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The English court ruling in a dispute between Getty Images and Stability AI is "the most impactful legal decision yet on the nature of artificial intelligence and copyright law". Mrs Justice Joanna Smith DBE handed down her long-awaited 205-page ruling in Getty Images v. Stability AI [2025] EWHC 286

A woman was entitled to make deductions from her roommate's deposit for sweets he ate without her permission, a tribunal has ruled. The civil tribunal in British Columbia, Canada found the woman was entitled to make the deduction of $6.50 CAD (around £3.50).

A new ‘cyber observatory’ to help protect Scotland’s public bodies from online threats will be set up as part of a package of measures to promote the country’s cyber-security. A newly published refreshed Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland details actions and s

The Law Society of Scotland has updated its rules in relation to client assets to increase protections for consumers. The rules clarify existing obligations for solicitor firms which take on another firm’s client assets, including trusts, and highlight that they must identify and contact the o

Holyrood has approved plans to release some short-term prisoners early due to rising prison numbers. Following parliamentary approval of the regulations, this means:

Between August and October 2025, average residential property selling prices across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife, and the Borders have risen by 3.7 per cent year-on-year, reaching £298,181, according to the latest House Price Report from ESPC. This growth was particularly strong in East Lothi

TC Young has announced four new appointments. Joining the residential property team are Kirsty Fyfe, solicitor, and Claire Weir, secretary.  In addition, Eilidh Dickson and Stephen Higgins have joined TC Young’s commercial property team as senior associates, further bolstering the firm&rs

A six-strong team from Holmes Mackillop Solicitors has completed the Kelpies Challenge – a one-of-a-kind 1.5-hour assault course set high within the iconic heads of the world-famous Kelpies – to raise £2,800 for St Vincent's Hospice.

A woman in Pitlochry has lost a judicial review challenge against the decision of her local authority to grant planning permission for a brewery and taproom to be located less than 100 metres south of her residence after it was ruled that there was no inadequacy in the reasons given for granting the

Harper Macleod has grown its banking and finance team and appointed a new partner. New partner Liana Di Ciacca joins with more than 15 years’ experience on a wide range of complex and high-value debt finance transactions. She advises both funders and borrowers on high profile Scots law matters

Post Office campaigner Sir Alan Bates has reached a multimillion-pound compensation agreement with the Post Office, more than two decades after beginning his fight for justice for victims of the Horizon scandal. Sources close to the deal confirmed the settlement to the BBC, though the exact sum has

Dr Mary Neal warns of yet another attempt to introduce authoritarian measures in Scotland. With Liam McArthur’s Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill currently at stage two in Holyrood, Patrick Harvie MSP has tabled an amendment – amendment 127 – to create s

COP30 leaders must keep people, and not profits and power, at the heart of negotiations, Amnesty International said ahead of the annual UN climate summit in Brazil. Brazil will host the 30th Conference of Parties (COP30) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bel&ea

Scottish animal welfare charity OneKind is drawing attention to the distress fireworks can cause animals, urging the Scottish government to deliver on legislation passed three years ago that has yet to be implemented.  In 2022, the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 was pass

A man who kept owls and large birds of prey tethered inside tiny cages amid squalid conditions has been banned from owning or keeping animals for five years. Brandon Hodge, 28, was sentenced at Greenock Sheriff Court after he admitted two charges of animal neglect.