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A woman whose husband was killed in Kenya has called for the role of the UK government in the "unfair" prosecution and trial of the "innocent" man convicted of killing him to be investigated. Judith Tebbutt, a British tourist kidnapped in Kenya in 2011 with her husband David, who was kille

The number of English and Welsh solicitors applying to join the Irish roll of solicitors has "surged again" in 2018, according to new figures from the Law Society of Ireland. A total of 601 solicitors from England and Wales joined the Irish roll in 2018, and 156 more applications are currently being

A revision of the law governing motorsports events has been proposed in an attempt to bring them back to Scotland's roads. Organisers have been unable to secure insurance since three spectators died at the Jim Clark Rally in the Borders three years ago.

A woman found guilty of assaulting another woman to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement by repeatedly punching and kicking her on the head and body after the jury deleted from the libel the words “and strike her head against vivarium and repeatedly strike her on the body with glass&r

Article 50 TEU allows the unilateral revocation of the notification of the intention to withdraw from the EU, according to an Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union.  At the request of various MSPs, MPs and MEPs, the Inner House of the Court of Session, asks the Court of

Advocate Laurence Kennedy has been appointed to the IMPRESS Arbitration Panel. Mr Kennedy, who is also an experienced tribunal judge, is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He started his career as a solicitor in 1995 and called to the bar in 2000.

A doctor has been fined £14,000 for operating an illegal gender identity clinic, where she treated children as young as 12, The Times reports. Helen Webberley, 49, treated children at her home clinic, charging £75 to £150 an hour to patients who sought gender reassignment.

Public authorities have intervened to prevent a French couple from naming their baby boy Griezmann Mbappe after France's two World Cup winners. The couple have been referred to the French public prosecutor, according to the mayor of Brive-la-Gaillarde, a small town in southwest France.

Professor Steven Peers of University of Essex School of Law explains and comments on today's opinion from Advocate General Sánchez-Bordona on the revocability of Article 50. Was sending the Article 50 notification of withdrawal from the EU like jumping off a cliff – impossible to c

Today, Advocate General Manuel Campos Sánchez-Bordona released his 26-page Opinion on the question whether the UK can revoke the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU. His view is that the CJEU should decide that it can and that it should declare that Article 50 of the Treaty

A number of enhancements for users involved in simple procedure litigation are being introduced to the Civil Online system on 13 December 2018. The Court Document Display and Electronic Notification changes will mean that Civil Online users will be able to open, save and print a range of court-gener

A summary sheriff erred in ruling that a mother’s slap to the head of her four-year-old daughter was not likely to cause unnecessary suffering or injury to health so as to constitute an offence under the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937. The Sheriff Appeal Court held that the sum

In the second of a two-part series, Glasgow University Diploma student Poppy Mulligan discusses her Masters degree in the US and her motivations for working on death row. Read the first part here. Masters at Cornell University

Four Latvian men have been sentenced to a total of 19 years and eight months for serious and organised crime offences. Hardijs Langsteins, 37, Maris Kursis, 30, Arvids Civkors, 30, and Aivars Dzagarjans, 38, were all convicted of agreeing to become involved in serious and organised crime by doing th