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Jones Whyte has announced the appointment of eight newly qualified paralegals who have completed its training academy.

Child sexual abuse victims will be able to more easily bring historic claims through the civil courts in England and Wales under new UK government plans. At present, child sexual abuse claims must be brought within three years of the claimant turning 18 unless the court grants an extension, which re

Edinburgh Napier Law Society and Law Clinic will present a conference next month on the use of AI technology in the Scottish legal sector.

The governing Council for the Law Society of Scotland has been bolstered with the appointment of four new members, along with the reappointment of six others. Following a nomination period, the new faces joining Council are:

An appeal by Glasgow City Council against a motorist’s successful challenge of penalty charge notice imposed on him for driving a non-compliant vehicle within the city’s Low Emission Zone has been refused after the Upper Tribunal found it was not validly served. Allan Hamilton was sent a

A man from Aberdeen has been jailed for seven years after raping a young woman almost a decade ago. Alisdair Euan Randalls was convicted at the High Court in Aberdeen on April 11.

A police department is being sued after making jail inmates pay for ice cream, candyfloss and laser tag for staff and their families. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Department in Waterloo, Iowa is among US police departments which controversially bill arrestees for the cost of their stay in jail.

Georgia's parliament has adopted controversial legislation targeting foreign-funded organisations despite weeks of street protests involving tens of thousands of people. The Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, which has also been dubbed "the Russian law" due to its purported resemblance to Rus

A pilot scheme will see guards given body cameras in Scottish prisons. Prison staff in HMP Barlinnie, HMP Low Moss, and HMP Perth are to use cameras for the next six months.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Thomas Cochrane. The 52-year-old died on the evening of Monday 21 January 2019 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary after being found unconscious in the r

Holyrood has unanimously approved legislation giving Scottish ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill will allow the creation of a Cladding Assurance Register whi

Northern Ireland’s High Court has determined that certain provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 constitute a diminution of rights and are incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys determined that, &ldq

A lord ordinary has dismissed an action by a commercial tenant of premises in Cowdenbeath that sought to compel their landlord to repair footpaths at the front and back of their retail unit after finding that the paths were part of the leased property. B&M Retail Ltd argued that the footpaths we