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John Finnie MSP, justice spokesperson for the Scottish Greens (pictured), has today welcomed the support for his proposed member’s bill to give children equal protection from assault. A three-month public consultation on removing the defence of “justifiable assault” of children from Scots law,

A judge in the High Court in London has criticised Home Secretary Amber Rudd for failing to release a torture survivor from detention in spite of repeated court orders. At an emergency hearing yesterday, Mrs Justice Nicola Davies DBE said Mrs Rudd had provided "less than satisfactory reasons" for th

A man who refused to be treated by an optician following the Manchester terrorist attack because she was not white has been rebuked by a sheriff, The Scotsman reports. Eric Greene, 58, from Carluke, Lanarkshire, went to Specsavers in Lanark where he told trainee optician, Sarah Kerr, who is of India

An Indian woman has successfully won a divorce under the country's strict marriage laws by arguing her husband was torturing her by refusing to build a toilet in their home. The unnamed woman in her 20s was forced to relieve herself in fields for the duration of the five-year marriage.

There are 190 more 'placed applicants' for law at Scottish universities this year compared to 2016, an increase of 13 per cent to 1,640, from last year's figure of 1,450. Heather McKendrick, head of outreach and careers at the Law Society of Scotland, said: “Many students are drawn to studying law

The European Commission is consulting on proposals to lower the fingerprinting age for children in the EU's Visa Information System (VIS). The changes would see children as young as six years old fingerprinted when applying for a visa to a country in the Schengen area, which includes most EU member

The UK’s first dedicated gluten-free microbrewery has achieved its fund raising target of £430,000 cash via equity to support its rapid expansion. The investment was led by the angel syndicate Equity Gap and was supported by Scottish Investment Bank, the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise and

Advocate Tim Haddow and his family had a "fantastic experience" working in a community in rural Eastern Uganda for two weeks with charity Mission Direct.

CMS showed its support for Scotland’s biggest LGBT festival, held in Glasgow over the weekend.

Prosecutors in England and Wales have announced plans to treat online hate crimes as seriously as those committed face-to-face. Writing in The Guardian, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, said an "increasing proportion of hate crime" is carried out online and must be taken serious

Scots lawyer Aamer Anwar (pictured) has described the events of yesterday’s terrorist attack in Barcelona. Thirteen people died while dozens were injured after a van was driven into crowds in Las Ramblas.

This month, an Aberdeen lawyer will reach the halfway point in her target to run 100 kilometres in competitive racing during 2017, to raise funds for a local cancer research charity. Liz Stewart, a partner at Stronachs LLP, is just one of a number of staff and partners taking part in various sportin

A Las Vegas lawyer has experienced a streak of bad luck after being disbarred and now arrested over separate alleged frauds. Easton K. Harris was disbarred in June over more than 100 professional conduct violations involving at least 23 clients, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has applied to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal against the development of a wind farm which it argues would impact seabird colonies. The charity mounted a legal challenge after the Scottish government consented to four developments in t

The WS Society has welcomed its final interns for 2017 (L-R): Sonia Sandhu @UofGLaw, Ione Edmundson @UoELawSchool, Katie Higgins @GCULaw.