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Former US president Donald Trump will today be questioned under oath as part of a long-running investigation into his business practices. Letitia James, the New York attorney general, has since 2019 been investigating whether Mr Trump and his Trump Organization misled lenders, insurers and tax autho

The first substantial overview of neurotechnology and its implications for the law and the legal profession has been published by a Scots-qualified criminal law scholar at the University of Sydney Law School. The report, a world-first, was commissioned by the Law Society of England and Wales an

A dentist who worked as a Covid-19 vaccinator without being paid the sessional rate for dental contractors has been awarded just over £13,000 by an employment tribunal after it found her wages had been unlawfully deducted. Audrey Kershaw, who qualified as a dentist in 1987, raised the claim ag

Victims and witnesses of muirburn offences in Assynt in Sutherland have spoken of their upset at a crowdfunding campaign to pay for the legal costs of the man responsible for the fires. Crofter Ian MacKenzie was convicted of the offences at Tain Sheriff Court in June this year. His actions resulted

A man found carrying a crossbow on the grounds of Windsor Castle last Christmas and who allegedly made threats against the Queen has been charged with a treason offence. Jaswant Singh Chail, 20, who was sectioned under the Mental Health Act 1983 following his arrest, was also charged with possession

An application seeking leave to appeal against four applications alleging breaches of the Letting Agents Code of Practice has been refused by the Upper Tribunal for Scotland after it determined that the matters had already been settled. Tonero Ltd had formerly hired Countrywide Residential Lettings

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Chinese human rights lawyer Chang Weiping in closed-door trial as family barred from county

Richard Hepburn examines the current trends observed in Landmark Information Group's Q2 property trends report. It could be argued that, compared to the England and Wales property market, the Scottish market entered Q2 at something of a disadvantage as Covid restrictions stayed in place longer than

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has granted an appeal by a local authority which challenged a First-tier Tribunal decision that a man who parked at a railway station for 10 minutes without paying in order to collect tickets ought not to have been issued a penalty charge notice. The appeal by Fife Co

An appeal by the mother of a child with global developmental delay challenging the making of a permanence order in respect of her child has been refused by the Sheriff Appeal Court. A permanence order in respect of the child, A, was granted in April 2022, with contact between A and his mother permit

The right to protest is under unprecedented and growing threat across all regions of the world, Amnesty International said today, as the organisation launched a new global campaign to confront states’ widening and intensifying efforts to erode this fundamental human right. From Russia to Sri L

A Vietnamese national who was refused permission to appeal his asylum case to the Upper Tribunal had had that decision reversed after bringing a judicial review petition in the Outer House of the Court of Session.  Petitioner HHP, a victim of human trafficking, argued that the First-tier Tribun

Four former executives of the operator of the Fukushima nuclear power plant have been found liable for a record 13 trillion yen (£81.4 bn) in damages over the reactor's meltdown in 2011 after it was struck by a tsunami. The case marks the first time individuals have been found guilty over the

Last month was a particularly busy period in the Buy-Now Pay-Later (BNPL) sector. On 1 June, Klarna, one of the largest BNPL providers, began reporting its customer data to credit reference agencies in the UK for the popular short-term credit products such as Pay in 3 instalments and Pay in 30 days.

With our separate legal systems, the Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) regime does not operate in Scotland, and as a result civil recovery remains the only option short of prosecution for Scottish prosecutors to resolve bribery cases. In contrast, in England and Wales, DPAs have effectively displ