50MW battery storage project transaction with clean energy enterprise TagEnergy, further strengthening the law firm’s expertise in the renewable energy sector. TagEnergy acquired ‘Pitkevy’ &

Glasgow-based Quantuma Advisory has appointed Paul Black as director within its forensic accounting team. Mr Black joins Quantuma as an experienced forensic accountant and expert witness within the Scottish market. Strengthening Quantuma’s expert witness and dispute offering, he will assist in

Edinburgh Law School's Professor Laura Macgregor is to present a lecture entitled Scottish Partnership Law: the Contribution of George Joseph Bell later this month. The lecture will focus on Scottish partnership law, specifically the contribution of the institutional writer, George Joseph Bell, to t

Scottish Legal News last month reached a new milestone with 220 new subscribers to the free daily newsletter taking its circulation to 15,023. LinkedIn numbers also increased with 205 new followers taking the total to 9,636. Unique visitors to the www.scottishlegal.com website now overage 80,240 per

A new record has been set for the number of trainee solicitors registered in Scotland, with Law Society of Scotland figures showing that 788 traineeships began in the past year. The traineeships registered during the legal practice year – which runs from November to October – are spread

Irish and US law firms are in talks about bringing a major lawsuit against social media platforms over their alleged failure to protect the privacy and data of billions of people. Media lawyer Paul Tweed confirmed to Irish Legal News that he is in talks with a number of large US-based firms about br

Pedro Martinez Losa, head coach of the Scotland Women’s National Football Team, was recently in Edinburgh to deliver a coaching session for talented U-18 players of Boroughmuir Thistle who are part of the National Academy Programme (NAP). He told the young players “to aim high and have t

Scottish Labour MSP Katy Clark has today published a consultation on her member’s bill for the reform of Scotland's widely criticised freedom of information regime. The Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill aims to extend freedom of information (FOI) legislation to cover all organisati

A Glasgow sheriff has ordered the operators of the SSE Hydro Arena to pay nearly £100,000 to an American religious charity after finding it had no defence for cancelling an event involving a controversial religious speaker. The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which arranged with Scottis

Swedish furniture giant IKEA is building a case against a video game developer whose new horror game is set in a furniture store. One-man indie game studio Ziggy recently raised almost £57,000 to fund the development of its new survival horror game, The Store Is Closed.