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Child sexual abuse victims will be able to more easily bring historic claims through the civil courts in England and Wales under new UK government plans. At present, child sexual abuse claims must be brought within three years of the claimant turning 18 unless the court grants an extension, which re

Edinburgh Napier Law Society and Law Clinic will present a conference next month on the use of AI technology in the Scottish legal sector.

The governing Council for the Law Society of Scotland has been bolstered with the appointment of four new members, along with the reappointment of six others. Following a nomination period, the new faces joining Council are:

A man from Aberdeen has been jailed for seven years after raping a young woman almost a decade ago. Alisdair Euan Randalls was convicted at the High Court in Aberdeen on April 11.

A police department is being sued after making jail inmates pay for ice cream, candyfloss and laser tag for staff and their families. Black Hawk County Sheriff's Department in Waterloo, Iowa is among US police departments which controversially bill arrestees for the cost of their stay in jail.

Georgia's parliament has adopted controversial legislation targeting foreign-funded organisations despite weeks of street protests involving tens of thousands of people. The Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, which has also been dubbed "the Russian law" due to its purported resemblance to Rus

A pilot scheme will see guards given body cameras in Scottish prisons. Prison staff in HMP Barlinnie, HMP Low Moss, and HMP Perth are to use cameras for the next six months.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Thomas Cochrane. The 52-year-old died on the evening of Monday 21 January 2019 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary after being found unconscious in the r

Holyrood has unanimously approved legislation giving Scottish ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings which have unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided. The Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill will allow the creation of a Cladding Assurance Register whi

Scotland’s legal sector has shown its ongoing commitment to aspiring lawyers from disadvantaged backgrounds with the generous donations made at the Law Society of Scotland’s annual dinner.

Pictured (L-R): Harbani Kohli, Sara Akram (of Strathclyde University), Sheriff Principal Anwar, Hannah Nibloe and Niamh Crossan (of Glasgow Caledonian University)) A team from Strathclyde University won the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow's annual mooting competition, presided over by Sherif

Sub-postmasters wrongly convicted as a result of the faulty Horizon IT system will automatically be exonerated under proposed legislation introduced at Holyrood. Those whose convictions are quashed under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Bill will then be able to access the UK gov

Brodies LLP has advised on a £100 million joint credit facility to transform Ardersier Port in Inverness-shire into a major energy transition facility. Haventus, the energy transition facility provider and owner of Ardersier Port, secured an investment of £50 million each from the U

Irwin Mitchell has recruited an experienced partner to spearhead its complex personal injury team in Scotland. Kim Leslie joins the firm from Digby Brown. She is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law and is a Fellow of the Association of Personal Injury Law

The UK government's controversial Rwanda scheme is in question after a court ruled that legislation providing for the deportation of asylum seekers cannot be enforced in Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland's High Court yesterday ruled that certain provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 constitu