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A hotly contested debate on the rise of online teaching has sent four schools from across Scotland to the final of this year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament. Pupils from Bearsden Academy, Broxburn Academy, Nairn Academy and Trinity High School saw off competitors in the penultimate

Edinburgh Law School's mooting team won the Stair Society Legal History Moot, which was held at the beginning of March. 

Blackadders LLP has advised the M&D Green Group in its acquisition of nine Scotland-based community pharmacies from Northern Ireland’s largest independent pharmacy operator, Gordons Chemists. The multi-million-pound deal will bring the number of community pharmacies in the family business

A bumbling thief allegedly swallowed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Tiffany jewellery to conceal his crime before admitting he would have been better off throwing them out of a window. Texas man Jaythan Gilder, 32, was invited into the VIP room of a Tiffany & Co. jewellery store after

Aberdein Considine has appointed Nicola Watson as partner in its family law team. Joining from Livingstone Brown, where she was a senior associate, and with 10-plus years’ experience in family law, she will be based in Aberdein Considine’s Glasgow offices.

More than two thirds (68 per cent) of Scottish employers expect costs to rise due to measures in the Employment Rights Bill, with over a fifth (22 per cent) likely to make redundancies as a result, according to research. The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is calling on the U

Albania is to shut down TikTok for 12 months, blaming the social media platform for inciting violence and bullying, especially among children. The country's education minister, Ogerta Manastirliu, said that officials are in contact with TikTok on adding parental controls and age verification as well

Judge Iwasawa Yuji of Japan has been elected as president of the International Court of Justice. His appointment follows Judge Nawaf Salam’s resignation from the presidency on 14 January 2025.

A new book by a Scots lawyer examines comic legal fiction and the role it plays in the public’s understanding of the justice system. Retired judge and professor of law, Peter Robson, has produced a study of all the comic fictional lawyers over the past century, including the most famous, Old B

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of 36-year-old James Stevenson.   Mr Stevenson died on 11 October 2021 at HMP Shotts. He was in legal custody and in the care of the state at the time of his death.  

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US

Legislation has been proposed to reverse a court ruling that held boneless chicken wings could have bones in them. A bill currently before the Ohio Senate would effectively reverse the Ohio Supreme Court's ruling in a headline-making case where a restaurant was held not to be liable for injuring a m

TLT has retained a ‘B’ score for good environmental management, from CDP for the third consecutive year. The CDP is an independent, global non-profit that runs the world’s leading environmental disclosure platform. The most recent disclosure questionnaire featured a number of key c

A lawyer must pay £31,000 to the solicitors’ watchdog after he admitted giving his colleagues disparaging nicknames including “Jabba the Hutt” and “Pol Pot”. Benedict Foster, a former senior solicitor in BNP Paribas’s London offices, was fined £15,000

Police in Glasgow held children in custody for extended periods without recording a reason, inspectors have found. A joint review by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) and Healthcare Improvement Scotland examined custody centres at London Road, Govan, and Cathcart police stations in