A landmark EU court ruling on legal gender recognition "double underlines" the incompatibility of the UK Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland with EU law, meaning it cannot be implemented in Northern Ireland, our sister publication Irish Legal News has been told. The Court of Justice of the Eu
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A former manager at Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) controversial Global Restructuring Group (GRG) has pleaded guilty to bribery and extortion after accepting £274,811 in corrupt payments from customers in exchange for preferential treatment of their businesses. Stuart Holloway, 48, of Bury, Gr
Payments made from Ireland's mother and baby institutions payment scheme to UK-based survivors are to be disregarded in means tests for benefits across the United Kingdom. The Irish and UK governments jointly announced the measure on Friday following a sustained campaign for an extension to the UK o
Legislation regulating assisted dying raises profound ethical, legal, and clinical questions, writes James Bundy.
An appeal under section 11 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992 by a dentist found to be unsuitable to provide NHS dental services on the basis that he exploited the Scottish government’s emergency payment scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic has been refused by the Inner House of the Court
New findings from Bank of Scotland’s Business Barometer show that AI is helping Scottish firms work more efficiently and unlock new opportunities for growth. Scottish businesses integrating AI into their operations are reporting significant financial benefits, with 96 per cent seeing increased
An e-bike cyclist who killed an elderly man while riding on the pavement has been sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment suspended for two years for his manslaughter in what is thought to be the first case of its kind in the country. Clifford Cage was riding an e-bike along City Way in Rochester on 6
The University of Aberdeen Mooting Society will host the finals of the Main Faculty Moot on 19 March. This year’s competition will be judged by Michael D Anderson KC, a graduate of the university and an experienced criminal advocate who was called to the bar in 2006 and took silk in 2022. 
A sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a mechanical fitter who sustained fatal injuries when he became entangled in the bar of a boring machine has concluded that the accident could have been avoided if his employer had increased the frequency with which it conducted safety
In one of Scotland’s first court cases on the legality of covert monitoring of employees in the workplace, the pursuer, a leading firm of immigration law advisors, conducted extensive surveillance to expose an alleged client-poaching ring amongst its senior in-house solicitor, the first defend
An Australian court has reversed pop singer Katy Perry's triumph over fashion designer Katie Perry in a trademark dispute. Katie Perry initially won when she sued the singer for trademark infringement in 2023 – but the ruling was overturned on appeal in 2024.
Ukraine's top court has dismissed a challenge to a ruling which recognised a same-sex couple as a de facto family. Human rights campaigners have welcomed the outcome in the case, which concerned a Ukrainian diplomat posted to Israel and his partner, a civil society activist.
Stephen McGee, the chief executive of Scottish Friendly, is steering one of the UK’s oldest mutuals into its most transformative chapter in decades. To say that recent and planned developments are seismic would be to state – or rather understate – the obvious. To say that recent an
