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Perth | 27 April | 10am - 3pm | 3 hours' CPD On April 1 the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 came into force. There will be new challenges for Christians seeking to express their faith in the public square.

The mayor of a small Italian island is offering free goats to anyone who can remove them from the island. Alicudi, a tiny island off the coast of Sicily, is said to be overrun by wild goats — with around 600 goats to 100 human residents, CNN reports.

Thomas Mitchell has been promoted to partner at RTA LAW LLP. Jodi Gordon, RTA LAW staff partner, said: Thomas has been working with the firm for over ten years and dedicated his career to representing vulnerable road users.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has signed onto a new international multilateral agreement with the Global Cooperation Arrangement for Privacy Enforcement (Global CAPE) to cooperate in cross-border data protection and privacy enforcement. As part of the Global CAPE, the ICO will be

Scottish salmon is to gain a new protected geographical indication (PGI) by the end of this month, following a decision by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). The strict geographical designation will be "the coastal region of mainland Scotland, Western Isles, Orkney, and

A social housing solicitor from Shakespeare Martineau has become qualified in Scotland. Ellis Pugh advises social housing providers, charities, social enterprises and other not-for-profit and for-profit organisations on matters including corporate governance, mergers, restructuring, collaborative wo

A deal has been struck to fund legal cases of people who fall foul of Scotland's new hate crime laws. The Free Speech Union (FSU), a UK-wide organisation, has signed a deal with Levy & McRae to deal with cases arising from the controversial Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.

The Tumbling Lassie committee is delighted to welcome you to an evening talk with Richard Blake, on the life of John Grant, who was the chief justice of Jamaica from 1783 to 1790. Grant was born in Invernesshire. He travelled as a young teenager to Nova Scotia, and then on to Jamaica. His manuscript

Join Edinburgh Law School for an Alumni & Friends Discussion with Professors Jo Shaw, Salvesen chair of European Institutions and head of Edinburgh Law School, and Niamh Nic Shuibhne, professor of European Union Law, to explore the question: ‘Do the fundamentals of EU law still matter?&rsq

Five members of a notorious serious organised crime gang who ran a massive drugs trafficking empire in Inverclyde have been jailed for a total of 31 years and eight months. Lee Docherty, 37, Ian Millar, 39, Brendan Gillan, 32, his father Daniel Gillan, 60, and Christopher McKellar, 44, pled guilty t

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Israel strike that killed 106 people in Gaza ‘apparent war crime’: Probe

Three former UK Supreme Court judges have joined hundreds of senior lawyers in calling on the UK government to immediately suspend arms sales to Israel because of a "serious risk of genocide". Former Supreme Court president Baroness Hale of Richmond, Lord Sumption and Lord Wilson are among the highe

TLT has advised Aberdeen-headquartered engineered leak sealing solution specialist Kinetics Controls and Innovation Limited (KCI) on the transfer of its entire shareholding to an employee ownership trust (EOT). TLT’s corporate team provided legal advice on all aspects of the transfer of shareh

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace (RCCW) has announced a number of promotions at the firm.

An attempt to overturn an anti-gay law has been rejected by Uganda's constitutional court. “We decline to nullify the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023 in its entirety, neither will we grant a permanent injunction against its enforcement,” said Justice Richard Buteera, the country's deputy chi