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(L-R): George Osborne and Arun Jaitley India is to press ahead with liberalising the country's legal services market to allow foreign lawyers the right to operate in the jurisdiction.

Four undergraduates from the University of Dundee are raising financial support as they prepare to compete in an international moot.

A Norwegian man foiled a car thief's attempt to steal his vehicle after taking part in a death-defying stunt that local police said "Bruce Willis wouldn't have managed". The 25-year-old man woke in the early hours of Wednesday morning to the sound of his car engine switching on, and immediately ran

Three hundred City lawyers have come together to support the UK's continued membership of the European Union, the Financial Times reports. Led by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's John Davies, the lawyers from several firms are considering whether to derogate from their firms' neutrality on the issue

John Campbell QC A QC and solicitor advocate have claimed consumers in Scotland have been let down by a failure to modernise the legal profession nine years after the then Office of Fair Trading backed a “supercomplaint” by consumer watchdog Which?.

A prisoner in Scotland is set to face justice in the US after a court rejected his plea that extradition to his native Pakistan would put him at a “mortal risk”, The Herald reports. Johar Javed Mirza, 35, who converted to Judaism, is serving a three year prison term for attempted rape of a stude

Rose Fitzpatrick Police have launched a crackdown on people who misuse disabled parking permits after they reached an agreement with councils.

Alison McInnes MSP Following the news the Home Secretary Theresa May said the UK government is “not minded” to extend a judge-led inquiry into undercover police officers' activity north of the border, politicians have called on Justice Secretary Michael Matheson to establish a Scottish inquiry.

(L-R): Derek Ogg QC, Shami Chakrabarti and Lord Hodge The celebrated civil liberties campaigner Shami Chakrabarti wowed a delighted audience in the Faculty of Advocates’ Laigh Hall with an open and informative discussion of her life and work.

Laurence Kennedy An advocate in Perth came to the rescue of a pet dog that seemed set for certain death.

England's children's commissioner has called for the burden of proof in child sexual abuse cases to be lowered because the system as it stands in “not fit for purpose”. Anne Longfield's suggestion comes after a ruling in the family court that 13-month-old Poppi Worthington was, on a balance of p

A policeman in Italy was sacked after he was found clocking into work in his boxer shorts before returning to bed. Alberto Muraglia was wearing only a pair of Y-fronts and a T-shirt because his flat was above his office in a council building in the town of San Remo.

Effective legislation, access to justice – including simplification of the legal aid system – access to education opportunities and ensuring the legal sector continues to support a successful Scottish economy are among the Law Society of Scotland's priorities for the next Scottish Parliament. Th

A life prisoner who challenged a decision by the prison service to increase his supervision requirement after he was suspected of being involved in the distribution of illicit substances in jail has had a petition for judicial review dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session refused the petition af

Rosie Walker Now that we have had time to reflect on the Election Court’s decision in Timothy Denis Morrison & Others v Carmichael & Another EC 90, what can we say about its wider implications? Well, quite a lot actually according to Rosie Walker, who acted for Alistair Carmichael.