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Workers in China have been caught tricking a facial recognition system for clocking in by printing out and wearing crude masks of their colleagues. Staff members employed at a residents' committee in the eastern Chinese city of Wenzhou allegedly used the novel technique to skip work until they were

A sheriff has allowed a claim by two landowners against their neighbour, whom they averred harmed the wedding business on their land by performing extensive excavation work next to it, to proceed on the basis of pure economic loss based on an intentional or reckless delict of nuisance, but excluded

Following influencing activity from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland, pharmacists will be able to choose whether to participate in assisted dying in Scotland according to their conscience, if the draft legislation becomes law. RPS holds a neutral position on assisted dying. One of

WildFish is highlighting serious public-interest concerns following over 200 appeals lodged by salmon-farming companies against new Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) licence conditions designed to regulate sea-lice impacts from fish farms. These mass appeals have had the effect of freezi

Freeths has strengthened its Glasgow office with the appointment of corporate partner Louise Mahon, following a year of substantial growth for the firm in Scotland. She joins from Morton Fraser MacRoberts. Ms Mahon brings over 20 years of experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, investments,

Stirling MSP Evelyn Tweed has called for a fundamental shift in the Scottish Housing Regulator’s (SHR) use of informal interventions, arguing that the practice lacks transparency, sits outside the statutory framework, and is detrimental to effective housing regulation in Scotland. During a det

Media mogul Jimmy Lai's conviction for sedition and conspiracy is "a stain on a once enviable Hong Kong legal system", his lawyers have said. Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC leads the international legal team presenting Mr Lai, convicted under the controversial National Security Law (NSL) imposed on Hong K

Scottish Legal News is asking readers whether Employment Judge Alexander Kemp, whose judgment in S Peggie v Fife Health Board and Dr B Upton contains fabricated quotations, should be investigated? So far, the Judicial Office, a branch of the UK civil service which supports non-devolved tribunals acr

Applications for permission to appeal (PTA) to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland (UTS) frequently raise questions about the boundary between fact and law and the scope of the arguability test. These issues appear across Scotland’s tribunal system where appeals proceed only on points of law. Ahsa

A lawyer who woke up handcuffed with $75,000 in debt is suing a Las Vegas casino for allowing him to gamble while incapacitated. Tax attorney Michael Duke Thomson, 64, claims he cannot remember racking up the astronomical bill in the Aria Resort & Casino, The Independent reports.

Criminal barristers in Northern Ireland are to fully withdraw from all Crown Court cases early next year in a significant escalation of an ongoing dispute over legal aid fees.

The establishment of a 'lived experience board' is among the proposals made by Susanne Tanner KC in a new report on the way in which the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) deals with sexual offences. The review of the approach of the Crown Office to these cases was commissioned by Lo

Social media platform Reddit has launched legal proceedings aimed at overturning Australia's landmark ban on social media for under-16s. Australia's Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 took effect last week, requiring designated platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent u

The FCA has fined Nationwide Building Society £44 million for inadequate anti-financial crime systems and controls between October 2016 to July 2021. During this period, Nationwide had ineffective systems for keeping up-to-date due diligence and risk assessments for all its personal current ac