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Via Dundee Law School: "Congratulations to diploma student, Rebecca Coakley, who won the Criminal Competition held at Dundee Sheriff Court. Thanks to Sheriff Carmichael for judging and to James Laverty, module organiser, for arranging the competition. Well done to all participants!"

People in South Korea are set to become a year younger under new legislation scrapping the century-old "Korean age" counting system. Under the Korean age system, a person turns one on the day they are born and grows a year older on the first day of the new year.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill is intra vires after it was challenged for infringing the right to freedom of assembly under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The court found that placing limitations on where abort

The Scottish government must ensure more funding is provided for the justice sector in this year’s budget otherwise the sector could face severe cuts to services and staff numbers, say the Scottish Parliament’s Criminal Justice committee. The committee’s pre-budget scrutiny was pri

Denmark's outright ban on adoption in the context of a commercial surrogacy agreement violated the rights of two children born to a surrogate mother, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled.

Families of loved ones killed abroad are to receive additional support at a time “when people need help the most”. The Scottish government is providing grant funding to Victim Support Scotland which provides a specialist service offering financial and emotional support to families reside

Burges Salmon has advised the shareholders of Regular Music on their partial sale to German promoter, venue operator and ticketing conglomerate Deutsche Entertainment AG (DEAG). The deal, through DEAG’s UK subsidiary Kilimanjaro Group, sees DEAG continue to increase its international promoter

Professor Alexandra Braun, Lord President Reid chair of law at Edinburgh Law School, has written an article entitled Compensating unpaid domestic care in the testamentary context II: Possible approaches and potential objections – for the Edinburgh Private Law Blog. "In a previous blog entry, I

The Scottish government’s Victim Surcharge Fund has awarded less than £420,000 to organisations, despite previously promising up to £1.2m a year, the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. The government had claimed: “A total of £413,727 has been awarded to organisations

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN Rapporteur Wants Prosecutions Over Iran Human Rights

Karen Wylie has re-joined Morton Fraser, where she had previously spent 14 years of her career. Ms Wylie, who joins as a senior associate, advises individuals on a range of family law issues, including separation, high-value divorce, child disputes, pre-nuptial agreements, declarators of parentage,

A Lord Ordinary has refused to grant an application made by the daughter of a deceased man for a decree ordaining her adopted sister to seek a full account of her intromissions as both attorney and executor-nominate of the deceased’s estate and to repay the estate for monies she had taken from

A one-year-old puppy managed to make multiple online purchases in the video game Watch Dogs with its owner’s credit card.

Facebook owner Meta is set to be told it cannot force users of its services to agree to personalised ads in what privacy campaigners have said will be a "huge blow to Meta's profits in the EU". The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) yesterday said it had adopted three binding decisions addressing

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has reported complaint numbers rebounding after two years of reductions linked to Covid-19 restrictions. Its annual report also highlights ongoing work to improve customer service, to drive efficiencies and to advocate for reform to modernise the legis