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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Why Israel and Switzerland Stayed Silent on Uyghur Human Rights in China

In a landmark trial at the High Court this week, a judge gave judgment based on Scots law for the family of a man who died from asbestos cancer contracted while employed at the ICI factory in Ardeer, North Ayrshire in the 1970s.

An attempt by prosecutors in Hong Kong to charge people for rioting or illegal assembly, even if they are not physically present, has been thrown out by the region's highest court, The Times reports. The Court of Final Appeal ruled that people who are not actually at rallies cannot be prosecuted as

An Italian court has recommended that a bear who mauled a man be released back into the wild. The brown bear, known as M57, attacked off-duty policeman Diego Balasso near Andalo in the province of Trento. He was saved, however, after passers-by scared the animal off.

The real division is not between conservatives and revolutionaries but between authoritarians and libertarians.

A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has ruled that an action seeking over £72 million in damages relating to defects in the construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow is competent in spite of a contractual provision requiring disputes to be referred to adjudication.

Davidson Chalmers Stewart has announced the appointment of three new partners at its offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Nicola Scott, a commercial property and renewable projects specialist, joins from Brodies. She previously served as in-house counsel at SSE advising on property law aspects of their

Jonathan Rennie, partner in TLT’s UK-wide employment team and regular host of TLT’s Employment Law Focus podcast, has successfully competed for a role on The Football Association’s (FA) judicial panel. The panel is a pool of legal and non-legal individuals from which regulatory com

Shepherd and Wedderburn has established a dedicated environmental, social and governance (ESG) advisory group to assist clients with their sustainability, workforce and regulatory commitments. The ESG advisory group, comprising lawyers with relevant, specialist expertise drawn from across the firm,

The University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Private International Law was awarded two research grants by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The grants will support research which will help to shape the development of Scots private international law. Through a series of events, the research will asses

Aamer Anwar has been found not guilty of professional misconduct by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT). Following a four-year investigation, the tribunal cleared him of any wrongdoing.

An academic project on women in the law is looking for help from readers of Scottish Legal News. A team from the University of Glasgow School of Law is currently engaged in the research project Women in Law which aims to examine the history of women in the Scottish legal profession.

In March 2020, I wrote about the rising tide of climate change litigation and how the courts were being used by activists as an alternative to traditional protest activities. The trends we were beginning to see have continued unabated over the last 18 months. As of October 2021, almost 1,900 climate

Proposals on remote hearings advanced by Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) would adversely affect access to justice and the quality of justice, the Faculty of Advocates has said. The Faculty submitted its response to the SCJC Consultation on Mode of Attendance at Court Hearings today. The consul

The Scottish agritech business, Intelligent Growth Solutions Limited (IGS), announced the conclusion of its most recent funding round on Thursday at its COP26 exhibition site. Acting for IGS, Thorntons Solicitors oversaw the Series B £42 million deal, with major investors including COFRA AG (Z