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The watchdog Ofcom has added the words "nat" and "yoon" to its list of offensive terms. The broadcasting regulator tested audience responses to political terms for the first time as part of research into offensive language.

More than 800 SMEs are now plaintiffs in a legal case against the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks after hundreds more joined the lawsuit. The claim form, filed in the Chancery Division of the High Court, contained a further 436 claims on behalf of a further 266 SMEs.

There has been a sharp increase in the number of bicycles reported as stolen over lockdown, new figures show. In tandem with the rise in the number of people cycling over the past 18 months there has been a 20 per cent increase in reports of thefts.

A Berwickshire based company has been fined £300,000 after an employee was crushed by a concrete panel. BSW Sawmills Limited pled guilty to health and safety breaches committed between 1 June 2017 and 6 October 2017 at Dumfries Sheriff Court on 28 September 2021.

Ian Robinson tells budding immigration lawyers what he wishes he had known at the outset of his career. As a firm we work in every area of immigration, other than asylum. That means helping skilled people, entrepreneurs, families and others move to or stay in the UK, including pro bono support for v

The late Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore "embodied" the case for always having a judge from Northern Ireland on the Supreme Court bench, Lady Hale has said. The former Supreme Court president reflected on the importance of the court having judges from all parts of the United Kingdom as she addressed a virtu

Advocate Tim Haddow has returned to practice after completing a short mobilisation in his capacity as an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve. As Lieutenant Commander Haddow, he was mobilised to the staff of Commander UK Carrier Strike Group in late July. He deployed to Japan as liaison officer to the

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has proposed resuming investigations into alleged atrocity crimes in Afghanistan, with a focus on Islamist groups like the Taliban – while "de-prioritising" alleged crimes by the US. Karim A. A. Khan QC has sought authorisation fro

Strathclyde Mediation Clinic was presented with the 2021 Community Contribution Award at the Scottish Legal Awards in Glasgow last week.

This year's Scarman lecture will debate ‘what works’ questions in relation to addressing how the criminal justice system responds to the challenges presented by substance use. Speakers will address the critical questions of how and if criminal justice systems should respond to substance

A judge has brought to a halt a lawsuit filed by Evel Knievel’s son that accused Disney of profiting from the daredevil's image through Toy Story 4 character Duke Caboom. Kelly Knievel had claimed the character was based on his father without permission and amounted to unjust enrichment and an

A lawyer caught driving while nearly four times the drink-drive limit claimed that homemade kombucha tea was to blame. Louise Taylor, 41, told a court in Llandudno, Wales that she was not a drinker and had been given the tea by a friend for her gut health.

The English Intellectual Property Enterprise Court has rejected a claim for trade mark infringement by a self-described “spiritual and holistic therapist” who claimed that another holistic therapist had been using her mark to market online courses and upheld a counterclaim of passing off

More permanent sheriffs may be needed to cope with rising criminal business, the Lord President and Lord Justice General, Lord Carloway, has said.

Judicial salaries have been frozen for a year, new figures from the Ministry of Justice show.