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Poland's top judge turned up for work today in rejection of a new law forcing numerous members of the senior judiciary to retire early. Chief Justice Malgorzata Gersdorf, 65, had been told to step down from her post at midnight on Tuesday and make way for her replacement.

The lack of a coherent approach to exercising duty of care to detained persons in England and Wales is leading to at least some people being unfairly imprisoned, a new report says.The annual report of Lay Observers for England and Wales sets out failings in the care of people hel

The Supreme Court has clarified the use of closed material procedure under section 6 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, an issue raised in Belhaj and another v Director of Public Prosecutions and another. The appellants allege that they were abducted and mistreated by agents of foreign gover

On Sunday the 1st of July members of Blackadders set out on a 10K penguin march from Discovery point to the Maggies Centre in Dundee.

A retired judge stars in a short film produced by a non-profit immigration law firm to highlight the reality of unaccompanied migrant children facing deportation proceedings in US courts. It draws attention to the sharp rise in the number of migrant children appearing in court with no family, repres

An exam board has been slapped with a record £175,000 fine after confusing the Montagues and the Capulets in an English exam paper.Almost 15,000 school pupils were asked to answer a question about "Tybalt's hatred of the Capulets" in Shakespeare's classic Romeo and Juliet, even though the

Nine former Chilean soldiers have been jailed for their role in the murder of folk singer Victor Jara during the 1973 coup.Eight men have been found guilty of murder, while a ninth has been found guilty of accessory to murder.Hugo Sánchez Marmonti, Raúl Jofré Gonz

What a difference a few months makes. In April the press was full of the possibility that Paris Saint Germain (PSG) might be found guilty of breaching the financial fair play allegations and face the possibility that they might be excluded from participation in the Champions League. Fast forward a f

Wednesday 10 October 20186:00pm - 7:30pmAdam Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh Law School, Old College.

Via @AndrewJMSteven: "Many congratulations to Dr Alisdair MacPherson of @AberdeenUniLaw on his graduation at @UoELawSchool today." Alisdair (centre) is pictured with Professor Kenneth Reid (left) and Dr Andrew Steven himself.

Chris Dun considers the provisions of legislation varying the social housing regime in Scotland. The Housing (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill passed through Stage 3 of the Scottish Parliament on 31 May 2018 by 114 votes to nil. All that is needed now for the bill to become law is Royal Assent which is ex

The judiciary is facing an "unsustainable" recruitment crisis, England and Wales' most senior judge has said. The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett of Maldon, said that for the fourth year in a row, a number of judicial posts would go unfilled and that there was a real prospect of the High Court oper