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A man who sued for the right to a personalised licence plate reading "GAY" has finally received it. Ohio man William Saki took legal action against the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) after he was told the word "gay" had been banned on custom plates since 1996.

The former staff of a bakery that went bust have won almost £1 million in compensation. Employees at Mortons Rolls will get the cash after winning a court case against the UK government over their redundancy payouts.

Dentons has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) new RM6360 Legal Panel for Government framework. The six lots Dentons is named on are:

Thompsons Solicitors Scotland has been named Litigation Team of the Year at the Herald Law Awards of Scotland 2025.

The record for the number of new Scottish solicitor traineeships has been broken for the third time in five years. Law Society of Scotland data shows 796 new traineeships were commenced during the 2024-25 legal practice year through to the end of October.

An assault on the independence of the judiciary in Pakistan has been condemned by the International Bar Association. At the core of the country's new 27th Constitutional Amendment is the creation of a permanent Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) under the newly inserted Part VII of Pakistan’s

Regulatory pressure on Scottish law firms has never been higher. The Law Society of Scotland is ramping up inspections, calling out weak AML/KYC procedures, and demanding fully documented, seamlessly integrated onboarding workflows. With tougher scrutiny on risk assessments, source-of-funds checks a

Femicide is to become a standalone criminal offence in Italy under legislation now backed by the country's parliament. The lower chamber of the Italian parliament gave unanimous backing to the government bill on Tuesday, coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against W

Magna Carta provides justification for restricting jury trials to only the most serious offences, a cabinet minister has claimed, prompting accusations that Labour is “selectively quoting” the charter to defend sweeping proposed reforms. Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime min

New figures show that police recorded 48,564 shoplifting offences, up from 42,271 the previous year. David Lonsdale, Director of the Scottish Retail Consortium, said more had to be done to tackle the problem.

A man has been arrested for allegedly dressing up as his dead mother in order to claim her pension while hiding her mummified body at home. Police in the Italian city of Mantua have released photographs of Graziella Dall’Oglio and her 56-year-old son, who used a wig and makeup to steal her ide

The cost of public inquiries in Scotland has exceeded £250 million, with the bill rising by almost £30m in just nine months. Figures show that between 2007 and September 2025, the total bill for the cost of inquiries was £258.8m.

Sexual crimes were seven per cent higher compared to the year ending September 2024 (increasing from 14,651 to 15,704 crimes), and 12 per cent higher compared to the year ending September 2021 (increasing from 14,052 to 15,704 crimes), new figures from Scotland’s chief statistician show. In th

Legislation to correct an error in law for owners of unoccupied properties’ liability to pay non-domestic rates has been published. The Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Act 2020 devolved to councils the power to provide discounts to owners of unoccupied properties from 1 April 2023.

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