Search:

UK government plans to address the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland represent a "full-frontal attack on the rule of law" in spite of revisions making an amnesty conditional on co-operation with authorities, campaigners have said. This week's Queen's speech, setting out the government's legisla

The Russian authorities must immediately end their assault on academic freedom and the right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today as a campaign to purge schools and universities of dissenting opinions about the aggression against Ukraine escalates. Bruce Millar, Amnesty Interna

Scottish house prices continued to edge upwards, but some forward-looking indicators softened slightly, according to the April RICS Residential Market Survey.

A resurgence in demand for urban homes across Scotland has pushed rents to record highs, according to the latest report from letting specialist Citylets.

Gilson Gray has appointed Martin Cryans as its new business development director. Mr Cryans joins Gilson Gray following more than 20 years in leadership and director roles for organisations including law firm Turcan Connell, and communications agencies Firefly, Beattie and Grayling respectively

Elaine Motion, one of Scotland’s leading constitutional lawyers, has joined a new body designed to raise the standard of democratic debate in the UK. The Institute for Constitutional and Democratic Research (ICDR) was created by a group of legal experts, academics, business leaders and campaig

Spain is set to introduce up to three days of menstrual leave for women suffering from painful periods, according to reports. The move, expected to be including in a forthcoming bill extending abortion rights to 16 and 17-year-olds, will make Spain the first country in the European Union to introduc

An internet celebrity dubbed "China's most handsome man" is suing social media users for suggesting his looks are his only quality. Zhaxi Dingzhen, a 21-year-old Tibetan yak herder, became China's biggest online influencer a year-and-a-half ago after social media users swooned over a short clip of h

Terra Firma will present a Private Client seminar at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 16th June 2022. The seminar will feature talks by Philip Simpson QC on inheritance tax and Fergus Colquhoun on liferents.

It's just over a year since the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) was founded to represent the interests of criminal lawyers, and the organisation and its inaugural president Julia McPartlin have had a busy time since then. The SSBA was launched during a challenging period. The profession w

The UK Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by a mail order company seeking repayment from HMRC of sums it claimed should have been regarded as recoverable VAT. Zipvit Ltd, which had mistakenly never been charged VAT for use of a special mail service provided by Royal Mail, argued that part of thei

Declassified files from the 1970s show the UK government planned to discredit Amnesty International in response to its investigative work on British forces' use of torture in Northern Ireland. An internal Foreign Office memo dating from December 1971 proposes that the government should leak details

Suella Braverman, the UK government's chief law officer, has reportedly advised ministers that unilateral action on the Northern Ireland Protocol would now be lawful because it is causing "societal unrest". The attorney general said previous advice which said overriding the agreement would breach in

Westwater Advocates’ Desmond Cheyne has successfully sought specific issue orders under section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, on behalf of the child concerned. The case involved a 13-year-old child who had obtained refugee status along with her three sisters to remain in Scotland aft

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN Human Rights Council to examine alleged human rights abuses by Russia