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From the Second World War the dynamics of the vast overseas empire of the United Kingdom began to change, although certain former colonies had gained significant powers before then. The end of the empire, in the sense of complete political and legal independence, came about very quickly in the late

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. I’ve never seen a more worrying moment, says European human rights chief

A sheriff has ruled that it would be disproportionate for a housing association to evict a tenant under a Scottish secure tenancy with a lifelong psychiatric disorder after proceedings for recovery of possession were raised based on anti-social and criminal behaviour in Glasgow Sheriff Court. Wheatl

A tax officer who embezzled thousands of pounds from HMRC to pay off her mortgage and settle other debts has been jailed for two years.  Joanne Connell, 37, used her position in the bankruptcy team and knowledge of the HMRC computer self-assessment system to add bogus credits to the records of

A local authority in the Philippines has placed a paid bounty on the heads of mosquitoes. One peso – around one euro cent or a penny – is on offer for every mosquito brought dead or alive to authorities in Barangay Addition Hills in central Manila.

Orbex, the Scotland-based orbital launch services company, has launched its annual internship programme, recruiting nine individuals to support its team of experts working towards Orbex Prime’s inaugural launch later this year. The internship offers a unique opportunity for STEM and law studen

A convicted murderer who was denied release on licence has lost a judicial review challenge against the decision not to order his release after he was denied unredacted versions of reports prepared about him in advance of an oral hearing. Luke Mitchell, who became eligible for release on licence in

A case at the English Court of Appeal is considering whether all external job applicants should have whistleblowing legal protection. Currently the scope of whistleblowing law does not include people applying for a job, other than job applicants to the NHS who are legally protected by the Employment

West Fraser Europe Limited, previously known as Norbord Europe Limited, has been fined a total of £1,068,000 after pleading guilty to charges under health and safety legislation related to two separate incidents that occurred in 2020. The charges stemmed from an employee's severe leg injury an

Drummond Miller has succeeded in a claim alleging negligence against the Scottish Ambulance Service. In June 2020 Brian O’Neill had an unwitnessed fall at an off-grid rural hutting community with limited connections to local services. He sustained a wound to his head and tragically passed away

Magic circle firm Linklaters is testing artificial intelligence by giving it law exams to determine whether it can reliably perform legal tasks. The firm has created the LinksAI English law benchmark, designed to “test the ability of large language models to answer legal questions.” The

The Crown Office has warned of serious delays as time-bar extensions introduced during the pandemic are set to expire later this year. Between 2019/20 and 2023/24, 9,168 cases were dropped because they broke statutory time-bar limits or were delayed by other agencies.

Google has been fined by a Russian court for hosting YouTube videos which instruct Russian soldiers in Ukraine on how to surrender. The fine of 3.8 million rubles (around €40,000 or £33,000) was imposed by Tagansky District Court in Moscow on Monday, according to Russia's state-owned TASS

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is supporting a new child-centred resource from charity I Am Me Scotland focused on grooming, gangs and crime.  Aimed at young people in secure settings, a series of seven short films highlight the issues of child exploitation and human tra

A sheriff has ordered a company and its sole director to pay the excess monies from the sale of commercial premises to satisfy a secured debt to the premises’ original owner after he raised an action for accounting and payment seeking to enforce an agreement he had with them regarding the sale