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Dozens of school pupils are taking legal action accusing their school of ending a key exam 90 seconds early. The lawsuit filed by at least 39 students in South Korean capital Seoul seeks damages of 20 million won each (around €14,000 or £12,000), the BBC reports.

Stronachs has marked the publication of a book on new energies and the creation of a collaborative group. A Guide to the New Energies has been published by Stronachs LLP through Aberlour Press Limited to set out an overview of the energy transition to net zero over the next 20 years.

Compass Chambers' David Swanney successfully represented the pursuer at the opposed motion hearing to determine the issue of expenses in Henry Clarke v Marks & Spencer Plc. Following a decree of absolvitor, the defender sought an order of expenses against the pursuer in terms of Section 8(4)(b)

The Scottish government will not appeal the judgment in the judicial review challenging the UK government’s use of a section 35 order to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. The Supreme Court's ruling means the bill cannot proceed to royal assent and be enacted.

An apprentice digital media executive has been awarded £50,000 after she suffered victimisation and discrimination at work because she found maths "very difficult". Sophie Molyneux sued Apprentify, a firm that sources apprenticeships, after she was fired from a role at a business that trains p

Criminal charges against another suspect in the Lockerbie bombing are to be brought in the coming days by US authorities, in a move described as "convenient" by the legal team for the Megrahi family, who are challenging the only conviction in the case. The US Justice Department is expected to unseal

Sheriffs Christopher Shead, Derek O’Carroll, Gregor Murray and Philip Mann have been appointed as appeal sheriffs by the Lord President, Lord Carloway. These appointments are effective from 15 January 2024.

The First Division of the Inner House has quashed the decision of a reporter which had allowed an appeal by the operators of a motocross track against an enforcement notice on the basis that it was served out of time. James Findlay KC and Kenneth Young of Terra Firma Chambers, instructed by Brodies

The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has reflected upon the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie and the longest-running investigation in the history of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. She said: “For 35 years now the families of the 270 people murd

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN calls for probe as Israeli army accused of killing unarmed Palestinians

The Supreme Court has upheld decisions rejecting an attempt to allow AI to be named an inventor on a patent application. Dr Stephen Thaler had tried to have his AI, named Dabus, recognised as the inventor of a food container and a flashing light beacon.

A lord ordinary has dismissed a personal injury action by an Aberdeen man who fell off the roof of a portacabin and suffered injuries resulting in tetraplegia after finding that his case under occupiers’ liability law was not made out. Pursuer John Davie suffered the injuries after he had gain

Former SNP president Michael Russell has been appointed as the new chair of the Scottish Land Commission, amid claims of corruption. The role of the commission is to advise the Scottish government on an ongoing programme of land reform, and to provide leadership for change in culture and practice.

Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $148 million in damages to two election workers he defamed in relation to his baseless claims of electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The former prosecutor and New York mayor has debts of $151.8 milli