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New protections intended to give children safer lives have been finalised by Ofcom today. More than 40 measures have been laid down for tech firms to meet their duties under the Online Safety Act. These will apply to sites and apps used by UK children in areas such as social media, search and gaming

Glasgow Caledonian University's law department has announced an academic prize in memory of the late Professor Alison Britton. The Alison Britton Prize for Advanced Healthcare Law and Ethics will be awarded to the best final-year undergraduate medical law student.

A new Scots Law degree will start at the University of West of Scotland’s (UWS) Paisley campus in September 2025. The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme is a four-year degree with the potential to be undertaken part-time over a six-year period and is fully accredited by the Law Society of Scotla

Civic, faith, trade unions and political leaders commit to action. Civic, faith, trade union and political leaders have committed to taking action to safeguard Scotland’s democracy and tackle people’s feeling of being unheard and disempowered.

A consultation has been published on potential for certain exemptions from rent controls or increases above the rent cap. Last year, the Scottish government set out its plans for long-term rent controls in the Housing (Scotland) Bill, which aims to help create a fairer, better-regulated rented secto

An accountant has lost a £700,000 court claim against developers after refusing to complete the purchase of a £1.5 million flat in south London's Aykon London One tower, nicknamed the 'Versace Tower' for its fashion house-designed interiors. Mi Suk Park, 54, paid a £381,000 deposit

A new unit has been launched to help build partnerships between landowners, communities and developers involved in natural capital projects. The Natural Capital Community Partnerships (NCCP) project aims to establish fair and practical examples of projects where communities, developers and landowner

A Scottish school must provide single-sex toilets for pupils after parents won a legal battle against a council which insisted on installing gender-neutral facilities, The Times reports. In a case dubbed the "first of many" which will see the rights of women and girls asserted in the wake of the Sup

A legislature has passed a bill dubbed by its detractors as the “Let Politicians Lie Act". The Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 22, which allows politicians to rewrite ballot summary language up to three times, even after courts have ruled it unlawful.

BTO Solicitors LLP has selected The House of Hope as its charity of the year. Set to open later in 2025, The House of Hope will be Scotland’s first permanent, bespoke community-based wellbeing centre dedicated to supporting anyone impacted by breast cancer. 

Levy & McRae has announced the appointment of Malcolm Cannon as its new COO. Mr Cannon joins the firm with a wealth of experience in both industry and in the legal sector.

Experienced commercial and banking lawyer Jamie Apted has joined Aberdein Considine as a partner. Mr Apted, who will be based in the firm’s Caddell House offices on Glasgow’s Waterloo Street, joins from the London Metal Exchange, having previously worked at the Financial Ombudsman Servic

There are five Scottish Legal Walks 2025 planned for this autumn in support of access to justice and local legal advice charities. Four have been confirmed so far:

The University of Glasgow hosted the Brown-Mosten International Client Consultation Competition (BMICCC) earlier this month.

A former nurse who stalked and terrified a woman after matching with her on a dating app has been jailed again – this time for breaching a non-harassment order. Adele Rennie, 34, from Kilmarnock, pled guilty at the town’s Sheriff Court yesterday. She admitted contacting a woman she had p