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New legislation to enable Scotland to host EURO 2028, including measures to tackle ticket touting, has been introduced to the Scottish Parliament.  The UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill will: 

A man who damaged and obstructed access to a badger sett has been fined £400. Dylan Boyle, 52, was seen placing nets on a slope and digging with a spade near active badger setts at a farm near Cupar, Fife, in January last year.

A UN judge has been convicted in England of forcing a woman to work as a slave. Judge Lydia Mugambe was initially appointed to the judicial roster of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in May 2023 – three months after her arrest in Oxford, where she was stud

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Human rights observer says Russia’s first monitoring mission in Ukraine documented the Kremlin’s evolving state terror system | Meduza

A recently published letter from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) provides insight into the interactions between HMRC and the newly established Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation (OTSI) and on investigations and enforcement of the UK’s trade sanctions regime, writes Stacy Keen. Between 2021

Further measures to prevent people becoming homeless will be introduced as part of amendments to the Housing (Scotland) Bill. The bill currently places a stronger importance on preventing homelessness through ‘ask and act’ duties on social landlords and relevant bodies, such as health bo

The island nation of Nauru is offering citizenship for around £81,200 under a new scheme aimed at tackling the impact of climate change. The Pacific Ocean country is the world's smallest independent republic and third-smallest country, with a population of around 12,000 people.

Edinburgh Law School and Brodies LLP are hosting the Charles Smith Memorial Lecture later this month, which this year takes the form of a discussion panel to mark the 30th anniversary of the Brodies Environmental Law lecture series. The UK has set ambitious legal targets to reach net zero by mid-cen

A new series provides a rare look into two of Scotland’s prisons which house women – HMP and YOI Grampian in Peterhead which has 50 prisoners and HMP & YOI Stirling which operates with up to 117 prisoners. With wide access to both prisons which offers insights into daily prison life,

Society’s problems arising from the growing number of those who live with Alzheimer's disease are projected to develop into an even greater crisis within a few decades.

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) has successfully obtained a four-figure sum for a client through a simple procedure application to the Sheriff Court. Prior to ALP’s engagement in the matter, the client had paid a deposit for solar panels that the company failed to install. The client had attemp

The Law Society of Scotland has said it will ensure a newly launched Holyrood inquiry understands the extent of the crisis in civil legal aid, and the changes required to restore the system. The Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee yesterday launched a cal

Two pilots who claimed that they lost the chance to bring personal injury claims against their employer as part of a group action in England due to the negligence of a firm of Scottish solicitors they instructed have been awarded damages after it was found they had a 40 per cent chance of success in