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A man who published tweets encouraging terrorism against India has been sentenced. Firoz Madhani, from Edinburgh, posted the statements to the social media site Twitter in September 2019.

A schoolteacher who engaged in sexual activity with a girl under his care and assaulted others has been jailed. James Clark was employed at a school in Perthshire when the offences took place between August 2011 and February 2019.

The families of children who were killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 have succeeded in a defamation case against right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who claimed the massacre was a hoax. Mr Jones was found liable by default after a judge determined he engaged in “wilful non

A new report by JUSTICE on the Windrush scandal makes 27 recommendations to improve the process for those seeking compensation from the Home Office. In 2018, hundreds of individuals were placed in immigration detention, lost their jobs and homes, and were threatened with removal, with many others de

Average house prices in Scotland have increased by close to £25,000 (13.2 per cent) over the last 12 months – the highest rate of all four UK nations. The latest monthly house price index for Scotland from Walker Fraser Steele, Chartered Surveyors also shows:

Turcan Connell are hosting a series of short virtual seminars covering the legal (and other) implications of the evolving market for trading carbon in the UK. These free online seminars will be hosted via Zoom – sign up details below.  Thursday 25th November - 10am to 11am

A new law in Portugal will prevent companies from contacting employees outside of working hours. Due to come into force soon, the law will protect the rights of remote workers and safeguard their family lives.

Junior members of the Scottish bar have cautioned that making remote hearings the default would damage their professional development as advocates, adversely affect their well-being and job satisfaction, and have a knock-on effect on the quality of justice. They made their remarks in the Junior End

Over 100 solicitors and barristers have signed a petition calling on the EU to intervene on Irish criminal lawyers' pay in order to protect the rule of law. The eight-page petition sent to Paolo Gentiloni, the European commissioner for the economy, and seen by our sister publication Irish Legal

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Indonesia: Calls for action over apparent attack on family home of rights lawyer | The Guardian

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld an EU Commission decision to fine Google €2.4 billion for breaches of competition law. It was held that Google had abused a dominant position in the European market by favouring its own comparison shopping service over competing compa

In The Times today, Jamie Greene, the Scottish Conservatives’ shadow justice secretary criticises the new guidelines on sentencing which state that those under 25 should be spared jail, wherever possible. I do not have a problem with that suggestion, but only if the public can be assured that

A Tesco worker who was ridiculed after being trapped in a room by his pregnant female boss and was later sacked has been awarded £50,000 for sex discrimination. Six-foot-tall Toby King told an employment tribunal that supervisors said “a big man” could not be frightened by a &ldquo

SEMLA has teamed up with Burness Paull and Shepherd and Wedderburn on a new programme. The programme will provide an insight into life in law and is designed to help aspiring solicitors gain some of the practical skills and knowledge they need to navigate a pathway to the profession.

Tuesday 16 November 2021 The SYLA was pleased to deliver last month the first of a two-part series focusing on diversity and inclusion within the Scottish legal profession, more specifically, the inclusion of minority ethnic solicitors.