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A woman was arrested after allegedly telling police she worked for the CIA, while wearing a hat that said "FBI". Police were called to a petrol station in South Bend in the US state of Indiana after a woman showed up and tried to access their CCTV footage.

A complete redrafting of the UK's immigration rules would increase legal certainty and save almost £70 million over ten years, the Law Commission has said. The law reform body for England and Wales, which published its report on Simplifying the Immigration Rules today, noted that the Immigrati

A woman who claimed she was repeatedly raped by her late stepfather is suing the executor of his estate for damages in a landmark case. The woman’s stepbrother, the executor of the estate, argued that the action should not be allowed to proceed because it would not be possible for fair hearing

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber has awarded £18,000 in damages to a tenant who was unlawfully evicted from his Glasgow flat in 2015, the first decision of its kind to come out of the FtT. Dambaru Baral raised the action in September 2018 against his landl

DWF advised on 68 corporate deals in the first half of the financial year, compared with 61 deals a year earlier, the firm has said. Technology remained DWF's most active business sector with 20 deals advised on but there was also a marked increase in the number of deals completed in the energy and

A Holyrood committee has expressed discontent after the Scottish government breached parliamentary rules to allow new electronic monitoring devices to be used due to a shortage in the number of tags available to meet demand. The Scottish Parliament’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee w

The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA), in conjunction with the Law Society of Scotland, is holding a roundtable discussion on the issues raised in the recent survey on retention of young lawyers in the Scottish legal profession. The survey found that over 60 per cent of young lawyers survey

Knowledge about land ownership and plans for land use differ between rural and urban communities, a Scottish Land Commission survey has found. The commission carried out two surveys last year, one for landowners and one for communities, to establish a baseline understanding of the level of awar

The change in regulation of short-term lets could see more properties come to market and help alleviate demand, according to ESPC. After the results of a consultation last year revealed wide support for regulation of short-term lets, the Scottish government announced increased powers for local

The legality of Police Scotland's controversial 'cyber kiosks', which will be rolled out next week despite the Justice Secretary's expectation they will attract a legal challenge, has been questioned by a civil liberties expert. Dr Nick McKerrell, senior lecturer in law at Glasgow Caledonian Univers

Rangers manager Steven Gerrard has succeeded in a legal fight with two sportswear firms who attempted to block his clothing range. Mr Gerrard launched a menswear line in 2018 called SGG Apparel, consisting of polo shirts, hooded tops and jackets.

A man has asked a judge to let him resolve a dispute with his ex-wife and her lawyer through "trial by combat" with samurai swords. David Ostrom, 40, told the court that he could secure the Japanese swords within 12 weeks to allow for the trio to "resolve our disputes on the field of battle".

Thu, 20 February 202017:30 – 20:00 Did you know that the average size of a women’s pension pot at 65 is 1/5 the size of a man’s?

Harper Macleod has won a competitive tender to be appointed as principal adviser to Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS), the country’s biggest landowner, on a wide range of legal services. The appointment means that Harper Macleod has continuously advised the government body responsible for manag

Draft legislation has been laid before Parliament to allow cameras in courts in England and Wales for the first time. The Crown Court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020 will allow cameras to broadcast the sentencing remarks of High Court and senior circuit judges in some of the most high-profil