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A county court in Alabama has recognised foetuses as having legal rights, in what is reportedly the first case of its kind in the US. A decision of the Madison County Probate Court recognised that an aborted foetus had personhood, allowing its father to sue the abortion clinic and others involved in

The legal smoking age would rise from 18 to 21 under new proposals being considered by the Scottish government, The Herald reports. The government will host a conference this year to discuss the increase as part of its aim to create a ‘tobacco-free generation’ by 2034.

A Holyrood committee is seeking views on the operation of Scotland's freedom of information legislation. The Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee (PAPLS) is undertaking post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 .

Rape prosecutions have declined to their lowest rate in more than five years, The Guardian reports. Figures reveal that a third of the 2,310 rape cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) between April and September of last year saw charges brought.

A House of Lords committee has drawn special attention to the UK-Ireland Convention on Social Security. The convention seeks to roll over certain social security rights enjoyed by UK and Irish citizens, currently protected by EU law, including rights of free movement.

Women’s rights are increasingly more likely to be incorporated into peace processes, research carried out at Edinburgh University shows. Researchers from the Political Settlement Research Project (PSRP) developed an online tool that charts the progress of peace agreements since the end of the

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has been selected as one of five case studies of good practice published last week by the Ethical Standards Commissioner. The SLCC was recognised for using facilitated diversity enhancing workshops and tools to improve decision making as well as for co

The laws on cohabitation in Scotland are problematic and disadvantageous to vulnerable and grieving people, according to a report by the Law Society of Scotland. Published today, Rights of cohabitants calls for a full review of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006.

Tributes have been paid to Dundee solicitor Malcolm Farquhar who has passed away at the age of 63, the Evening Telegraph reports. Mr Farquhar joined Thorntons in 2005 following the firm's merger with Scott & Soutar.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may ban some methods used by brokers to reward car dealers, who overcharge an estimated 560,000 customers to the tune of £300 million a year, Reuters reports.

Staff from the Aberdeen office of Balfour+Manson have been raising funds for its nominated charity of the year, the Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Around £1,700 was recently handed over to the charity which was raised from a number of activities. The most challenging of

A legal inquiry into whether people with mental health conditions, cognitive impairments and conditions including autism are experiencing discrimination in the criminal justice system has been launched by the Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The inquiry will focus on the accused person

The Law Society of Scotland is to carry out research on access to legal advice and services in Scotland following a decade of austerity. The Law Society’s Access to Justice Committee is undertaking two projects which will examine the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), which allows pe

The UK Supreme Court will sit in Wales for the first time in July 2019. The court will sit in the Ty Hywel building in the National Assembly in Cardiff for four days of hearings from 22-25 July 2019, whilst the Assembly is in recess.

Governments and organisations which collect people’s data should work together to create good practice standards for managing it, according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to a UK Parliament inquiry into whether new safeguards are required to regulate the use of personal data b