An assassination is pre-eminently a political murder; a killing, in itself a crime, has been sanctioned by someone with an interest in the outcome and carried out on their behalf. The traditional British political response to an assassination was to narrow the extent of an apparently preceding consp
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A sheriff has ordered the payment of just over £436,000 by the stepmother of a pursuer who was due to receive funds under two testamentary trusts set up by his paternal grandparents after finding that she had breached fiduciary duties on behalf of a company set up by his father by allowing fal
A teenager who prepared to commit racially motivated acts of terrorism after being radicalised online has been sentenced to a total of 10 years' detention and eight years' extended licence period. The 17-year-old had planned to set fire to a Muslim centre in Greenock after befriending the Imam and m
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israeli settlement plans will 'bury' idea of Palestinian state, minister says
A litigant in person has been criticised by a judge for relying on an AI chatbot that fabricated three legal precedents in a tax dispute. Marc Gunnarsson appealed after HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) sought to reclaim £12,918 in coronavirus self-employment support payments he had received. Repr
A German neo-Nazi will begin serving an 18-month sentence in a women’s prison after using new gender recognition laws to register as a woman. Marla-Svenja Liebich, formerly, Sven Liebich, a far-right activist photographed at rallies in Nazi-style uniforms and armbands, was sentenced in July 20
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael, who uses technology that allows him to continue to work despite having motor neurone disease, has been profiled in a new article by The Daily Mail. "The 15 men and women selected for the jury file into the courtroom to find the bewigged figure on the bench pro
Muslim men who skip Friday prayers face imprisonment for up to two years under new rules introduced in part of Malaysia. The harsh new penalties were introduced in the state of Terengganu – home to 1.1 million people – this week, The Guardian reports.
Terra Firma Chambers in conjunction with SOLAR (The Society of Local Authority Lawyers & Administrators in Scotland) will host a Common Good Conference at The Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close on Monday 29 September 2025. The event will be chaired by Terra Firma’s stable director, Ala
The Lawscot Foundation has increased its annual bursary. As the latest intake of Lawscot Foundation scholars are set to start their university studies in September, the charity’s trustees have agreed to provide existing and future Lawscot Foundation students with an annual bursary of £3,
A Glasgow sheriff has determined that the omission of the legal basis of a former cohabitant’s claim from his initial pleadings in an action for payment of a capital sum from his ex-partner was not fatal to his case and permitted amendment of the claim. Pursuer Thomas Barbour and defender Mari
Former shareholders of oil and gas company YPF have failed in a bid to enforce a $16.1 billion US court judgment against Argentina in the largest claim of its kind ever brought before the Irish courts. Ms Justice Eileen Roberts this week refused the High Court application for enforcement of the reco
A chemical company has been fined £100,000 after one of its workers was permanently scarred from burns from a steam hose at a site in Motherwell. The 23-year-old man was burnt across his back and other areas of his body as he attempted to clean a process water tank on 23 October 2019. At the t
Two major airlines are being sued for allegedly misleading customers by offering window seats which don't have windows. Greenbaum Olbrantz LLP has filed proposed class action lawsuits against Delta Air Lines in New York and against United Airlines in California.
Sheriff Principal Aisha Anwar talks about her role as Sheriff Principal of Glasgow & Strathkelvin in a new Instagram reel. She was appointed sheriff principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway in April 2020, and was subsequently appointed sheriff principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin i
