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The Scottish Human Rights Commission has set out the concerns and obligations that must be considered by the Scottish government in any moves to introduce so-called "vaccine passports". In a new briefing, the commission also makes nine recommendations to the government on how to proceed on Covi

Two men have been jailed after they were caught transporting guns. Mark Kirkby and Ku Wing Kwok plead guilty to possessing illegal firearms and ammunition without a license when they appeared at the High Court in Glasgow on 1 March 2021.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has launched a consultation on potential reforms to the UK Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID). Along with the Treasury, the regulator is considering reforms to capital markets looking at changes to the UK’s regulatory regime to ensure

As the government continues to push the construction industry to move more of the building process off-site and into factories, Roddy Cormack explores a conundrum which must be solved if the industry is to thrive in this area – who owns what on a partially built project?  The conundr

A record number of adults concerned about children phoned the NSPCC helpline in the last 12 months. The helpline service received nearly 85,000 contacts from April 2020 to March 2021, a 23 per cent increase on the previous year.

Mishcon de Reya LLP has announced plans to explore floating on the London Stock Exchange by the end of the year. Mischon would become the seventh law firm to join the exchange since the law was changed to make that possible in 2007.

DWF has been recognised for its efforts to work towards gender equality with a listing in today's Times Top 50 Employers for Women list. Applicants are assessed on a range of areas, including their approach to recruitment, family-friendly policies and how they have championed gender equality in the

Murray Beith Murray is sponsoring the Iver Salvesen Award for Combatting Climate Change at the 2021 Helping It Happen Awards. These national annual awards, which are organised by Scottish Land & Estates, recognise and highlight the achievements of estates, rural businesses and individuals who ma

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association will be holding its annual general meeting at 6pm on Thursday 27 May 2021. The meeting will be held via Zoom. All SYLA members are welcome to attend, however, to allow for distribution of Zoom details, all attendees are required to sign up in advance.

A border guard service dog has received a national honour in Turkmenistan on its inaugural new state holiday. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has dedicated April 19th to the alabay, a symbol of national pride, Sky News reports.

A woman who was convicted of fraudulently obtaining £55,000 in child tax credits and sentenced to a year’s imprisonment has had her appeal against the imposition of a custodial sentence refused by the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary. It was argued by RA, who pled g

MacRoberts is to take up new premises in Edinburgh in the coming months. The firm will move to a new office at 10 George Street to support its focus on hybrid working.

Iain Penman explains the advantages and disadvantages of a Minimal Asset Process (MAP) bankruptcy in Scotland. Bankruptcy, or sequestration as its often called in Scotland, is governed by the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 and is available to people, partnerships, trusts and some other unincorp

Supplementary experimental prison population statistics covering the period 2009-10 to 2019-20 have been published by Scotland’s chief statistician. The data indicate that the overall average daily prison population fluctuated over the 10 years to 2019-20. Between 2009-10 and 2011-12, there wa

Unreliable witness testimony has been the biggest cause of miscarriages of justice over the past half-century, a new study suggests. The research also suggests that regulations governing the powers of police have been effective in reducing wrongful convictions caused by unreliable confessions.