Legal news archive for February 2022
- Posts in February, 2022
ICO raps Scottish Government and NHS over COVID app
Inadequate information over how personal data would be used
Bill to stop hunting with packs of dogs
Move designed to close legal loopholes
Former Sheriff Principal Brian Lockhart passes away
Death of solicitor who became one of longest serving judges
Extradition invalid due to failure to introduce defence
Supreme Court allows appeal based on lack of forum bar in Scotland
Ministers revise serious and organised crime strategy
Increased collaboration intended to enable more flexible response
Commission reviews 1982 Act damages provisions
Discussion paper seeks views on whether reform needed for modern conditions
Omicron effect on criminal courts continued in January
Scottish Courts monthly workbook shows most business below pre-COVID levels
UK internal market functions need better scrutiny: MSPs
Report calls for devolution principles to be protected in resolving issues
Boyd Legal acquires Somerville & Russell client work
Private client and property work transferred as Musselburgh firm closes
Public Boards Act held ultra vires in defining "woman"
Attempt to include transgender women cut across scheme of Equality Act
Consultation responses oppose hearings presumptions
Majority of professional submissions favour case by case approach
MSPs call for action over Crofting Commission failings
Committee criticises ministers' failure to tackle concerns raised in 2016