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A petition demanding that all depictions of Wales' national animal, the Red Dragon, include an erect penis will be considered by Welsh legislators. The bizarre online petition has gathered enough signatures to be considered by the Welsh Parliament's petitions committee, Nation.Cymru reports.

A petition for judicial review by a hospice challenging the decision of Healthcare Improvement Scotland to publish a report containing details of a complaint made against it has been refused by a judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session.  The anonymous petitioner, Y, argued that it had

A piece in the FT yesterday on the Lugano Convention was one of the first that has looked at the family law consequences of the UK no longer being a party to the Convention (which provides agreed jurisdictional rules in cross border cases for civil and commercial matters, and provides for recogniti

The Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) has dismissed an appeal from a journalist who complained that he was threatened by a solicitor. The tribunal upheld the determination of the Law Society's professional conduct subcommittee (PCSC), which cleared Kilmarnock solicitor Neil McPherson o

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the Scottish government's committent to a "human rights-based" inquiry into its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kavita Chetty, head of strategy and legal for the rights watchdog, briefed MSPs last week on why human rights need to be embedded in th

Six new first-year trainee solicitors have joined Your Conveyancer in Dunfermline.

Seven sets of draft rules prepared by the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) were given legal effect during its 2020/21 reporting period despite the significant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Achievements, accounts and a summary of the rules prepared during the year by the SCJC are laid out in

An obituary of Brian Manus McGuire, founding partner of Thompsons Solicitors Scotland, has been published by The Herald. Mr McGuire, who died last month the day before his 82nd birthday, "defined what it is to be a socialist lawyer", it notes.

A Trump-era policy forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims are processed in the US must be reinstated following a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). The top court refused to grant the Biden administration a stay on a district court injunction pending app

The estate of the sculptor of Copenhagen's famous Little Mermaid statue is suing a small Danish town to demand it removes its own statue of a mermaid. The heirs of Edvard Eriksen, who sculpted the character from the Hans Christian Anderson story that inspired the Disney classic, argue the statue in

The Sheriff Appeal Court has reduced the sentence of a man convicted of sexually touching a teenager after he appealed against his sentence and lodged a bill of suspension seeking to suspend the sentence imposed by the trial sheriff. William Hepburn, aged 79 at sentencing, was originally s

A judge-led public inquiry into the Scottish government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic will be established by the end of the year, ministers announced today. A consultation has been launched on the draft aims and principles of the inquiry, and the government said discussions are "underway with

A tobacco kingpin accused of running an illicit cigarette empire has walked free from court after prosecutors bungled the case against him. Stephen Dunn, 55, allegedly operated an unregistered tobacco business from his home.

Levy & McRae has announced the appointment of clinical negligence specialist Elizabeth Rose as a senior associate. Ms Rose has developed an expertise and well respected practice in medical and clinical negligence cases.

Chris Jones of Themis Advocates has been appointed as an advocate depute. Mr Jones will commence in the role in mid-September and will be unable to accept instructions during his time as advocate depute.