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Immigration is in the news a lot right now, mostly stories about the UK government’s plans to reform the asylum system in response to small boats arriving on the English South Coast, writes Kelly Hardman. The government line is that they want to welcome refugees but expect them to enter t

Digby Brown Solicitors has raised £14,423 thanks to a mass fundraising effort involving 23 simultaneous events. 

Compass Chambers' Malcolm McGregor will be taking part in the Pyrenees Stage Run and will be raising funds for the Beatson Cancer Charity – Compass Chambers’ nominated charity for 2021. The Pyrenees Stage Run is a seven-stage race beginning in Ribes de Freser, crossing a section of the P

A Pakistani man and his parents received asylum in the EU last week after having gone through an “unspeakable ordeal”. In 2014, a court sentenced Zehmat Akhtar's parents, Shagufta Kausar and Shafqat Emmanuel to death by hanging over allegations of blasphemy.

A former accounts manager at a non-profit affiliated with a medical school has pleaded guilty to embezzling almost $13 million. Florida man Ralph Puglisi, 59, faces a jail term of up to 20 years, The Tampa Bay Times reports. He worked for the University of South Florida's medical service association

A house in Fife has sold for £600,000 above the asking price. Three-bedroom Old Bake House, on Earlsferry’s waterfront, has direct access to the beach.

It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.

This [Property, Trusts and Succession] is also probably the first (and perhaps last) Scottish property law textbook to refer to Tinder, a subject on which the authors’ knowledge remains very limited.

It is only a question of “when” the inevitable inquiry into the malicious prosecution scandal will be ordered. Suggestions have already been raised by the First Minister that it will have to be chaired by a judge from another jurisdiction. Some support for that position has been expresse

The annual James Wood Lecture will be held on Thursday 28 October 2021 and will feature Professor Adam Tomkins, who will speak about free speech and hate speech. Professor Tomkins has held the John Millar chair of law at the University of Glasgow since 2003. He was a member of the Scottish Parl

The nephew of a deceased farmer has successfully had a number of prejudicial deeds granted by his late uncle in favour of a finance company set aside by a commercial judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session. William Lindsay, the executor of the late Euan Lindsay, argued that Outloo

Researchers for a global land rights organisation have published a grim assessment of the land and inheritance rights of women living in scheduled tribe communities in the state of Jharkhand, India – and how the existing system of laws and cultural practices denies them their rights. In 'This

The mother of a boy who took his own life in custody has said she will “cry out for justice for her son”. William Brown, also known as William Lindsay, died at Polmont Young Offenders’ Institution in 2018 after having been sent there on remand.

The public is being asked for its views on proposals to establish a Scottish minimum income guarantee (MIG). Social Justice Secretary Shona Robison will today co-chair the first meeting of a new steering group to drive forward the new policy.

Gordon Downie details proposed reform of the consumer protection regime. In July, the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a consultation document setting out proposals for sweeping reforms of the UK’S competition and consumer protection law and inviting resp