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The Outer House of the Court of Session has granted the mother of two boys who were subjected to abuse from their alcoholic father permission to relocate with them to her native Australia. Both the pursuer and the defender, referred to as R and S, held parental rights and responsibilities over their

A new scheme from the King’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (KLTR) will allow communities across Scotland to take over ownerless land and buildings. The KLTR, the Crown’s representative in Scotland for ownerless property, today launches the Ownerless Property Transfer Scheme (OP

The Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association (FACBA) has donated £2,000 to Homeless Project Scotland, a Glasgow-based charity that provides support to people facing housing insecurity. Among the services it provides to the homeless are regular soup kitchens, where additional support is gi

Robert Shiels is impressed by a new history of opium which paints a fascinating picture of an ancient trade with a profound impact on modern society. Opium has its own history and this discursive study by novelist Amitav Ghosh, moving into factual history, concentrates on individual aspects of the o

Scottish delicacies are to enjoy geographical indications (GIs) in Japan after the country struck a deal with the UK government. The foods to be protected in Japan include Scotch beef and Scotch lamb, Arbroath smokies, Orkney Scottish island cheddar and Traditional Ayrshire Dunlop cheese.

France is to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution at a joint session of its parliament next week. The move, approved by the senate last night, would create a “guaranteed freedom” of women to choose an abortion.

Recent UK government legislation relating to asylum and migration introduced as a part of their plan to ‘stop the boats’ has been described as “alarming”, “dehumanising” and incompatible with the country’s domestic constitutional norms and international lega

The Home Office has launched an investigation after faulty phone data was used as evidence in criminal cases for more than a year, the Evening Standard reports. There are fears of wrongful convictions stemming from the use of the data after phone company O2 informed police that it was concerned abou

A sheriff has granted a petition for a couple to be appointed as executors dative to a deceased by virtue of a power of attorney granted in their favour by his wife, the executrix nominate of the estate. The will of the late Robert Thompson appointed his wife Jean as executor nominate. Mrs Thompson

Professor David Fox has written an article for the Edinburgh Private Law Blog on digital assets, following the publication of a report on the topic by the England and Wales Law Commission.

A Glasgow technology company has secured a fresh round of funding from the billionaire founders of Skype and Bolt, along with Iron Wolf Capital, Specialist VC and Scottish Enterprise, to further bolster its growing fleet of robotic lawn mowers for large lawns.

Rape victims and complainers are to have free access to court transcripts under a new scheme. The year-long project, which starts on Friday, will provide access to transcripts that could normally cost thousands of pounds.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) brought proceedings yesterday against two solicitors who had failed to comply with statutory requests for information. One of the solicitors has previously been held in contempt of court for the same issue in relation to a different complaint, although

The Court of Protection of England and Wales has declined to recognise and enforce a Scottish Guardianship Order authorising the mother of a Scottish woman with moderate intellectual disabilities to consent to the deprivation of her liberty. The SGO was awarded by Aberdeenshire Council on the applic

An Edinburgh man has been given an order for lifelong restriction and will spend at least five years in jail for sexually assaulting women and girls over the course of 16 years through the 80s and 90s. John O’Flaherty, 67, was found guilty of seven charges, with offences occurring between 1980