Plans to transform social care across Scotland will be progressed after the Scottish Parliament approved the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill. Thousands of people with experience of accessing, delivering and receiving social care, social work and community health services have helped co-design the legisl
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A leading defamation lawyer has the world's biggest tech companies in his crosshairs over AI chatbots spreading misinformation. Belfast solicitor Paul Tweed, founder of WP Tweed & Co, told our sister publication Irish Legal News that his firm already has "a broad range of clients who have consul
Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity in north-east Nigeria are still being neglected by the country’s authorities, one year after Amnesty International’s report and launch of the #EmpowerOurGirls campaign. In June 2024, Amnesty International published 'Help us build our
Fearless, the youth service of independent charity Crimestoppers, has launched a new Scotland-wide education resource, aimed at helping young people better understand, recognise and respond to sextortion. The launch at Meldrum Academy in Aberdeenshire marks a key milestone in Fearless’ s
More than 2,000 blades, alongside guns, ammunition and other weapons, were confiscated at Scottish court buildings over the past year, newly released figures show. Data obtained by the Daily Record through a freedom of information request reveals that security staff intercepted thousands of weapons
One of the world’s foremost experts in forensic investigation will deliver a public lecture at the University of Dundee later this month exploring how science and technology are used in criminal investigations. Dr Sheila Willis, former director general of Forensic Science Ireland, will deliver
The International Bar Association (IBA) has condemned new sanctions against International Criminal Court judges by the US as an attack against the global rule of law and the independence of judges. IBA president Jaime Carey said: "Since its founding in 1947, the IBA has endeavoured to protect and ad
The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that two residential landlords were not in breach of occupiers’ liability legislation as a result of their tenant’s children falling into a scalding hot bath she had run for herself. Appellant NM raised an
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. DRC: M23 rebels executed at least 21 civilians in Goma, Human Rights Watch says
The average selling price of property across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders during March-May 2025 was £283,335, 3.6 per cent higher than the same time last year. The most expensive region to buy a property was Edinburgh, with an average price of £301,077, while the most af
A pedestrian safety activist is facing a criminal trial after making his own crossing with chalk. Charlottesville, Virginia man Kevin Cox used what he said was spray chalk to create a makeshift pedestrian crossing at an intersection where a fatal accident took place last October.
Kennedys, which has offices in Edinburgh and Glasgow, has reported 13 per cent growth with a record revenue of £428 million for the financial year ended 30 April 2025. This marks the 11th consecutive year of growth at Kennedys, signalling further global expansion across the firm’s region
Dame Vera Baird DBE KC has been appointed as interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), the body which investigates potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The CCRC has not had a chairperson since January, when Helen Pitcher KC OBE resigned amid t
The Law Society of Scotland’s Client Protection Fund is working well but there should be more lay members on its sub-committee, according to a report from the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC). The society has a duty to provide a grant-making fund to protect clients who have lost mon
A US state has passed legislation banning weather-modifying "chemtrails", which do not exist. Scientists have long debunked conspiracy theories about chemicals being secretly dispersed in the sky using aircraft.
