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UEFA has launched an investigation after "sex noises" disrupted the draw of groups for the Euro 2024 championship and were broadcast internationally. "Unexplained moaning noises" could be heard as members of Group A – of Germany, Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland – were drawn in Hamburg,

The cost of “decarbonising” a Crown Office building by installing heat pumps has risen to £3.5 million. The procurator fiscal’s office in Elgin, Moray, has been closed for nine months to be fitted with the environmentally friendly technology.

Do not read on; it is all rubbish. A suggestion, which has had some press coverage recently, is that we may in future be subject to criminal sanctions if our bins contain material of the wrong kind. The “thinking” behind this is to encourage recycling. No sensible person would be opposed

An appeal by the tenants of a property in Dollar against a First-tier Tribunal decision to grant their landlords an eviction order has been allowed by the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. Caroline Manson and David Downie, the tenants of a property owned by Virginie and Iain Turner, argued that the FTS h

The rules on placing transgender criminals in women's jails have been tightened. Transgender women will not be permitted to transfer to the female estate if they have been convicted of “any offences that perpetrate violence against a female that results in physical, sexual, or psychological ha

A new guide to pro bono resources in Scotland has been launched by the Faculty of Advocates’ Free Legal Services Unit (FLSU), the Law Society of Scotland and legal services charity JustRight Scotland. It is now available online, and those involved in the pro bono sector are being encouraged to

A bill about water meters that was passed unanimously by a city council in Brazil was written entirely by ChatGPT. The bill's sponsor revealed on X, formerly Twitter, that the law, which came into force on 23 November, involved no legislative brainstorming but was produced after 15 seconds from a co

Hannah Chowdhry (credit: The Duke of Edinburgh's Award / Rachel Palmer) Hannah Chowdhry, a law student at the University of Aberdeen, has been recognised as a 'Leadership Trailblazer' by This is Youth, an award ceremony organised by the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme.

The growth of litigation crowdfunding could lead to 'inverse SLAPPs' which appear to funders to be in the public interest but are "simultaneously meritless as a legal matter", a new report says. The warning comes in new research published by the Legal Services Board (LSB) in England and Wales last w

Strathclyde Law School has announced a number of appointments in the areas of human rights, public and administrative law. Katie Boyle has joined from the University of Stirling. She is professor of human rights law and social justice. Her research addresses legalisation of economic and social right

Hundreds of thousands of litres of counterfeit olive oil have been seized as part of a wide-ranging criminal investigation into an international olive oil racket. Spanish and Italian police, working with Europol, arrested 11 people in closely co-ordinated raids targeting a gang believed to be produc

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a housing developer against a sheriff’s summary decree ordering it to pay £100,000 to a local authority as part of an agreement concerning a local housing development the authority granted it planning permission for. Guild Homes (Tayside)

The longest periods prisoners in Scotland have spent on remand continue to increase, new figures show. While median time on remand before departure remained at 21 days in 2022-23, the longest periods spent on remand have risen significantly. In 2017-18, 90 per cent of remand departures had occurred