The Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 (“the 2019 Act”) makes provision allowing the courts when making certain disposals to require a person to submit to electronic monitoring of their compliance with a condition attached to their disposal. The Scottish…
These Regulations bring certain provisions of the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Act 2026 (“the Act”) into force.
These Regulations amend the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 to change the composition of the Scottish Land Commission. Regulation 2 amends section 4(4)(a) to reduce the number of Land Commissioners from five to four.
These Regulations amend, in relation to Wales, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793 on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures governing the entry into the Union of certain goods from certain third countries (EUR 2019/1793). Mae’r Rheoliadau hyn…
These Regulations amend the Tobacco Retailer (Fixed Penalty) (Amount) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (“the Regulations”).
New venture takes aim at the billable hour Former Allen & Overy boss Wim Dejonghe has co-founded a new AI-powered law firm taking aim at one of the legal profession’s most familiar features: the billable hour. Falcon is launching first…
Branding update White & Case has unveiled a distinctive new brand identity, giving the global law firm a bold new look. Announcing the makeover, White & Case said its new identity reflects “who we are and how we work”, adding…
Two on fixed term deals Hogan Lovells Cadwalader has kept hold of 14 of its 21 qualifying trainees, recording an autumn retention rate of 67%. Twenty of the cohort applied for newly qualified roles, with the firm making 17 offers….
Down from 53% in January Less than half of candidates have passed the latest sitting of the first part of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE1), new figures show. According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) latest statistical report, 42% of…
Plans had sparked criticism from lawyers The government has partially u-turned on plans to curb jury trials, scrapping proposals for a wider expansion of criminal cases being heard by judge alone. More serious cases will continue to go before juries,…