Personal data transfers from the European Union to third countries under the standard contractual clauses established by the European Commission are valid, according to an Advocate General of the European Court of Justice. Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe gave his view on issues rais
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A lack of real competition to tech giants Google and Facebook could mean people are already missing out on the next new idea from a potential rival, the Competition and Markets Authority has said in a new report. Furthermore, the market position of Google and Facebook may potentially be undermi
The European Commission has welcomed the provisional agreement reached by the European Parliament and European Council on the recast Drinking Water Directive. The agreement is based on the proposal adopted by the Commission in February 2018, as a direct follow-up to the Right2Water Europea
The latest episode of the University of Glasgow School of Law podcast features Professors Fiona Leverick and James Chalmers discussing their findings for the Scottish Jury Research Project with Dr Alan Brown. Commissioned by the Scottish government, the research was undertaken jointly with Prof
Terra Firma advocate Robert Sutherland is undertaking an Arctic trek next year to raise funds for charity Children 1st.
An event to be held in January will deliver a masterclass in joint investigative interviews (JIIs). Getting It Right For Every Child Witness is necessary and achievable. Children can be good witnesses when adults are good questioners, as this short animation by Professor Martine Powell and her colle
UK Supreme Court … and Afterwards 2009-2015 has just been published. This volume, the last in the series, covers the first four years of the Supreme Court’s existence and continues with Lord Hope’s experience sitting on the Crossbenches in the House of Lords. House of Lords 1996 t
Irish barrister Andrew McKeown critically examines the proposals put forward by legal tech expert Professor Richard Susskind in his latest book. Online Courts and the Future of Justice is a fascinating read for lawyers and non-lawyers alike. It is clear that Professor Susskind is sincerely
The head of a cash-strapped law school has suggested that part-time staff could donate their pay back to the university. Ian Holloway, dean of law at the University of Calgary, told sessional instructors in an email that they could give their income back in return for a charitable donation tax recei
A passenger on a coach which careered off a road and down an embankment at the “Rest and Be Thankful” has had a personal injury action for £15,000 damages rejected. A judge in the Court of Session dismissed the negligence claim after ruling that the accident was caused by
Parliamentary sovereignty is "no longer an accurate description of the constitution in Scotland or the UK", the Scottish government said this morning as it launched a demand for legislation to be passed transferring the power to hold a referendum to Holyrood. In a paper entitled Scotland’
The High Court in London has today ruled the £1,012 fee the Home Office charges children to register as British citizens is unlawful. In a case brought by the Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC), the court found a “mass of evidence” showing that the
Govan Law Centre (GLC) is investigating the regulatory and legal issues surrounding fees believed to have been paid in relation to equal pay awards on behalf of 16,000 women in Glasgow to Action 4 Equality Scotland (A4ES), trade unions and law firms in Scotland. The fees paid are understood to be ap
With Christmas, and Brexit, fast approaching, it is a good time to consider how Brexit could affect Santa’s annual task of delivering presents to the children of the UK, writes Iain Halliday. Santa lives in Lapland, in Finland, so we can presume he is a Finnish (and therefore EU) citizen. At t
BTO has announced the appointment of solicitor Drew McCusker to its personal injury team. He will work alongside partner and solicitor advocate Stephen Bryceland. Mr McCusker completed an LLM in London before interning at the United Nations in Nairobi, Kenya. He is founder and president of The Glass