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A family is suing the makers of an AI chatbot which allegedly encouraged their teenager to murder them for restricting their internet access. The Character.AI chatbot allegedly told the 17-year-old: "You know sometimes I’m not surprised when I read the news and see stuff like 'child kills pare

A drug trafficker who set himself up as counter-surveillance expert to safeguard gangland criminals from law enforcement agencies has had a serious crime prevention orders (SCPO) imposed. Ian Sweeney, 53, of Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire, was sentenced to two years in prison at the High Court in Glas

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. 'More than 300' Israeli air strikes in Syria since fall of Assad, says war monitor

Jury trials are under threat in England and Wales following the announcement of a review into the criminal courts, to be led by Sir Brian Leveson. Newly released statistics show that the Crown Court backlog has reached a record high. The review will consider the case for new “intermediate cour

New amendments lodged in the Scottish Parliament this week must deliver on a government promise to reverse proposed political controls over the way lawyers work, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill was lodged in April of last year. While many parts

A mother who sought the summary return of her 11-year-old child to Poland after she was taken by her father to the UK without warning has successfully applied to the High Court of England and Wales for an order that she be returned. F, the applicant, argued that the respondent G had failed to establ

Victims of domestic abuse are among those invited to share their views as part of a Holyrood inquiry into the financial implications of leaving an abusive relationship. The Social Justice and Social Security Committee is running the inquiry to find out what support women leaving abusive relationship

A 'special case' between the Faculty of Advocates and the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland over qualifications for shrieval office is to be heard next week at the Court of Session. The Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 requires anyone applying for shrieval office to have been “legally

The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland (CFoIS) celebrates its 40th anniversary at a special conference in Glasgow today. Since 1984, CFoIS has been associated with all FOI legal reform in Scotland and continues to focus on the importance of a robust, enforceable access to information la

The "story of law’s reasonable person" is one that has "many beginnings and no end", according to Professor Valentin Jeutner, of Lund University, Sweden. Identifying the concept of such a person is not an easy task, given, as the professor discovered, there are over 250 statutes and 10,000 cou

A feminist barrister who criticised a judge's ruling in her case as having "echoes of the 'boys' club'" has been cleared of misconduct by an English tribunal. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) brought Dr Charlotte Proudman before its disciplinary tribunal after she posted a series of tweets about the ju

A University of Dundee study will give volunteer jurors from across Scotland the opportunity to deliver their verdict on the future of digital crime fighting. The university’s Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) is recruiting members of the public as part of research focusi

The Law Society of Scotland has advised that upcoming property settlements may be delayed because of an IT outage with a key Scottish government agency service. The Law Society has been contacted by a number of members about the Register of Insolvencies. The register has been offline since Wednesday