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A draft law has been approved by the Spanish government that would let children as young as 14 change their legal gender with no medical diagnosis. The bill has been prepared by the country's Equality Ministry, led by the left-wing Podemos party, and would permit people 16 and over to change their n

Members of the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) are invited to respond to a survey on their preferred option for the distribution of the remainder of the Scottish government's resilience fund. The government, which has paid out £2.3m of the £9.5m fund, has sought the opini

A group established by four Scottish law firms to benefit clients and lawyers by creating free, standardised template documents to streamline the process for buying, selling and leasing property in Scotland is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The Property Standardisation Group (PSG) launched in 200

Businesses could soon face a deluge of legal actions brought against them over greenhouse gas emissions due to advances in climate science, according to experts. In excess of 1,500 legal actions have already been initiated against fossil fuel companies which have played a major role in carbon emissi

Jersey is to legalise assisted dying after a citizens’ jury voted in favour of a change in the law. Last week, 78 per cent of a citizens' jury that was convened on the issue said that terminally ill islanders should be able to seek help to end their life.

The High Court has ordered the UK government to pay 75 per cent of the Good Law Project's costs in its successful legal challenge against Michael Gove for the unlawful award of a contract to associates of his and Dominic Cummings at Public First.  The government had planned to ask for permissio

A new campaign has been launched today by the Attorney General, Michael Ellis QC MP, warning of the legal consequences of prejudicing the judicial process via social media. The Attorney General’s Office’s #ThinkBeforeYouPost campaign aims to highlight the dangers of committing conte

Measures no longer necessary to support the ongoing public health response will be removed from the Scottish Coronavirus Acts after Holyrood approved their expiration. The Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Bill was voted for by MSPs after three days of scrutiny.

Deliveroo has succeeded in its employment case in the Court of Appeal. The IWGB union had brought a case seeking employee status for Deliveroo couriers but judges upheld the rulings of the inferior courts that riders are self-employed.

Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray MP has called on the UK government to support a judge-led inquiry into the handling of Covid-19 in Scotland. At Scotland Questions in the House of Commons, Mr Murray said grieving families deserve answers from both governments after a catalogue of mistakes during

The inquiry into undercover policing operations in England and Wales has referred the first suspected miscarriages of justice identified through its investigations to a dedicated panel set up by the Home Office. The case, involving 12 individuals, relates to an incident on 12 May 1972 when political

The Press and Journal has published an obituary of Alan McNiven, who has passed away at the age of 70. "One of the leading figures in Scotland’s legal community, Alan McNiven, has died aged 70 after a long fight against a form of Parkinson’s disease."

An educational initiative teaching school pupils oral advocacy skills is looking for legal tutors. The School Mock Court Case Project runs an educational programme through a UK and worldwide inter-school competition that sees school children argue a mock trial in a real court in front of a sheriff.

Legal experts have agreed on a definition of the crime of 'ecocide', which they hope will be adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The draft law defines the offence as “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and widespread

Three Scottish law schools have been included in the top 10 of the Complete University Guide's 2021 rankings for law. Cambridge and Oxford took first and second place respectively, followed by UCL in third and LSE in fourth.