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The Home Office risks another immigration policy scandal if it does not fix crucial problems with the EU Settlement Scheme, the House of Lords EU Justice Sub-Committee has warned in an urgent letter. The committee has written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid raising concerns about the EU Settlement Sch

The Scottish Law Commission’s annual report 2018 is published today. In 2018 the SLC published a report, two discussion papers and a joint consultation paper. It also embarked on the Tenth Programme of law reform. The new programme includes a wide range of work: on family law; on the law of ho

The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has launched a landmark legal challenge before the High Court in London in a bid to extend collective bargaining rights for outsourced workers. The union is alleging that outsourced workers at the University of London are being denied their righ

Scottish law firms can find out more about their financial health by taking part in the Law Society of Scotland's 2019 Financial Benchmarking Survey, which opens today. The survey helps firms of all sizes, from sole practitioner and high street firms to larger commercial firms, assess their financia

Legal experts are to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Scottish Parliament at a seminar in Edinburgh next month. The creation of the Scottish Parliament radically transformed Scotland’s constitutional arrangements, bringing political deliberation, governmental accountability, and la

A legal challenge against Uber's licence to operate in London has failed after judges in the High Court rejected claims of bias. Black cab drivers crowdfunded legal fees to argue that Uber's 15-month permit was decided by a magistrate who had a conflict of interest, which “tainted by actu

The UK has been ordered to give the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius "as rapidly as possible" after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled British occupation of the archipelago was illegal, The Guardian reports. The British retained possession of the islands after Mauritius gained independen

Scottish courts would impose tougher sentences on criminals who target the elderly under proposed laws. Adults with dementia or chronic illnesses will be given new protections to prevent their mistreatment.

The public must be engaged if Scotland moves to an opt-out organ donation system, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The society, commenting ahead of the Scottish Parliament debate on proposals to move to an “opt-out” system for organ donation, has called for greater public aware

Crown Court prosecutors' fees are worse than the wages at McDonald's, a senior barrister has said. Barristers who take instructions from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) are to attend a rally next week to consider action that would bring trials to a standstill, The Times reports.

A California man wrongfully convicted of murder has been awarded $21 million as compensation for being imprisoned for 38 years, in what is believed to be the longest jail term overturned in the state's history. Craig Coley, 71, a Vietnam war veteran was jailed in 1978 for the killing of his ex-partn

A police force that rejected a potential recruit on the basis he is a white heterosexual male has been found guilty of discrimination by an employment tribunal. Matthew Furlong, 25, applied to join Cheshire Police in 2017 and was told at interview that it was "refreshing to meet someone as well prep

The Eurasian or European beaver will be added to the list of European Protected Species of Animals, protected under Scots law. This means that from 1 May 2019 shooting will only be allowed under licence, which will be managed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). All licenses will be issued in accorda

The philosophical question of what constitutes a sandwich has found its way into a legal context. An article for the Minnesota Law Review looks at a recent American case in which the definition of a sandwich was contested.

Advances in technology used in automated vehicles could make it impossible to identify the cause of accidents involving them, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. Research aims to produce self-driving vehicles which “think” for themselves, but their reasoning processes will likely be