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Fragmented ownership, chronic underinvestment, and slow legislative progress are pushing thousands of tenements into deepening disrepair, but with cross-party and cross-sector support for compulsory owners' associations and building reserve funds, a potential positive future could be around the cor

The Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL) held a seminar on contemporary developments in International Energy Law last month.

A statutory public inquiry into covert surveillance of journalists in Northern Ireland should be launched following fresh revelations from a tribunal, campaigners have said. Amnesty International said damaging disclosures at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal last week revealed that the PSNI, the Met

The Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee has published the findings of its inquiry on options for a legal mechanism for triggering any independence referendum. The Scottish and UK governments should negotiate a “clear pathway” allowing Scotland to exercise its dem

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has been charged with drugs offences after telling a podcast he once took ecstasy decades ago. The controversial left-wing politician and leader of the MeRA25 party said he had tried ecstasy in Australia in 1989 but was discouraged from doing so again a

Recorded wildlife crime offences in Scotland have risen and dipped in recent years, new figures show. Offences increased by 15 per cent between 2022-23 and 2023-24 from 220 to 254 offences, before falling by 27 per cent between 2023-24 and 2024-25 to 186 offences.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 24-year-old Reece Sweeney, who died on 20 June 2023 within HMP Shotts. Mr Sweeney was in legal custody and in the care of the state at the time of his death.

Work by Edinburgh Law School postdoctoral research fellow Dr Jacob Fredrickson has helped inform a theatrical production staging at the historic Old Bailey this March. Justice? Trial and Error will transform Court No 1 in the Old Bailey into a live performance space from 15–19 March 2026, draw

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DWF has advised Glennon Brothers, a third-generation timber processing business, on its acquisition of Pontrilas Group Limited, a sawmill and packaging businesses. The transaction represents a significant strategic expansion for Glennon Brothers and brings together two family-founded and family-owne

A senior judge in Pakistan has been removed from office after it emerged he obtained his law degree through fraud. Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri served on Islamabad High Court for five years before the invalidity of his undergraduate degree at the University of Karachi came to light.

A new law on the creation of deepfake intimate images is among a package of new measures being considered as part of a consultation.

The Scottish Land Commission has today published a policy roadmap as the culmination of its ScotLand Futures initiative, setting out how Scotland can "go further" in reforming the ownership and use of land. The roadmap draws on engagement through the ScotLand Futures initiative, with more than 1,200

The application of the UK’s family migration rules to UK-EU couples after Brexit is causing family separation and trauma, a new report warns. Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Exeter have uncovered the hardship and hurdles facing families where one partner is from Europe followi

The Law Society of Scotland formally welcomed 113 solicitors to the profession across two ceremonies held in central Edinburgh yesterday, marking a strong start to the year for the Scottish legal sector.