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A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Iran executes German-Iranian dissident

An amendment to the Housing (Scotland) Bill will set out how rent increases will be capped in areas where rent controls apply, subject to the approval of Holyrood. In response to stakeholder feedback, rent increases would be limited to the Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation) plus one per c

A monumental new history of Irish republicanism in Dundee reveals much of the Irish diaspora experience in Scotland and leaves Graham Ogilvy impressed by its thorough research. As a young boy I walked through the derelict tenements of Tipperary every day to get to school and in the evening, after sc

The de recenti disclosure of an undistressed complainer to a third party that they have been the victim of a sexual offence is corroborative, a full bench of the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary has ruled – though one judge gave a minority view warning against the effective removal

An English court has reserved judgment on how to handle dozens of divorces which were finalised in error. Final divorce orders were granted between April 2022 and April 2024 in 79 cases where online submissions were received a day earlier than allowed by law, the High Court in London heard yesterday

A rare copyright exemption has been granted by US authorities to allow McDonald's restaurants to repair their notoriously unreliable McFlurry machines. Franchise owners have complained that the machines have a "digital lock" preventing third-party repairs from being carried out.

Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC has been appointed to serve as the new chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.  She succeeds Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury after his five-year tenure as the expert body’s inaugural chair. 

A man accused of stealing a toddler and trying to take another has been remanded in custody after being charged with plagium. Emmanuel Chukwunedu is accused of targeting the children in two incidents in Dundee.

The High Court of Justiciary has refused a bill for criminal letters by a woman seeking to privately prosecute her former schoolteacher for what she alleged were indecent practices used against her between 1977 and 1980. Complainer AB alleged that respondent Paul Cooney had used lewd, indecent and l

Technical discussions have concluded on an agreement which will allow for closer co-operation between the UK and EU's competition authorities. The proposed agreement will be a 'supplementing agreement' to the post-Brexit EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which explicitly foresaw the possi

The regulatory body for English solicitors is facing enforcement action in connection with the dramatic closure of Axiom Ince following a damning independent review. Around £60 million in client money was missing and around 1,400 people lost their jobs when Axiom Ince stopped trading in Octobe

A Russian court has slapped Google with a fine of around $20 decillion – thousands of times more than the entire world's GDP. The preposterous penalty arises from a years-long court case brought by Russian TV channels which have been banned from YouTube since 2020, partly as a result of US san

A housebuilding firm has been fined after instructing workers to carry out land clearance which obstructed and damaged a large active badger sett.

Last week, the Court of Session granted permission to proceed in the judicial review challenge against decisions to cut to the Winter Fuel Payment in Fanning & another v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Scottish Ministers. Yesterday, the Scottish Legal Aid Board granted full civi

Crofting, rural, and community land experts at Harper Macleod have advised a community group on a transaction which will see the protection of nearly 8,000 acres of croft land and common grazings in the north west Highlands. The Coigach Community Development Company (CCDC) has acquired 7,900 acres o