Callum Sinclair, Ishbel MacPherson and Michael Horowitz discuss the latest in AI regulation following a major summit. A UK diplomatic success was announced on 1 November 2023 at Bletchley Park, the birthplace of modern computation, with the signing of the Bletchley Declaration, and the first interna
Search: Scottish syndicate purchased land 1901 for £5000
Prison governors have written to MSPs over "significant concerns" about the rising number of inmates in Scotland. Natalie Beal, chair of the Prison Governors’ Association Scotland (PGAS), said staff were under "significant strain" and called for "urgent mitigation".
"A" Company of the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (9th Brigade, 3rd Division) on 22 August, 1914, resting in the square at Mons, Belgium, the day before the Battle of Mons. Minutes after this photo was taken the company moved into position at Nimy on the bank of the Mons-Condé Canal. Lord Mul
An examination of Scotland’s equality and human rights landscape over the last five years has been published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The Equality and Human Rights Monitor report assesses the state of equality and human rights across Britain. Specific findings from S
More than 1,070 members of the legal profession have called on the UK government to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the West Bank and to take urgent steps to ensure the UK government does not violate international humanitarian law or aid or assist its violation by others. The letter, or
Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP has announced the appointment of Sarah-Jane Macdonald as a partner at its Edinburgh office.
The Law Society of Scotland has announced further steps in response to the escalating climate crisis, seeking to act and lead change across the legal sector. On Friday the Law Society’s governing Council passed a resolution formally setting out the society’s strong commitment to climate
Criminals have been prevented from fraudulently withdrawing around £29 million from bank accounts over the last five years, according to a report into serious organised crime in Scotland. The report by Scotland’s Serious Organised Crime Taskforce (SOCT) updates on the success of the Bank
Digital assets and the legal framework surrounding them will be the focus of a new research project funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE). A team from the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Commercial Law consisting of Dr Burcu Yüksel Ripley, Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Luci Care
Fife firm Innes Johnston LLP has become a wellbeing pioneer after attending the first resilience workshop of its kind to be officially accredited in Scotland.
Edinburgh council short-term let planning permission policy change did not have retrospective effect
A lord ordinary has ruled that a decision of the City of Edinburgh Council to designate the whole of the city as a short-term let control area did not have retrospective effect after a challenge was brought by the director of a company that owned properties used for secondary short-term lets and ano
The rules on placing transgender criminals in women's jails have been tightened. Transgender women will not be permitted to transfer to the female estate if they have been convicted of “any offences that perpetrate violence against a female that results in physical, sexual, or psychological ha
Strathclyde Law School has announced a number of appointments in the areas of human rights, public and administrative law. Katie Boyle has joined from the University of Stirling. She is professor of human rights law and social justice. Her research addresses legalisation of economic and social right
The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by a housing developer against a sheriff’s summary decree ordering it to pay £100,000 to a local authority as part of an agreement concerning a local housing development the authority granted it planning permission for. Guild Homes (Tayside)