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The final part in David J Black's forensic examination of the ME/CFS scandal looks at alleged scientific misconduct and a possible cover-up. Read the last part here. The tragedy of the putative ME/CFS scandal as the revelations following the PACE controversy emerged, was that, for a time, thing

A Crown appeal against a sheriff’s decision to accept a no case to answer submission from a man accused of committing indecent acts against children has been allowed by the High Court of Justiciary. It had been argued by the accused and respondent, BL, that the evidence led in respect of two c

An advocate has endorsed an MSP's call for legal representation for complainers in sexual assault and rape cases. Scottish Labour's Katy Clark has lodged a motion at Holyrood that calls for complainers to be given their own lawyers.

A nearly eight-metre sculpture of a shark crashing through the roof of a terraced house has been recognised as a protected landmark 36 years after it was illegally installed without permission. Oxford City Council spent years seeking to remove the 1986 sculpture by Bill Heine, an American who came t

Sir Howard Morrison QC KCMG has been appointed by the UK government to advise Ukraine's top prosecutor on the investigation and prosecution of war crimes committed by Russia during its invasion of Ukraine. Sir Howard had an extensive judicial career in the UK and internationally, including serving a

The European Union has reached political agreement on landmark new legislation aimed at addressing "systemic misbehaviour" among so-called Big Tech companies such as Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) will blacklist certain practices used by large platforms acting as &

An English barrister who mocked and humiliated opposing counsel at a hearing has been fined £1,500 by the Bar Standards Board (BSB). Althea Sonia Brown was found to have "improperly undermined, insulted, humiliated and/or annoyed" the opposing barrister, named NC, and/or "was in the circumstan

Police officers appearing before the Sheku Bayoh inquiry will not at this time receive undertakings that their evidence will not be used in any future prosecution, the Solicitor General for Scotland has said. At a preliminary hearing over the public inquiry into the death of Mr Bayoh in May 2015, la

Partners at global law firm Clyde & Co and UK-headquartered BLM have voted in favour of merging this July to create a combined entity with a global revenue of over £700 million per year.

A major conference hosted by the Law Society of Scotland will mark the 90th anniversary of the famous "snail in a bottle" case, Donoghue v Stevenson. The conference will welcome speakers from across the world in recognition of the global significance of the case, which laid the foundations of the mo

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has announced a five per cent reduction in the levy for solicitors, advocates and commercial attorneys – the second cut to the levy in two years. The proposed cut in the levy was welcomed by the Law Society of Scotland in its response to the SLCC

CMS has announced the appointment of Cara McGlynn as a solicitor in the firm's Scottish IP disputes team. Ms McGlynn, who joins from Brodies, is a specialist in resolving IP and technology-related disputes across a variety of sectors. She is the only non-partner solicitor ranked in the latest World

Police have arrested a man who allegedly stole a van filled with about 1,100 pairs of new Adidas “Yeezy” shoes. Officers in Portland, Oregon, said they found the stolen van on Sunday.

People aged between 20 and 39 are the most likely to have reported being scammed in the past year, Which? research reveals, with many young victims losing huge sums of money to online shopping scams, pyramid schemes and rental fraud. Which?’s analysis found that between November 2020 and Decem

The Scottish government should act to review the scope of its new land interests register in the wake of proposed UK legislation to force overseas entities to declare their ‘beneficial owner’. Certain categories of property owners in Scotland who do not make the actual decisions about wh