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13 January 2022, 5:15pm - 6:15pm Virtual, via Microsoft TeamsThe UK Supreme Court is hosting a webinar on career pathways to becoming a justice. The event aims to provide early and mid-career legal professionals with an opportunity to learn more about the appointment process and what it takes to bec

John Stuart Forbes, sheriff at Dunfermline for 22 years, has passed away at the age of 85. "During his time on the bench, Sheriff Forbes, known as Stuart, had to deal with the wave of crime caused by drug addiction.

New guidance to help limit the rapid spread of the Omicron variant has been published. This guidance is now in effect. From today, businesses are legally required to take reasonable measures to minimise transmission of Covid-19.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined HSBC Bank plc £63,946,800 for failings in its anti-money laundering processes. HSBC used automated processes to monitor hundreds of millions of transactions a month to identify possible financial crime. However, the FCA found that three key parts

A new book on the right of access to environmental information has been authored by Dr Sean Whittaker, a lecturer at the University of Dundee Law School.  Published by Cambridge University Press, The Right of Access to Environmental Information highlights how the law enables individuals to seek

Addleshaw Goddard’s energy team in Scotland has had its strongest year-end to-date, with deal activity reaching £1 billion in the last month. The firm highlighted the recent acquisition of interests in the Cairn and Kraken oilfields by Waldorf Production.

The key principles and objectives that underline the Scottish government’s approach to taxation have been published. Setting out the overall approach to tax policy and delivery, the Framework for Tax looks at how devolved powers are used to achieve Programme for Government commitments and info

A drug dealer who tried to kill a police officer by hitting him with his car has been jailed. Zeng Xing Yu had been boxed in by police in Devonshire Gardens Lanes, Glasgow on 21 July 2020. He accelerated and drove at the officer standing in front of the car who was carried on the bonnet and thrown i

UK supermarkets Marks & Spencer and Aldi are embroiled in a legal battle for the second time this year over a bottle of gin with a built-in light. M&S is seeking a High Court injunction against Aldi selling its blackberry and clementine gin liqueur, which it says infringes on the design of i

A tenant of commercial premises in Livingston has successfully excluded certain averments made by their landlord from probation in an action arising from damages to the property which the landlord was obliged to maintain insurance against. Paccor UK Ltd averred that it was entitled to abatement of r

The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) decision in 2014 to terminate an investigation into allegations of torture against the “Hooded Men” was unlawful. The PSNI brought the case to the UK’s highest court, having been unsuccessful in the Cou

The Scottish Conservatives have launched a consultation for their 'Victims Law', which aims to "put victims of crime at the heart of Scotland’s justice system". The member’s bill, introduced by Scottish Conservative justice spokesman Jamie Greene MSP, would abolish 'not proven', and full

The age at which a child can be charged with a crime rises from 8 to 12 tomorrow as the Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 comes into force. Clan Childlaw has welcomed this change but cautions that Scotland should be "aiming much higher". Having an age of criminal responsibility is a

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed Lady Poole’s appointment as chair of the Covid inquiry but said the terms of reference do not go far enough to ensure that a human rights-based approach is taken to the inquiry. Much will depend on the approach taken by Lady Poole, it said.

A campaigner has failed in a Supreme Court case over the UK government's refusal to issue gender-neutral passports. Christie Elan-Cane said the application process falls foul of human rights law by failing to provide an "X" option.