A lord ordinary has dismissed part of an action raised by the tenant of a building located next door to the fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art insofar as it related to assignees of the tenant but allowed the tenant’s part of the action to continue. Tecjet Ltd, part of a group of companies owne
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There is no right to assisted dying under European human rights law, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled by a 6-1 majority. Dániel Karsai, a prominent human rights lawyer in Budapest, Hungary, unsuccessfully argued that the criminalisation of physician-assisted dying (PAD) violated h
A video game company is being sued for £656 million over claims it has abused its market dominance to overcharge 14 million people in the UK through its Steam platform. The claim against Valve Corporation has been filed at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London and accuses the company of "s
MSPs have passed a bill to introduce buffer zones around clinics that provide abortions. The legislation aims to prevent protests or vigils taking place within 200m of 30 clinics that offer abortion services in Scotland.
UK lawyers tend to believe that the legal profession should self-regulate its use of AI, a survey suggests. A survey commissioned by Thomson Reuters found that 48 per cent of lawyers in UK firms and 50 per cent of UK in-house lawyers support self-regulation, with 36 per cent of lawyers in firms and
A landlord of a property in Paisley awarded just over £600 of the £2,300 she sought from the departing tenant has lost an Upper Tribunal appeal seeking to have the amount increased. Appellant Moira Laing had originally sought payment of £2,335.81 for the cost of repairs to the prop
The Scottish Parliament has approved the early release of some short-term prisoners to address the impact of a recent rapid rise in the prison population. Under current modelling, based on the criteria set out in the regulations approved by Parliament, around 514 eligible prisoners will be released
Rishi Sunak has said he is prepared to lead the UK out of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) if re-elected as prime minister following next month's general election. Mr Sunak, whose Conservative Party is well behind the Labour Party in opinion polls and in danger of slipping into third place
Major social media companies including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok may be failing to respect international human rights standards by removing abortion-related content on their platforms, according to Amnesty International. A new Amnesty report reveals how, since the 2022 US Supreme Court decision
Two young Iraqi women can claim asylum in the Netherlands on the basis that they have become "westernised" during their stay in the country and could be persecuted if forced to return to Iraq, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. The two women are sisters of Iraqi nationality
The Sheriff Appeal Court has reduced the amount payable by a joiner who failed to meet quality of work standards in an attic conversion job by £12,000 after he challenged the sheriff’s decision to award decree in favour of the pursuers. Martin Cherrie and Amy Paterson initially raised an
The Law Society of Scotland has urged all candidates and parties for next month’s general election to recognise and support access to justice and the rule of law. It has produced an election priorities guide targeted at the next UK government and all MPs elected on 4 July.
A child abuser who targeted young girls during sleepovers at his Falkirk home has been jailed. Anthony Walker raped one child and used lewd, indecent, and libidinous practices towards all five victims between 1998 and 2007.
Holyrood's Public Audit Committee has called for urgent action and long-term strategy to address concerns with Scotland’s prisons services in a new report. The committee’s report into the Scottish Prison Service highlights a number of issues and calls for both urgent and long-term action
Hong Kong is becoming a totalitarian state, Lord Sumption has said. The former Supreme Court justice, who last week resigned from the territory's Court of Final Appeal amid fears of Beijing's influence, said that the rule of law has been “profoundly compromised” there.
