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The Court of Appeal in Belfast is to rule on the whether or not it is defamatory to describe someone as a "Scrooge". The question is part of a current appeal by the Sunday World newspaper which is seeking to reverse a £50,000 libel award to a Co Down businessman it referred to as a “Scrooge”.

Terra Firma Chambers is delighted to support local charity Kids Love Clothes this Christmas.Kids Love Clothes provide struggling families with young children in Edinburgh and the Lothians with a wardrobe’s worth of quality, donated clothes, ironed and packed in giftbags. The charity is run entirel

Forfar Sheriff Court (credit: Google Street View) A health board’s “total silence” over the death of a baby has prompted concern from a sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the incident, The Courier reports.

Nicola Sturgeon A paper examining proposals to keep Scotland in the European Single Market has been published by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Kevin Stewart A new law which requires local public services to involve communities in their work comes into force today.

Madonna has been told she will be given no special treatment in a legal battle over her $7.3 million apartment in New York City. The singer is suing the owner over a change in the terms of her lease, in particular a rule preventing her children or staff being at the property while she is absent.Foll

Lisa Gregory Digby Brown partner Lisa Gregory has been appointed president of the Society of Advocates in Aberdeen.

A Commission decision to dismiss a request for review of a market authorisation decision on products containing genetically modified soybeans has been backed by the General Court because the parties making the request failed to refute the Commission’s findings that: 1) there are no significant dif

EU law precludes national legislation that prescribes general and indiscriminate retention of data except in the fight against serious crime, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. In Case C-698/15, Mr Tom Watson, Mr Peter Brice and Mr Geoffrey Lewis brought actions challenging the UK

The UK government must clearly and urgently articulate how it will ensure the widespread enforceability of UK court judgments in EU member states after Brexit, a new report argues. The impact of Brexit on the UK-based legal services sector, published by TheCityUK, stresses the importance of the Engl

A call for views on the future of the British Transport Police (BTP) in Scotland has today been launched by Holyrood’s Justice Committee. The committee will be scrutinising the Scottish government’s proposals outlined in the Railway Policing (Scotland) Bill. If passed, the bill would integrate t

A gangmaster pair in Kent have agreed a settlement of more than £1 million in legal costs and compensation with migrants in a landmark modern-day slavery case.Darrell Houghton and his wife Jacqueline Judge must make the payouts to six Lithuanian chicken catchers trafficked to work on farms that pro

Efforts to protect migrant children who are separated from their parents but travelling with other adults are hampered by a lack of information and guidance, an EU report has found. The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) said in its latest report on migration-related fundamental rights in select

The parents of a baby boy who had his eyes removed after being diagnosed with a rare form of cancer have had an action against their local health board dismissed after claiming they were “fobbed off” by a health visitor when they reported concerns about one of his eyes. A judge in the Court of S

Swedish furniture giant Ikea has issued a plea to teenagers to stop sneaking into its stores for unauthorised sleepovers.Ikea has been forced to deal with a slew of teenagers trespassing on its premises in a viral trend started by Belgian YouTubers. There have been at least 10 cases across the world