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Police have said they received an "overwhelming" response to an appeal for members of the public to smoke cannabis to help train officers. Two police forces in Maryland – where cannabis is legal for medical and recreational use – are training officers to recognise cannabis impairment.
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The Faculty of Advocates Employment Law Group has announced the line-up of speakers at its forthcoming Annual Conference which will take place in the MacKenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, High Street, Edinburgh on Thursday, 13 November 2025 between 2 and 5pm. Leading figures in the field participa
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Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Human Rights Watch sounds alarm over China's new draft 'ethnic unity' law
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NHS Fife’s legal team acted negligently in handling a legal argument in the board’s tribunal battle with nurse Sandie Peggie, a panel has ruled. The case, already running for two months at a cost of at least £220,500, was thrown into further wrangling earlier this month when the bo
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A convicted rapist prevented from voting in the UK's 2019 general election did not suffer a breach of his rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In yesterday's Chamber judgment in the case of Hora v. the United Kingdom, the court unanimously held that there had been no violati
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Scotland’s most senior judge has highlighted the importance of the rule of law and judicial independence during a speech at the annual opening of the legal year ceremony. Addressing attendees at Parliament House in Edinburgh, the Lord President, Lord Pentland, stressed that the judiciary must
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When Graham Linehan was arrested by armed police at Heathrow over gender-critical social media posts, the reaction was swift and, surprisingly, less polarised than I expected. Many saw it as a chilling overreach into free speech. The public’s response was summed up in one pointed phrase direct
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Six new homes could be built in Haddington using money left to the town by a lawyer more than 80 years ago. John Richardson, a solicitor who also served as Musselburgh town clerk, died in 1940 and directed that part of his estate should fund cottages for “deserving” people in his home to
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The Faculty of Advocates will again support the Scottish Legal Walks as a national sponsor alongside the Law Society of Scotland.
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New statistics from the National Records of Scotland show that Scotland’s population passed the 5.5 million mark for the first time, in the year to June 2023. Welcoming the report, equalities minister Kaukab Stewart said: “The latest figure demonstrates the continuing appeal of Scotland
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Scotland's sole charity dedicated to supporting victims of cybercrime and fraud has announced a significant impact in its inaugural year, recovering or preventing the loss of over £1.15 million for those affected. Launched in July 2024, the Cyber and Fraud Hub, working in close collaboration w
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The Scottish Council of Law Reporting has created a live index enabling users to search Session Cases data online. The Index to all Session Cases from 1821 to date is provided to aid swift identification of relevant cases. It is searchable by case name as well as by catchwords and phrases.
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A new exhibition which showcases how Enric Miralles, Holyrood’s lead architect, brought to life his vision for a Parliament "growing out of the land" is on display at the Scottish Parliament. The exhibition, Enric Miralles: Creating the Scottish Parliament and other stories by Benedetta Taglia
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