The Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF) has set out how it will spend millions of pounds in undistributed damages from opt-out collective action cases in the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Around £3.8 million was awarded to the charity in September 2025 in undistributed damages from t
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Roisin Higgins KC has been appointed to the Scottish Law Commission for a five-year term. Ms Higgins was called to the Scottish bar in 2000 and took silk in 2015. Her practice has focused on commercial, property, intellectual property and construction law disputes, with many years' experience leadin
Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. ‘Cruellest violation’: Saudi Arabia executes second child offender in two months
James & George Collie has announced it will be supporting the 15 Mile Trail Race at Run Balmoral for the next two years. The James & George Collie 15 Mile Trail Race will play a pivotal role in Run Balmoral’s legendary ‘Devil of Deeside’ challenge – which dares compet
Ampersand Advocates is proud to celebrate another outstanding year in the Chambers and Partners. This year, Ampersand and its members achieved 12 set rankings and an impressive 99 individual rankings across 25 practice areas, including 5 "Star Individuals", with recognition extending across to the L
With a projected £50 billion shortfall in public finances and a pledge not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT, speculation is mounting that Chancellor Rachel Reeves may turn again to Inheritance Tax (IHT) reform when she makes her autumn budget statement on 26 November, writes Emma
Holyrood has passed the Housing (Scotland) Bill in a landmark vote. Passed by 89 votes to 28 after MSPs debated around 400 amendments at the bill’s final stage, the wide-ranging legislation introduces a framework for long-term rent controls, alongside provisions on tenant protections, homeless
NHS Fife’s legal team acted negligently in handling a legal argument in the board’s tribunal battle with nurse Sandie Peggie, a panel has ruled. The case, already running for two months at a cost of at least £220,500, was thrown into further wrangling earlier this month when the bo
Tasglann nan Eilean, the archive service of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has embarked on a collaborative project with the University of Glasgow which will result in an important local archive collection being catalogued, preserved and made publicly accessible. The project, on the history of disarmamen
The average sale price for Scottish residential property over £1 million has now hit more than £1.5m for the first time, according to the director of Edinburgh-based buying agency Fyndd who predicts a strong Autumn market. The average price in the prime property market was £1,533,2
Rights and equalities groups have condemned Police Scotland’s announcement that it will continue work to introduce live facial recognition technology, warning of “racial injustice, creeping surveillance and democratic erosion”. Fourteen rights and racial justice organisations
Brian Inkster discusses the continued failure to implement alternative business structures in Scotland. Alternative business structures (ABS) in Scotland being kicked into the long grass was a possibility raised yesterday. This was at an online event organised by the Law Society of Scotland: 'Policy
Scotland is set to be the first UK nation to introduce detailed regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures, write Duncan Batchelor and Claire Raftery. In May, the Scottish government announced plans to introduce a non-surgical cosmetic procedures bill during the current session of the Scottish P
Millions of people involved in running UK businesses will be required to verify their identity with Companies House from the middle of November, writes Gary Gray. The identity verification requirements form part of a suite of strengthened corporate governance and transparency measures being implemen
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China urged to protect imprisoned activists facing human rights violations
