The Israeli government is facing escalating opposition to its controversial judicial reforms, with thousands of people taking into the streets in protest and the country's elite fighter jet pilots joining a strike demanding the proposals are withdrawn. The bill currently being considered by the Knes
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Parents who seek attention on social media by posting images of their children could be thwarted under a bill being considered in France. The draft private member’s bill seeks to address an increasing number of 'influencers' who garner views by recording the lives of their children.
Moving on from inquiries led by the “wise old judge” could help politicians and others to prevent and learn lessons from the most worrying problems of the twenty-first century, academics claim. Using other methods rather than a judge-led public inquiry could lead to better learning and p
The Sheriff Appeal Court has overturned a decision that a man who made a claim against the insurer of a driver who struck a hire vehicle for the costs of hiring a replacement vehicle did not have title to sue. Appellant Robert McGarrigle was forced to hire another vehicle to continue working as a se
The director of a business and his employee have been sentenced for dumping household waste in Glasgow. Stuart Allison 53, from Bearsden, was fined £750 and ordered to pay compensation of £1,900 to Glasgow City Council for the clean-up.
Despite members agreeing that there are some useful provisions in the Bail and Release from Custody (Scotland) Bill, the Criminal Justice Committee has been unable to form a majority view on whether to agree to its general principles. A lack of sufficient explanation about the bill’s intended
EU sanctions were the focus of more than one in 10 cases brought to the General Court of the European Union last year in the context of Russia's war in Ukraine, according to new figures. A total of 1,710 cases were brought to the two courts of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in 202
There's nothing exclusively French about gruyère and it can be made in the United States, a US court has ruled. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said it was clear that "cheese consumers in the United States understand 'gruyère' to refer to a type of cheese, which renders
UK government plans to impose minimum service levels on public services during strike action are likely to be incompatible with human rights law in their current form, Westminster's Joint Committee on Human Rights has found. In a report published following legislative scrutiny of the Strikes (Minimu
A new report on the decriminalisation of people who use drugs suggests the Scottish government is not making full use of its powers. It describes how progress has been made across five different jurisdictions – Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Poland and the US State of Maine.
A Lord Ordinary has allowed a proof in an action raised by a legal practitioner against a sheriff and the Crown based on an alleged series of assaults said to have been committed against her by the sheriff in 2018, and found that the Lord Advocate was the correct person to be sued for the purposes o
The Council of the Law Society of Scotland has renewed its condemnation of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, passing a resolution on the ongoing conflict and the international rule of law when it met today, Friday, 3 March 2023. The Council had previously condemned the invasion in a resolu
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. 'Accountability and justice': Gathering digital evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
Compass Chambers has announced that its nominated charity for 2023 is Revive MS Support. Revive MS Support is the leading provider of support for people in the west of Scotland who are affected by multiple sclerosis. The charity was set up in 1984 by people living with MS and their families, and hel
Lawyers from BTO are taking part in the LandAid SleepOut tonight in Glasgow to raise money to help support young people who are homeless. The team – Mark Colquhoun, Peter Graham, Carly Mills, Charlie Eadie and Lucy Ferguson – are raising funds for these young homeless people so that they
