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Global law and justice is still overwhelmingly shaped by men from a small number of high-income countries, raising concerns about legitimacy, accountability, and whose interests justice systems ultimately serve, according to a report by non-profit think tank Global 50/50,. In her foreword to the rep
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The success of community-based sentences in reducing reoffending and paying back to society has been highlighted following the recently announced extra funding for alternatives to custody. Justice Secretary Angela Constance visited Mayfield & Easthouses Development Trust in Dalkeith where people
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The Law Society of Scotland is looking for the brightest in-house talent as it seeks nominations for its annual competition, the In-house Rising Star Award. Now in its 14th year, the competition for newly qualified solicitors and trainees is looking for entrants who have made a considerable contribu
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Aberdein Considine has appointed Stewart Gordon as a partner in the firm’s Edinburgh office. Mr Gordon joins the firm from Addleshaw Goddard, where he was a managing associate in the infrastructure, projects and energy team and brings more than 10 years’ experience in corporate and M&
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In a fashion faux pas for the books, a UK government minister turned up to a red squirrel conservation conference wearing a dress decorated with pictures of grey squirrels. Baroness Hayman of Ullock, the parliamentary under-secretary of state for biosecurity, borders and animals, has been widely der
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Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace has welcomed Amy Young to the firm’s commercial property team. Ms Young brings a broad range of experience in the commercial property sector, including advising on the sale, purchase and leasing of petrol filling stations, acting for well-known supermarket
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The Inner House of the Court of Session recently delivered a significant opinion on international debt enforcement in Papel Payment Services Provider LLC v Monitox Limited [2026] CSIH 7. Papel, the successful reclaimer and pursuer, secured enforcement of a Dubai Commercial Court payment order.
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Will Cole surveys recent irritancy cases in the wake of a new judgment. In Scotland, commercial tenants who breach their lease obligations may find their leases terminated by “irritancy”. Since the 1980s, the lease provisions in question have been rendered less draconian by provisions in
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GCU Law academics Dr Andrew Tickell and Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe have been nominated for a research prize for leading a successful campaign to secure lifelong anonymity for victims of sexual offences in Scotland. The Glasgow Caledonian University lecturers have been shortlisted for the Socio-Legal S
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The Lawscot Foundation is celebrating a major milestone in its mission to support aspiring solicitors facing socioeconomic barriers, as 2026 marks the charity’s 10th anniversary. Established by the Law Society of Scotland in May 2016 as part of its work to ensure fair access to the legal profe
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Meta is facing EU action after being told that excluding third-party AI assistants from WhatsApp while promoting its own Meta AI breaches EU competition law. The European Commission is proposing to impose interim measures on Meta in relation to the change to its WhatsApp Business Solution Terms, whi
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A fire-juggling unicyclist who performed in the middle of a busy intersection has impressed police, who said his act "was both quite good and quite illegal". Drone footage shared on Facebook by Commerce City Police Department, located in the US state of Colorado, shows the skilled performer entertai
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The Committee of Heads of Scottish Law Schools responds to an article in Scottish Legal News last year on the use of AI in their institutions. In early December 2025, Corsino San Miguel wrote an article for Scottish Legal News in which, drawing on selected examples from law firms and certain law sch
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The Scottish government been accused of an “abject failure” to tackle Scotland’s drugs problem after paramedics were forced to deal with a record number of overdoses in 2025. Figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives, via freedom of information laws, show that ambulance crews
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