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Dr Amy Lawton, senior lecturer in tax law at Edinburgh Law School, has received a Fulbright Award to enable her to research at Villanova Law School. She has been selected from a strong applicant pool to explore the impact of legal representation in the tax court in both the US and the UK.

In a landmark decision, which adds to the growing global body of climate-based jurisprudence, the Supreme Court has held by a majority that before a developer is allowed to proceed with a project that extracts fossil fuels, it must carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) that assesses the

Edinburgh-based AI legal assistant platform Wordsmith has raised $5 million (around £3.94m). The seed funding was led by Index Ventures, with participation from General Catalyst and angel investors including Skyscanner founder Gareth Williams.

A Pakistani healthcare worker who was refused permission to stay in the UK as a skilled worker after previously attempting to claim political asylum in 2021 and being placed on immigration bail has been refused a judicial review of the Home Secretary’s decision. Petitioner AH initially entered

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups

A man convicted of concealing a haul of unaccounted-for money in a van has been ordered to pay back thousands of pounds under proceeds of crime legislation. In March 2022, Andrew Early, 38, pled guilty along with a co-accused to hiding £30,020 in the vehicle.

The trial in question, of Bruno Dey, opened in Hamburg on 17 October 2019. Dey was charged with his role within the Holocaust. It was alleged that he was involved as an accessory (compared to a perpetrator which is the distinction on which the book focuses) in the murder of 5,230 inmates at Stutthof

Criminal barristers in Ireland are set to strike again next month following the government's failure to follow through on a promise to review fee levels. It follows last year's unprecedented one-day withdrawal of services on Tuesday 3 October, which forced government ministers to the negotiating tab

Legislation to amend the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Act, which was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2018, sets an objective that 50 per cent of a public board’s non-executive members should be women.

Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza has repeatedly violated fundamental principles of the laws of war, according to a new report from the UN Human Rights Office. The report, published yesterday, details six emblematic attacks involving the suspected use of GBU-31 (2,000 lbs), GBU-32 (1,000 lbs) and GB

ESPC has announced that it will dedicate its charity fundraising efforts to the Scottish youth homelessness charity Rock Trust for its 2024/25 business year. Rock Trust aims to end youth homelessness in Scotland by ensuring that every young person can access specific services to assist them in avoid

A barrister who lost his temper and punched a fashion designer during a performance of Wagner's famous Ring cycle has been suspended from practice for a year. English lawyer Matthew Feargrieve was convicted of assault following his altercation with Ulrich Engler during the 2018 performance at London

Lord Sumption has backed calls for an amnesty for those given criminal convictions for breaking Covid rules. The former Supreme Court justice said that the criminalisation of more than 29,000 people was “ridiculous” and a “miscarriage of justice".