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The UK may look to follow the lead of the US in introducing a whistleblowing reward scheme in a bid to combat corporate crime. US Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, recently announced a new Department of Justice-run corporate whistleblower rewards pilot programme, highlighting the critical role w

Diane McGiffen is to leave her role as chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland in April 2025. She joined the Law Society as chief executive in January 2022, leading its work to support a modern, thriving solicitor profession and act in the public interest.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. In a significant decision, the court's Pre-Trial Chamber I said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the pair were responsible for war cr

The Glasgow team of Weightmans won Law Firm of the Year (wider UK HQ) at The Herald Law Awards.

A new initiative is launching "to ensure more people can benefit from the investments being made in natural capital" across Scotland.  Led by Community Land Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Land Commission, the project aims to help deliver government expectations that communities are i

Specialist collective redress law firm, KP Law, acting on behalf of Roger Kaye KC, is planning to launch a claim worth billions of pounds alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in online search advertising. The claim will give a route to redress for thousands of businesses and other c

The purportedly whole story of the grim events at 10 Rillington Place, London has been offered to the public in different forms over the years but what version is complete, and separately, an accurate one? It is not difficult to see why the appalling events there draw in new commentators with each g

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Detained Palestinian rights lawyer wins press freedom award | The New Arab

Robert Shiels completes his look at the life of Sir Thomas Thornton LLD. Thornton also interested himself in the field of education, as clerk to the school board gave him an intimate knowledge of the various education acts. He was consulted by Miss Baxter and Dr Boyd Baxter about the establishment o

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published its written submission in advance of the hearing next week in the Supreme Court appeal of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, in which it was granted permission to intervene. As Britain’s equality regulator, the EHRC’s in

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Russian trustee in bankruptcy could not claim a property in London owned by a bankrupt Russian citizen due to the operation of the principle of immoveable property rights being solely determined by the laws of the country they are located in. Appellant Lyubov Kiree

Edinburgh-based lawyer and aid volunteer Andrea Fraser is raising funds for Gaza. Ms Fraser, who cycled solo from Ukraine to Edinburgh to raise money for maternity equipment for Ukraine in 2022, will now be swimming/dipping in cold water for 84 days to raise funds to buy a device that turns dirty se

Measures in the Housing (Scotland) Bill will allow a renter to make a request to keep a pet in their home and for that to not be unreasonably refused by their landlord.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is marking its 40th anniversary by launching a digital exhibition telling the story of the most important moments in privacy and information rights over the past four decades. Our lives, our privacy: the 40 items that shaped 40 years of privacy right