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More than 1,000 federal judges have sought the removal of their personal information from the internet under an initiative launched following the murder of one judge's son. The response to the online scrubbing programme was revealed in the US court system's annual report.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia's commissioner for children’s rights, over the deportation of Ukrainian children. ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan KC said in a statement that the Pre-Trial Chamber "has confirmed that there

A robot lawyer is facing a class action in the US for attempting to practise without a licence. The chatbot's creator, DoNotPay, is being sued for providing “substandard” and “poor legal advice” to the plaintiff on various matters, among them drafting demand letters and a sma

A solicitor who was accused of embezzling over £7,000 from her Caithness firm has had the case against her thrown out by a sheriff because it has taken so long to come to court. But a trial has been fixed for Sylvia MacLennan's former business partner, Patrick Copinger, who allegedly embezzled

The Law Society of Scotland has urged the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to minimise cost increases on solicitors. In its response to the SLCC’s proposed budget, the Law Society has questioned its plan to introduce a nine per cent rise to the levy paid by solicitors.

The WS Society is hosting a special screening of the award-winning documentary Through Our Eyes at the Signet Library on 18 May, followed by a conversation with the film’s BAFTA and IDFA winning director Samir Mehanović. In sequences filmed over four years, Samir gives a personal insight into

A group of Scottish schoolchildren from Bishopbriggs Academy will soon be on their way to London to compete in the national finals of the Bar Mock Trial Competition where they will continue to receive support from members of the Faculty of Advocates. The team advanced to the national finals after wi

The Sheriff Court backlog worsened by the pandemic is likely to last for another five years, prosecutors have warned. Minutes from a Crown Office meeting indicate that officials believe that it will be a "challenging area of business for the next five years or so".

The importance of optimising land use to electrify the economy and meet the UK’s net zero ambition has been revealed in a report from TLT and real estate consultancy Gerald Eve. Competing land use priorities, from renewable generation and green infrastructure to industry, affordable housing, f

Pictured: GCU honorary graduate Blythe Duff with Taggart co-star John Michie in 2018 Glasgow Caledonian University has launched a hunt for a PhD student to investigate an archive of Taggart scripts and memorabilia donated by Blythe Duff.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN-backed inquiry accuses Russia of war crimes in Ukraine

Ransomware attacks are increasing in volume, and threat actors are increasingly aggressive and sophisticated in the nature of such attacks. While guidance has been introduced to help businesses understand what measures they should take to address ransomware risk, there are increasingly complex chall

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales has refused an appeal by the assignee of a company that supplied halal chicken meat to restaurants against the dismissal of its claim that a former director had misappropriated money from the company. Manolete Partners Plc, the liquidator of claims against de

Lindsays has today announced a merger with legal practice Miller Hendry. The deal, which will take effect on May 30, will see Miller Hendry partners and staff transfer to Lindsays.

A major US city has scrapped a twinning agreement it inadvertently struck with a self-declared micronation led by a wanted sex offender. In January, a delegation from the self-declared "United States of Kailasa" met with the mayor of Newark, New Jersey and signed a sister-city agreement at a public