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Officers of State v Earl of Haddington, (1823) 2 S. 420, (1830) 8 S. 867 & (1831) 9 S. (HL) 13 The second element of the ancients, Earth, provides the theme for the second in this quartet of weekly articles about the use of private law to protect the environment. Today we see property law invoke

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione have said he does not support violence following attempts to link him to recent incidents in the US. “As we have stated before in multiple public court filings, Mr Mangione does not support violent actions and does not condone past or future political violence,&rdquo

A new report offers an in‑depth analysis of how investors, developers and advisers are navigating the next phase of the global shift toward net zero. Drawing on research conducted in collaboration with Infralogic, with 100 UK‑based senior executives, financial sponsors, developers and general co

Barristers who “failed in their professional duties” while representing the Post Office during the Horizon IT scandal are to face disciplinary action, the profession’s regulator has warned. The Bar Standards Board (BSB), which oversees more than 18,000 barristers in England and Wal

The Inner House’s decision in Sarwar v Phlo Technologies Ltd [2026] CSIH 20 provides an important reminder of the limits of dismissal at debate in commercial litigation – particularly where waiver and personal bar are founded on complex contractual and factual matrices. In allowing a rec

The Sheriff Appeal Court has allowed an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that the purchaser of a used car via conditional sale agreement was entitled to reject it based on defects discovered when it was being driven back to Dundee from England, but dismissed the claim after finding that no

Two Edinburgh Law School students have represented Scotland on the international stage, reaching the semi-finals of the Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition. Ellie Jones and Anna Lisowska, students on the diploma in professional legal practice (DPLP), travelled to the Universit

Tobacco is the leading cause of cancer in Scotland, with around 210 young people starting smoking in Scotland every week – the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 could stop children from ever starting. The charity’s researchers first proved the link between tobacco and cancer in the 1950s, and s

Helen Duffy has been interested in human rights and driven by a desire to redress injustice since her youth. She now works as an international human rights lawyer, both as a professor of international human rights and humanitarian law at the University of Leiden in the Hague (Netherlands) and as hea

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has expressed grave concern over alleged violations of international law arising from the escalation of hostilities in Lebanon. The IBAHRI emphasised that any political progress must be accompanied by full compliance with inte

Taiwan's stock market is now worth more than the United Kingdom's, according to recent Bloomberg data, despite the island's economy being less than a quarter the size of the UK's.

A man who carried out a late-night firebomb attack on a house where a mother and her children were sleeping has been imprisoned for three years. Owen Martin, 21, poured petrol on to the side of the property in Drumchapel, Glasgow, before setting it ablaze not long after midnight on May 12, 2025.