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A man who was seriously injured when shards of glass struck him on the face after another man punched the glass door of a take away is to be awarded damages. A sheriff granted summary decree after ruling that that the defender, who pled guilty to “culpably and recklessly” punching through the gl

Dundee Sheriff Court (Google Street View) A woman has been handed the biggest parking fine ever in the UK, at £24,500, for ignoring more than 200 parking penalties, The Courier reports.

An artificial intelligence expert "married" a robot of his own creation in a simple ceremony on Friday. Zheng Jiajia, 31, married his robot Yingying after failing to find a human wife, the Qianjiang Evening News reports.

David Young QC Two members of the Faculty of Advocates are among a raft of appointments to the Parole Board for Scotland.

Thousands of pounds have been recovered from drivers who failed to pay fines across Scotland after 29 non-payers had their vehicles clamped in less than a month. Enforcement teams targeted persistent non-payers during March in a number of areas including Glasgow, the Lothians, Dunbartonshire and Lan

Gerlind Wisskirchen New labour and employment legislation is “urgently needed” before the impending AI revolution, including in the area of liability for autonomous cars, according to a report by the International Bar Association (IBA).

The Law Society of Scotland has said that increased scrutiny of Scottish Limited Partnerships’ (SLP) anti money laundering processes could help deter criminal activity. In its response to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s call for evidence on limited partnership law,

Roddy Dunlop QC The newest Faculty of Advocates office-bearer is Roddy Dunlop QC, who has been elected to the post of treasurer.

Louise Crawford Researchers from Robert Gordon University’s (RGU) Business School have presented their findings following an investigation into new European Union directives aimed at improving the transparency of payments made to governments by companies engaged in extracting natural resources.

A man disallowed from pleading the reasonable belief defence after having sex with a 14-year old girl because he had previously been charged with other sexual offences has had his appeal, that the clause of the Sexual Offences Act 2009 providing for this is incompatible with his article 8 rights and

Gordon Keyden Clyde & Co and Simpson & Marwick were chosen as "Scottish Law Firm of the Year 2017" at the Scott + Co Scottish Legal Awards.

Pictured: (L-R) Megan MacInnes, Prof David Adams, Andrew Thin, Bob McIntosh, Dr Sally Reynolds and Lorne MacLeod

Robert Carr (left) and Dominic Scullion

The Yamuna and Ganges rivers in India are legal persons, a court has ruled. A division bench of Uttarakhand High Court made the ruling just one week after a river in New Zealand became the first in the world to be recognised as having the legal rights of a person.

Val Surgenor