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British lawyers could be stationed in Rwandan courts as part of a new treaty to support the deportation scheme, which is expected to be signed shortly. The move comes in response to the Supreme Court's ruling last month, which held the deportation plan to be unlawful.

A senior English judge in the family courts has been treated in hospital after he was assaulted by a man whose case he was hearing. The litigant in person, who cannot be named, has pleaded guilty to assault, criminal damage and causing intentional harassment, alarm or distress and is due to be sente

TLT has advised Greater Manchester-based UK Electronics on its transition to employee ownership (EO). TLT’s Edinburgh-based corporate partner Douglas Roberts led the deal, supported by senior associate Nimarta Cheema. UK Electronics, whose premises are in Royton, Oldham, specialises in the man

A lord ordinary has ruled that a decision of the City of Edinburgh Council to designate the whole of the city as a short-term let control area did not have retrospective effect after a challenge was brought by the director of a company that owned properties used for secondary short-term lets and ano

President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed of Allermuir, has been awarded the honorary degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. It is a little over 45 years since Lord Reed’s previous graduation at Edinburgh when, on 14 July 1978, he received the degree of LLB in the company of four others

A doctoral student studying the concept of unfitness for trial is looking for research participants from the legal profession. Danielle Dyason, a PhD student in clinical psychology at Edinburgh University, is looking at legal and healthcare professionals’ views on the definition, terminology,

A senior Paraguayan government official has lost his job after signing an agreement with a fake country led by a suspected sex offender. Arnaldo Chamorro, chief of staff in Paraguay's agriculture ministry, told reporters that he had signed an agreement with representatives of the "United States of K

Fife firm Innes Johnston LLP has become a wellbeing pioneer after attending the first resilience workshop of its kind to be officially accredited in Scotland.

BTO has announced its latest round of promotions, including four new partners, with effect from 1 December 2023. This news closely follows the addition of new Edinburgh based partners Tim Edward and Euan Fleming in November.

Russia's top court has banned the "international LGBT movement" as an "extremist organisation" at the behest of the Russian government in a move widely condemned by human rights and LGBT+ organisations. Judge Oleg Nefedov approved the Russian justice ministry's request after a four-hour hearing yest

Businesses operating in the UK energy sector should consider how they can use their gender pay gap (GPG) data as a catalyst for change in their organisation, writes Susannah Donaldson. Analysis by Pinsent Masons has found that many businesses in the sector are already taking positive action to

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Iran execution of child condemned by UN human rights office

In the wake of the dropping of proposed legislation in Scotland to pardon those unfortunate women convicted of witchcraft, Robert Shiels reviews the latest book to consider witchcraft trials of the past – and present. There was before the Scottish Parliament from June 2022 a proposal for legis

The tenant of a property on a country estate in the Scottish Borders has lost an appeal against the First-tier Tribunal’s decision not to make a determination of rent before the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, after the Tribunal found that it was temporarily not possible for the FTS to make such