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The European Union has recorded a major milestone on the road to establishing the world's first comprehensive legal framework to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Following lengthy negotiations, the European Parliament and Council on Saturday reached a political agreement on the AI A

A sheriff of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland has reduced a decision of the First-tier Tribunal not to allow an appeal by a disabled man in Hamilton against his local authority’s refusal to reduce his council tax banding. Ian Bell had sought the reduction from South Lanarkshire Council in terms

Should we be seeking to remove a significant number of disputes from the courts altogether, asks John Sturrock. Recently in these pages, I mentioned a talk I’d given to a Worldwide Advocacy Conference in July 1998. Then, I’d identified two related developments with implications for civil

The Law Society of Scotland has granted extended rights of audience to seven solicitors, with the new solicitor advocates introduced to the court in a ceremony at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. The ceremony yesterday held extra significance, as 2023 marks 30 years since the first solicitor advoc

Police have made 11 arrests at football matches under new legislation banning pyrotechnics since its introduction six months ago, new figures show. The Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Articles (Scotland) Act 2022, which came into force in June, prohibits the possession of pyrotechnic articles in public p

The UK's international reputation is "in jeopardy" as a result of Rishi Sunak's Rwanda bill, the Law Society of Scotland has warned. The Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill is designed to allow the UK government to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda in spite of a UK Supreme Court ruling last

Senior lawyers will give evidence to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee tomorrow as it considers proposals to abolish the not proven verdict amid other changes to jury trials. Part 4 of the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill will abolish the not proven verdict, reduce the size

Revenue generated by the UK’s legal services sector increased by 5.6 per cent in 2022 to £43.7bn, according to new research. A new report from TheCityUK, an industry body for UK-based financial and related professional services, shows that the majority of this revenue was generated by th

Judges can use generative AI technology like ChatGPT to assist in producing judgments but should not use them for legal research, landmark new guidance in England and Wales sets out. The new judicial guidance on AI states: "Judges are not generally obliged to describe the research or preparatory wor

Election workers defamed by former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani are seeking $43 million in damages. A jury is determining the appropriate level of damages after a federal judge ruled in August that Mr Giuliani defamed Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss in relation to his baseless cla

A fake road toll plaza collected money from motorists for over a year-and-a-half before being discovered by authorities. The scheme near Morbi, in the Indian state of Gujarat, even fooled police and government officials who repeatedly paid the toll, NDTV reports.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £350,000 for disclosing personal information of people seeking relocation to the UK shortly after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021. On 20 September 2021, the MoD sent an email to a distribu

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has maintained its performance and "consolidated historic lows in complaint handling time on reduced resource", according to its annual report. The report also highlights work to improve customer service, to use its expertise to inform parliamentary sc