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Digital driving licences used by millions of Australians are remarkably easy to falsify without detection, researchers have found. Since 2019, motorists in New South Wales (NSW) have been able to use a smartphone app to prove their identity to police or when buying alcohol in shops and restaurants,

A fresh attempt to establish drug consumption rooms in Scotland contrary to the wishes of the Home Office has been launched. Campaigners are calling for the rooms to be introduced to stem the tide of drug deaths.

Dentons has extended its flexible working trial until the end of next year, The Lawyer reports. The firm's policy, called You Choose, gives partners and staff the freedom to decide where they want to work.

A GP who sexually assaulted female patients for more than 34 years has been jailed for 12 years. Krishna Singh, from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, was found guilty of 54 sexual offences on women under his care between 1984 and 2018.

Draft legislation published today by Justice Secretary Dominic Raab will pave the way for the first ever "Victims Law" in England and Wales. The Victims Bill will see complainants’ views sought at regular points during their case, with greater accountability placed on agencies such as the Crow

Martin Ewan discusses the oil price boom and the potential consequences for the north east of Scotland. I am old enough to remember several phases of oil and gas here in the Granite City. The cyclical nature of the industry meant the ‘boom’ times, with high prices and increased activity,

Digby Brown was proud to welcome 530 people to the Head Injury Information Day 2022 (HiiD) this month – as it returned for the first time in three years.

A former postal apprentice who was unable to consistently use disabled parking bays at his workplace has been awarded £2,700 in compensation by an employment tribunal. The claimant, Mr S Johnstone, also claimed that he had been subject to a number of discriminatory acts relating to his disabil

Plans to progress children’s rights legislation have been announced by Deputy First Minister John Swinney. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill was backed unanimously by the Scottish Parliament in March 2021, but could not be implemented because of a legal challenge brought by the UK gove

The Embassy of Switzerland in the UK and the Chartered Institute of Taxation, in conjunction with the Edinburgh Tax Network and Terra Firma Chambers, will host a high-level panel discussion on “ESG investing - political ambition and practical reality: how can professionals and trustees support

Magic circle firm Clifford Chance has raised pay for newly-qualified UK-based solicitors by 16 per cent to £125,000. The firm previously raised NQ pay by 7.5 per cent to £107,500 just last November.

A local politician has resigned on the basis he cannot work amid allegations he is secretly the artist Banksy. William Gannon, a councillor in the south-western Welsh town of Pembroke Dock, gave the bizarre reason for his immediate resignation yesterday, The National reports.

The world-famous ‘Paisley snail’ will take centre stage at an international conference marking the 90th anniversary of the groundbreaking legal case which founded modern consumer rights law in countries around the globe. The Law Society of Scotland is hosting the virtual event to commemo

Tax-raising and immigration powers should be devolved to Scotland's three largest cities, alongside an overhaul of business rates and major investment in connectivity, according to a new report. A major academic study commissioned by Brodies LLP, Anderson Anderson & Brown and Aberdeen, Glasgow a

Lawyers are predicting a surge in legal cases that take advantage of rules to offset the financial risk of litigation as businesses emerge from the pandemic. Litigation finance rules – which allow parties to a case to fund commercial disputes upfront while spreading the cost – came into