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Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Indonesia: Trial opens for four soldiers accused of acid attack on human rights activist

His Majesty The King has approved the appointment of Lord Justice Snowden as a justice of the Supreme Court.  The King made the appointment on the advice of the prime minister and lord chancellor, following the recommendation of an independent selection commission.

Law student Poppy Li has been appointed as the new deputy student director of the Aberdeen Law Project (ALP). Throughout the application process she demonstrated "integrity, creativity, and passion for improving access to justice in the North East".

Dr Claire Mitchell KC has joined Garden Court Chambers as a door tenant. Dr Mitchell was called to the bar in 2003, having been a solicitor in private practice since 1996.

An Alloa sheriff has granted decree de plano ordering the removal of a couple from a property at the insistence of their son after finding that their pleas resisting their ejection had no relevance in law due to a failure to specify the wording of a promise they alleged had been made to them. Derric

James Ramsay MacDonald moved from a very modest and unpromising background in Lossiemouth to London and became prime minister. Even with a substantial historiography, MacDonald, according to historian Walter Reid, remains a difficult person to interpret. Reid is generally sympathetic towards MacDona

To Perth, and just a few steps from the busy Sheriff Court, Cardo has become an institution in the local dining scene. This year it celebrates its 20th anniversary – and continues to defy the economic and cultural headwinds that are laying waste to Britain’s restaurants. Cardo (Portugues

Officers of State v Earl of Haddington, (1823) 2 S. 420, (1830) 8 S. 867 & (1831) 9 S. (HL) 13 The second element of the ancients, Earth, provides the theme for the second in this quartet of weekly articles about the use of private law to protect the environment. Today we see property law invoke

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione have said he does not support violence following attempts to link him to recent incidents in the US. “As we have stated before in multiple public court filings, Mr Mangione does not support violent actions and does not condone past or future political violence,&rdquo

A new report offers an in‑depth analysis of how investors, developers and advisers are navigating the next phase of the global shift toward net zero. Drawing on research conducted in collaboration with Infralogic, with 100 UK‑based senior executives, financial sponsors, developers and general co

Barristers who “failed in their professional duties” while representing the Post Office during the Horizon IT scandal are to face disciplinary action, the profession’s regulator has warned. The Bar Standards Board (BSB), which oversees more than 18,000 barristers in England and Wal

The Inner House’s decision in Sarwar v Phlo Technologies Ltd [2026] CSIH 20 provides an important reminder of the limits of dismissal at debate in commercial litigation – particularly where waiver and personal bar are founded on complex contractual and factual matrices. In allowing a rec

The Sheriff Appeal Court has allowed an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that the purchaser of a used car via conditional sale agreement was entitled to reject it based on defects discovered when it was being driven back to Dundee from England, but dismissed the claim after finding that no