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The Law Society of Scotland has warned a Holyrood inquiry of a looming ‘cliff edge’ for legal aid provision, with action urgently needed to ensure access to justice. Pat Thom, co-convener of the Law Society’s Legal Aid Committee, gave evidence this morning to the Equalities, Human

Researchers who set the cat among the pigeons when they claimed to have evidence that Wikipedia was influencing judicial decision-making in Ireland have said they stand by their findings. The original research paper, published in summer 2022, presented the researchers' findings that creating a

Journalists have again called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli soldiers three years ago. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) t

The High Court in London has begun hearing a legal challenge to the UK's continued supply of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq allege that the UK government is breaking both domestic and international law by

MSPs from the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee have visited three estates in the Cairngorms National Park and held a community engagement event to further their scrutiny of the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill. The fact-finding visit began in Grantown on Spey on t

At this critical juncture for the future of legal aid and access to justice, the Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG) and GO Justice (The School of Law, the University of Glasgow) have organised a free conference in order to strengthen links between people concerned by the situation relating to lega

Solicitor Ben Kemp has been appointed to become the new chief executive officer of the Law Society of Scotland. Mr Kemp will join the Law Society in August from the professional body which represents and regulates actuaries, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), where he has worked primaril

American judges say they and their relatives have been receiving anonymous pizza deliveries in what appears to be a novel intimidation tactic. Judges in at least seven US states have now reported the unexplained deliveries to their homes and the homes of their family members, The Washington Post rep

Holyrood has voted for the first time to consider legalising assisted dying for people with terminal illnesses, following a lengthy debate. MSPs backed the bill by 70 votes to 56 in a free vote, after months of cross-party pre-legislative scrutiny. The result comes just days before MPs at Westminste

An Edinburgh sheriff has made no recommendations following the conclusion of a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a man who was struck by a tram after finding that the defects that led to his death had been addressed appropriately. Carlos Correa died aged 53 on 11 September 2018 while crossing

A man who died while having sex at his workplace was the victim of an industrial accident, a Chinese court has ruled. The man, who was in his 60s, suddenly died during a rendezvous with his long-time girlfriend in a private room at the factory where he worked as a security guard.

Lawyers at Levy & McRae completed a charity skydive on Easter Sunday.

The Law Society of Scotland has urged MSPs to consider a number of important technical legal matters separate from the moral and ethical questions in relation to proposed assisted dying legislation. The stage one debate for the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is due to comme

Over 60 organisations have written to the UK government ahead of a major meeting of the Council of Europe, urging them to back proposals for an additional binding Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights that would recognise the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. The