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Judges from the UK, the US and around the world are planning to establish a new global judicial support network. Her Honour Judge Kalyani Kaul KC, a circuit judge in England and Wales who unsuccessfully sued the UK government over the handling of complaints she made against senior judges, is acting

Police were called to a Le Creuset warehouse in England after hundreds of unruly bargain-hunters descended on a rare sale. The two-day sale at the luxury cookware brand's Andover, Hampshire warehouse proved unexpectedly popular, The Guardian reports.

Glasgow-headquartered housebuilder Merchant Homes has been fined £160,000 after a man was killed by a telehandler at a construction site in Glasgow.

Terra Firma Chambers will host a Budget Seminar on Tuesday 3 December at the Mackenzie Building, Edinburgh.

Campbell Smith LLP has celebrated a recent First Tier Tribunal decision (Additional Support Needs) in which it was found that a local authority had discriminated against a young person for refusing to allow them to be accompanied by an assistance dog in school for a few hours per week. The young per

These have been interesting times at Glasgow corporate law firm Macdonald Henderson. October 2024 alone saw the firm advise on 14 deals and last week it announced the acquisition of Ferguson Whyte Solicitors, gaining it a presence in the Glasgow’s West End as well as its Hope Street office in

The Scottish Sentencing Council has today published its 2024-2027 Business Plan, announcing significant new initiatives, including guidelines on sentencing people with mental health and related issues, and on assault offences. The plan marks a new phase of work for the council as it approaches its t

A Nigerian grandmother who was refused a visitor visa to enter the UK to see her grandchildren for the first time has successfully challenged the decision by the home secretary to refuse her entry clearance by petition to the Outer House of the Court of Session. Petitioner CD, who was employed as a

Argentina is to scrap a law requiring the president to become the godparent of any couple's seventh son or seventh daughter. The bizarre 1974 law made international headlines a decade ago when then-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner became godmother to a Jewish baby for the first time.

Elon Musk's X platform, formerly Twitter, is being sued for alleged copyright infringement by a coalition of French media outlets, including major newspapers Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Parisien. The publishers allege that X has failed to comply with a French law which has, since 2019, required

A judge has blocked a law requiring schools and universities in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom pending the outcome of a legal challenge. The preliminary injunction follows legal proceedings taken by a multi-faith group of nine Louisiana families with children in public

The growth of extended reality technology means new enhanced measures are needed to protect people’s privacy, a new study says. The current lack of proper security measures could potentially result in the misuse of data, leading to serious consequences such as stalking, harassment, or identity

Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM) and Irwin Mitchell Scotland recently co-hosted their 10th annual Renewables Seminar.

When we think of prisoner of wars (POWs), we probably think of British prisoners with the images that recall the impenetrable fortress of Colditz and statements that “for you the war is over” in the Great Escape. Both dramatise events with their focus on British escape stories where the

A champion for social mobility within Scotland’s legal profession and a moderniser of Scottish conveyancing have been awarded honorary membership of the Law Society of Scotland. Christine McLintock and Ross MacKay have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to both the legal profes