Scottish Lesbians, joined by The Lesbian Project, LGB Alliance and members of Lesbian Labour, have been granted permission to submit a written intervention in the forthcoming Supreme Court appeal brought by For Women Scotland on the Gender Recognition Act and its interplay with the Equality Act.&nb
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A man convicted of possessing and selling wild peregrine falcon chicks for large sums of money has agreed to pay back more than £27,000 in a proceeds of crime confiscation action. Lewis Hall, 24, was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work over 15 months and banned from possessing or hav
All books require to have a focus and a boundary to their subject-matter. The author "accepts" the Victorian use of the term "female detective" was a broad one, initially modest roles developing in to more serious occupations with personal accountability in court. Her book is "unusual in bringing re
The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused a reclaiming motion by a building firm against a decision that a sub-contractor’s claim for damages from a wrongful interdict granted over five years ago had not been extinguished by negative prescription, and ordered a proof limited to quant
The Scottish Parliament has announced the launch of a ‘people’s panel’ which will consider the question ‘What does Scotland need to do differently to reduce drug-related harms?’. The people’s panel, made up of 25 people from across Scotland who are broadly represe
Emergency legislation will be introduced to Parliament to contribute to the "sustainable long-term management" of Scotland’s prison population, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has told MSPs. The bill, to be introduced in November, will propose a change to the release point for short-term pr
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. What did Al Jazeera’s investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza reveal?
Children’s rights practitioners and policymakers will gather in Glasgow next week as part of a conference examining the experiences of children within the Scottish justice system. Speakers including Bragi Gudbrandsson, vice chair for the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child and founder of t
Scotland's housing market is showing promising signs of growth, with the highest level of optimism since early 2022, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
An Iranian couple have between them received nine convictions, lashings and prison time for, among other things, having a pet cat. Niloufar Ghazaleh and Mohammad Ali Moghimi, a married couple living in the Middle Eastern country's Isfahan province, drew the ire of authorities after breaking mandator
No recommendations have been made at the conclusion of the fatal accident inquiry into the death of 76-year-old Peter Tobin. An inmate within HMP Edinburgh, he was admitted to hospital after a fall in his cell on 8 September. He died on 8 October 2022 at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
A lord ordinary has reduced a purported agricultural lease ope exceptionis under which a farming family claimed to occupy a farm subject to a defaulted secured loan and rejected a claim by the family seeking reduction of a sheriff court decree ordering the removal of the occupants of the farm. Dunca
The UK government has published a "once in a generation" set of employment rights reforms. The Employment Rights Bill contains 28 individual employment reforms, from ending zero hours contracts and fire and rehire practices to establishing day one rights to protection against unfair dismissal
TikTok is facing a fresh lawsuit in the US over the video-sharing platform's alleged harm to children's mental health and well-being. A coalition of 13 states and Washington, D.C., co-led by California and New York, has filed separate enforcement actions against TitTok for alleged violations of stat
A woman called police after her home was surrounded by around 100 raccoons demanding food – but officers said "the raccoons haven't committed any crimes" [sic]. According to 9NEWS, the unnamed woman, who lives in Poulsbo, Washington, has been feeding raccoons in the neighbourhood for around 35
