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The law officers of England and Wales have been called to the Bar of Northern Ireland during a visit to Belfast. Lord Hermer is the Attorney General of England and Wales as well as the advocate general of Northern Ireland and chief legal adviser to the UK government on Northern Ireland law.

Pictured (L-R): Govan Law Centre's Sophie McBride, Mike Dailly and Chloe Minto Aberlour Children’s Charity has joined with Govan Law Centre (GLC) to call upon MSPs to make changes to the way public debt is collected in Scotland.

A watchdog has called for case studies concerning the use of age assessments in the asylum process. The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has commenced an inspection of the Home Office’s use of age assessments.

Businesses in Scotland are experiencing “significant challenges” in exporting goods to the EU as a result of considerable non-tariff barriers which have arisen due to the post-Brexit UK-EU trading relationship, according to a new report by Holyrood's Constitution, Europe, External Affair

The Edinburgh Tax Network, in conjunction with CIOT and Terra Firma Chambers, will present a seminar entitled ‘Gross Division & Net Proportionality in Estates – re Ratcliffe & re Benham revisited’ at the Mackenzie Building, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh on Thursday 26 Septe

Disney is being sued over its use of CGI to "resurrect" the late Peter Cushing in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Mr Cushing played Grand Moff Tarkin in the original 1977 Star Wars, in which he gives the order to destroy Princess Leia's home planet of Alderaan using the formidable Death Star.

A senior banker who stole almost £18,000 from the accounts of an elderly, dementia-stricken customer has been imprisoned for 13 months. Stephen Barr, 38, of Aberdeen, deliberately targeted the 81-year-old widower because he knew he was vulnerable and confused.

Lawyers at Lindsays have sat down with one of Scotland’s leading broadcasters to help talk people through the impact of life-shaping decisions. Insight and advice on how to manage a range of important personal legal moments – including marriage, separation and ensuring your wishes are fo

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the National Crime Agency (NCA) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) that sets out how both organisations will cooperate to improve the UK’s cyber resilience. The aim of this work is to ensure that organisations across the

Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC has vowed to continue tackling the serious and damaging crime of coercive control in domestic abuse cases. Ms Charteris made the pledge following the publication of data on domestic abuse and stalking charges in Scotland.

Professor Anne-Maree Farrell, chair of medical jurisprudence at Edinburgh Law School, will be welcomed as a fellow to the Academy of Social Sciences this autumn. She is one of 45 social scientists to be selected, joining 1,600 other fellows from academia, the public, private and third sectors.

Young academics have been awarded funding by the Scottish Universities Law Institute (SULI). SULI publishes Scots law texts for practitioners, academics and texts, and in recent years it has established early career fellowships (ECR) and post graduate research (PGR) scholarships to support research

Members of an exclusive Disney club have lost a legal bid to be re-admitted after allegations one of them was drunk in public. Scott and Diana Anderson, both 60, visited Disney's two Anaheim theme parks in California 60 to 80 times a year and paid dues of $31,500. The couple were spending close to $

Blackadders LLP has recruited seven new trainees to the firm’s training programme.

Apple must pay €13.77 billion in tax arrears and interest to Ireland after losing a long-running EU court battle with the European Commission. Both Apple and Ireland had contested the European Commission's 2016 decision that Apple had been granted unlawful aid which Ireland is required to recov