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The Sheriff Appeal Court has dismissed an appeal against a sheriff’s refusal to allow a pursuer to amend proceedings against a loan provider arising from alleged misrepresentations by a solar panel installer to add his wife as a party, after ruling that she was correct to conclude that the pro

Orkney solicitor and smaller law firm owner Serena Sutherland has begun her term as president of the Law Society of Scotland. Ms Sutherland succeeded Patricia Thom as president at a meeting of the Council of the Law Society in Edinburgh on Friday. She becomes the Law Society’s 63rd president a

Gibson Kerr has secured what is believed to be the first-ever enforcement of a Scottish court order for child aliment in the United Arab Emirates, a result now confirmed as final after the opposing party's appeal to the UAE's highest available court was formally refused. The case concerned a Scottis

Amey, in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service (SPS), has expanded its Unlocking Future Connections programme to Scotland’s largest prison, HMP Barlinnie, to "help reduce reoffending by supporting people leaving custody into employment". The initiative forms part of a nationwide program

Delegates were welcomed to the Judicial Institute in Parliament House for the Joint UK Lands Tribunals Conference. The two-day programme included sessions on compensation matters, infrastructure rights, telecoms valuation, land registration, valuation case studies, easements and servitudes, an

Legal reforms designed to curb the abusive use of SLAPPs are insufficient to stop the rich and powerful trying to block freedom of speech, a new study warns. Measures in the USA, UK and the EU to stop 'strategic lawsuits against public participation' do not address the deep-seated inadequacies in th

The WS Society welcomed 55 new members across all categories at its May diet of admission, including 17 new Writers to the Signet. 

Police in the US state of Nebraska responding to reports of gunfire attended the scene only to find that the perpetrator was a dog. Officers in Scottsbluff found a truck with damage to one of its doors and a woman suffering minor injuries after the dog inside the vehicle accidentally discharged a sh

A personal injury sheriff has disapplied Qualified One-Way Costs Shifting in an action arising from a road traffic accident after finding that the conduct of the pursuer’s solicitors in serving an initial writ including fictitious heads of claim without first checking them with their client ha

Our weekly round-up of human rights stories from around the world. US sanctions Tanzanian police official over 'torture' of rights activists

While AI may have some uses in student assessment, relying on it would result in “homogenised” grading that “underestimates brilliance”, according to researchers from Cambridge University. Researchers have used top Generative AI models to grade hundreds of undergraduate essay

The evolving role of pro bono will be unpacked at a free event in Glasgow next month. The in-person event, “Pro Bono Unpacked: Impact, experience and future direction in Scotland”, is open to legal professionals, civil society organisations, community advocates and others with an interes