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A charity working to prevent gender-based violence at colleges and universities will receive more than £200,000 from the Scottish government this year. EmilyTest, which was set up in memory of undergraduate law student Emily Drouet, helps to promote equality and tackle violence against women a

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An optician's shop called the "Spex Pistols" has been forced to rebrand following legal action from the punk band that inspired their name. The store in Dundee has changed its name and logo after more than 15 years, The Courier reports.

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The Law Society of Scotland has warned a Holyrood inquiry of a looming ‘cliff edge’ for legal aid provision, with action urgently needed to ensure access to justice. Pat Thom, co-convener of the Law Society’s Legal Aid Committee, gave evidence this morning to the Equalities, Human

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Journalists have again called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli soldiers three years ago. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) t

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The High Court in London has begun hearing a legal challenge to the UK's continued supply of F-35 fighter jet components to Israel. The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) and Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq allege that the UK government is breaking both domestic and international law by

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Researchers who set the cat among the pigeons when they claimed to have evidence that Wikipedia was influencing judicial decision-making in Ireland have said they stand by their findings. The original research paper, published in summer 2022, presented the researchers' findings that creating a

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Solicitor Ben Kemp has been appointed to become the new chief executive officer of the Law Society of Scotland. Mr Kemp will join the Law Society in August from the professional body which represents and regulates actuaries, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), where he has worked primaril

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Chess has been provisionally banned by the Taliban as a form of gambling. The move, based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law, has disappointed chess players in Afghanistan, where the competitive sport was said to be undergoing a resurgence prior to the Taliban's return to power.

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