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A Scottish employment tribunal has dismissed a claim for sex discrimination against a security and defence company in respect of its policy allowing trans individuals to use toilets aligning with their gender identity, after ruling that the policy was a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN rights chief says Pakistan constitutional amendments undermine judiciary, rule of law

A man who repeatedly sent abusive messages which included references to ‘killing Jews’ to a prominent Jewish MP’s constituency office has been sentenced at Leeds Magistrates’ Court. Kevin Smith, 61 and of Leeds, sent around 300 text messages and three voicemails of an abusive

Blackadders LLP has announced a raft of promotions in its Glasgow office. Taylor Henry has been promoted from senior solicitor to associate in the private client team and both Ethan Laing in the commercial real estate team and Natasha Connelly in residential property have been promoted from solicito

The die was cast for Mary Queen of Scots on May 16th 1568 when she crossed the Solway into England a few days after the Battle of Langside. Some sought to dissuade her. Archbishop Hamilton even seized the reins of her horse and begged her not to trust herself to England. Mary would have none of it,

David Dewar was born in 1836 in Perthshire, the son of a farmer. At the age of fourteen years he entered the office of Mr Barty, the procurator-fiscal at Dunblane. After a legal apprenticeship he was engaged as a clerk in the office of the procurator-fiscal at Airdrie and at Fort William. It is not

Northern Ireland's equality watchdog has formally lodged court proceedings seeking clarification on the implications of a landmark Supreme Court ruling on transgender rights. The Equality Commission previously said it would ask the Northern Ireland courts to clarify areas of "significant legal uncer

Police have arrested a man on suspicion of theft after he allegedly swallowed a diamond-encrusted Fabergé egg – which has yet to be recovered. Officers were called to a jewellery store in Auckland, New Zealand last Friday, where store staff accused the 32-year-old of swallowing the item

Scullion LAW has been awarded the Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Gold Award. The award recognises employers that demonstrate exemplary advocacy for the defence community, including through flexible working arrangements, supportive employment policies, and public commitment to

A national review of the evidence on the operation of grooming gangs in Scotland has been announced by the Scottish government.

A retired Fornethy House teacher who systematically abused vulnerable young children in her care over the course of 15 years has been sentenced. Patricia Robertson, now known as Baxter, abused girls aged five to 12 while volunteering and later working at the residential school in Angus. 

Macdonald Henderson has announced the appointment of Douglas Telfer as director to lead the firm’s residential conveyancing team, based from the firm's office in the west end of Glasgow, formerly Ferguson Whyte. The appointment follows Macdonald Henderson's acquisition of Ferguson Whyte in Oct

Digby Brown Solicitors has retained the platinum accreditation from Investors in People (IiP) for the fourth time. The award, which independently evaluates workplace culture every three years, was delivered after assessors found Digby Brown operated at an exceptional level while being “deeply

The Scottish Sentencing Council’s new sentencing guidelines on rape offences have been approved by the High Court. The two new guidelines, which cover offences of rape and rape of a young child under the age of 13, were approved at a hearing of the High Court in Edinburgh yesterday. They will