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At this critical juncture for the future of legal aid and access to justice, the Scottish Legal Action Group (SCOLAG) and GO Justice (The School of Law, the University of Glasgow) have organised a free conference in order to strengthen links between people concerned by the situation relating to lega

Solicitor Ben Kemp has been appointed to become the new chief executive officer of the Law Society of Scotland. Mr Kemp will join the Law Society in August from the professional body which represents and regulates actuaries, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA), where he has worked primaril

Chess has been provisionally banned by the Taliban as a form of gambling. The move, based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law, has disappointed chess players in Afghanistan, where the competitive sport was said to be undergoing a resurgence prior to the Taliban's return to power.

American judges say they and their relatives have been receiving anonymous pizza deliveries in what appears to be a novel intimidation tactic. Judges in at least seven US states have now reported the unexplained deliveries to their homes and the homes of their family members, The Washington Post rep

Holyrood has voted for the first time to consider legalising assisted dying for people with terminal illnesses, following a lengthy debate. MSPs backed the bill by 70 votes to 56 in a free vote, after months of cross-party pre-legislative scrutiny. The result comes just days before MPs at Westminste

A man who died while having sex at his workplace was the victim of an industrial accident, a Chinese court has ruled. The man, who was in his 60s, suddenly died during a rendezvous with his long-time girlfriend in a private room at the factory where he worked as a security guard.

A former local authority employee who embezzled more than £1 million from Aberdeen City Council over a 17-year period has been ordered to repay more than £165,000 under proceeds of crime laws. Michael Paterson, 60, was imprisoned for four years at the High Court in Edinburgh last July af

Lawyers at Levy & McRae completed a charity skydive on Easter Sunday.

The Law Society of Scotland has urged MSPs to consider a number of important technical legal matters separate from the moral and ethical questions in relation to proposed assisted dying legislation. The stage one debate for the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill is due to comme

Over 60 organisations have written to the UK government ahead of a major meeting of the Council of Europe, urging them to back proposals for an additional binding Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights that would recognise the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. The

A man who was extradited from Germany to stand trial after raping a vulnerable teenage girl has been jailed for eight years. Marwan Al-Bakr was found guilty of attacking the 15-year-old near Hampden Park Football Stadium in Glasgow on 14 February 2022. The now 32-year-old first approached the v

The UK government has been urged to rethink its immigration white paper to "take account of Scotland’s distinct population needs". Following publication of new proposals from the Home Office on immigration, the Scottish government called on the UK government to take account of its own proposal

Shoosmiths has appointed two principal associates and two associates to its real estate practice in Scotland. Ben Harper-Phillips has joined as a principal associate, having recently relocated to Scotland from Australia. An experienced real estate solicitor, who has been recognised in Best Lawyers i

Keir Starmer has announced a major crackdown on immigration to the UK in order to end what he called an "experiment in open borders". Echoing the language of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage in the wake of his triumph in recent English local elections, Mr Starmer said yesterday his new approach to immi

Lawyers have responded with incredulity to the Trump administration's suggestion it could suspend habeas corpus rights in response to judges blocking or delaying deportations. Stephen Miller, the White House's deputy chief of staff, said on Friday that a suspension of the right of a detained person