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David Hay KC recently returned to Scotland after attending an advocacy training course run by the General Bar Council of South Africa as one of four international guest trainers alongside a team of experienced senior-juniors, senior counsel and judges of the South African bar and bench.

Turning Point: The Vietnam War, NetflixThe new five-part documentary series on the Vietnam war, now available on Netflix, charts the course of the war and skilfully explores how the Vietnam debacle has weakened American democracy and continues to do so. It may lack the subtlety and incredible show-d

The Aberdeen Law Project (ALP) successfully represented a client in a fitness to practise hearing before the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), securing a withdrawal of all allegations of impairment. Lead advisor Samantha Tapak and the ALP team guided the client through the procedure and provi

Domestic abuse victims should automatically receive civil legal aid, MSPs have been told. Criminal legal aid is already available to complainers in some circumstances, but those pursuing civil cases such as over children are not entitled to legal aid without means testing.

McCash & Hunter LLP has welcomed Duncan Mackinnon as a consultant to its family law department. Mr Mackinnon has been practising in child law since 1991 and has been a Law Society accredited specialist in the field for many years.

The relatives of a man who took his own life who sought damages from a health board for medical negligence have lost a Sheriff Appeal Court challenge to a sheriff’s decision not to extend the time limit for personal injury claims after they raised their action over three years after his death.

Gilson Gray has appointed experienced real estate lawyer Rajan Shori as partner and head of its real estate division in England. Mr Shori brings two decades of experience to the role, having supported investors, developers, lenders, and corporate occupiers through high-value transactions, acquisitio

Secondary school children at The Edinburgh Academy had the opportunity to take part in a mock trial criminal with S3 pupils playing the roles of prosecutor, defence agent, witnesses and jurors.

A woman decided to divorce her husband after asking ChatGPT to interpret the meaning of her coffee grounds and being told they indicated he cheated on her. The unnamed woman from Greece was apparently taking part in an online trend of asking the AI-powered chatbot to act as a fortune teller, her baf

Last week’s Programme for Government marked one year as first minister for John Swinney and also fell exactly one year until voters go to the polls in arguably one of the most important Scottish elections since devolution, writes Scott Wright. The programme was brought forward by the first min

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to urgently focus on restoring community policing figures revealed that shoplifting has risen by more than a third since 2019, with particularly steep rises in Edinburgh and Glasgow. New research by the party shows that:  

Ministers have shelved plans to allow AI companies to train their models on copyrighted material unless creators actively opted out, following a backlash. The original proposal, floated in a December consultation, would have created a copyright exemption in favour of AI developers, placing the onus

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has welcomed a new agreement which aims to improve how agencies work together in the investigation of work-related deaths in Scotland. The Work-Related Deaths Protocol aims to make investigations in these cases better and faster by improving communication.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Saudi Arabia executes its 100th prisoner so far this year