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The fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill began at Falkirk Sheriff Court today – eight years after their deaths. The protracted delay in commencing an FAI into the incident has attracted widespread criticism from the legal profession and politicians over the year

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland has ordered two landlords, one in Glasgow and another in Edinburgh, to pay at least double the amount of tenancy deposits withheld from their tenants after finding them in breach of the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011. In each case, the landlo

The Scottish Parliament has agreed to consider amendments to the legislation that will incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into Scots law. The UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill requires Scotland’s public authorities to protect children’s rights in their decision-

A Court of Appeal judge has endorsed the use of ChatGPT but sounded a note of caution on using AI in areas beyond one's expertise. Lord Justice Birss admitted to incorporating content generated by the AI chatbot into a judgment. He described it as "jolly useful" for providing a concise summary of a

The Scottish government’s new short-term let (STL) licensing policy could fall foul of human rights laws, according to operators.

Solicitor Kasia McCollam is organising events in Dundee to raise money for a charity that helps children in Kenya. Educate the Kids was set up by a retired couple from Dunfermline who run a school and orphanage in one of the poorest areas of Kenya.

The week ahead sees the battle between the Scottish and UK governments over the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (GRR) move into court as Scottish ministers seek to overturn the Section 35 Order put in place by the Secretary of State for Scotland, currently blocking the bill from becoming a

Two new health and safety rulings demonstrate how Scottish courts are increasingly mirroring their English counterparts when determining fines, writes Willie Park. The appeal rulings showed the level of fines the courts will impose seems likely to continue to rise and get closer to levels seen in En

California has filed a lawsuit against major oil and gas companies, alleging that they misled the public regarding the dangers associated with fossil fuels in one of a deluge of climate cases being brought around the world. The legal action also calls for the establishment of a fund, underwritten by

Ten new 'export champions' have been appointed for Scotland in a UK scheme that was launched just under a year ago. In October last year the first ever export champions for Scotland were selected and tasked with promoting the benefits of exporting.

The owner of a surfing python has been fined after breaching the strict conditions of his animal permit. Higor Fiuza was filmed longboarding with three-year-old carpet python Shiva off Australia's Gold Coast in footage which went viral on social media this month, ABC reports.

A provider of payment protection insurance that had complaints against it accepted by the Financial Ombudsman Service on the basis that several shopping catalogue retailers had been acting as its agents in mis-selling the policies has lost an appeal against a refusal of a judicial review petition by

When he was named the Law Society of Scotland’s In-house Rising Star of 2023, Too Good To Go global legal counsel Christopher Knudsen said the achievement was down to the help he had received from others and that he would equally like to “help others in the legal profession in the same w

Edinburgh Sheriff Court will be open to the public this Saturday as part of Edinburgh Doors Open Day. The court is a modern building which opened to the public in September 1994. It is the largest of the courts within Lothian and Borders serving a population of approximately 450,000 and, after

Post Office workers who have had their convictions for theft and false accounting reversed will be offered compensation of £600,000 each, the UK government has said. There are suspicions that evidence from defective accounting software might have influenced approximately 700 prosecutions of br