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A school pupil who appeared to have been kidnapped at gunpoint during a Zoom class was only playing a prank, police have said. High school students across the US have been faking their kidnappings as part of a new "Zoomnapping" trend which has gone viral on social media.

A convicted prisoner who had multiple applications for escorted day absence to see his grandmother refused has been allowed to proceed with a petition for judicial review of decisions of the Deputy Governor to refuse his EDA requests. The petitioner and appellant, S, used to be visited regularl

Enhanced rights for children will come at a cost, and the Scottish government’s estimate of £2 million is unrealistic, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. Ministers have drafted a bill and accompanying financial memorandum to incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of

The last thing the UK needs is a government whose ministers exercise “unbridled power”, a former Supreme Court justice has said. Speaking to The Guardian, Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore, who retired from the bench last month, criticised recent comments from the Home Secretary Priti Patel and Pr

A woman who was unable to obtain social housing because she was not a member of the Orthodox Jewish community has failed in her appeal to the Supreme Court, made on the basis she suffered unlawful direct discrimination on grounds of race or religion or ethnic origin. The court unanimously dismissed

The Foreign Secretary has refused to assist a Police Scotland investigation into the use of Scottish airports to facilitate rendition and torture. Dominic Raab ruled out asking the US government to release evidence held in the unredacted version of a Senate investigation into the CIA’s to

Residential property, conveyancing and estate agency firm Simpson & Marwick is to become part of the Aberdeins Group following a de-merger from global law firm Clyde & Co. Rob Aberdein will join the firm as managing partner.

Beverley Atkinson, legal director at DAC Beachcroft, has been re-accredited as a specialist in professional negligence law by the Law Society of Scotland. Having first been accredited in 2015, Ms Atkinson is one of only nine specialists in this area of law in Scotland.

Family lawyer Claire Robertson has died of cancer aged 43. The Press and Journal has published a full obituary. "Claire Robertson, from Ellon, was one of the models who relished her time on stage during Courage on the Catwalk at Aberdeen’s Beach Ballroom in 2017.

A judge of the European Court of Human Rights is to deliver this year's Macfadyen Lecture virtually.  The Scottish Council of Law Reporting has arranged for Judge Tim Eicke to deliver his lecture from Strasbourg at 6:00pm on Thursday 5 November.

Two new co-directors have been appointed to the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL), an energy-oriented research and educational institute based at the University of Aberdeen. Dr Thomas L Muinzer, senior lecturer in energy transition law and Dr Daria Shapovalova, lecturer in law, have

TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal service, is to host a free-to-attend virtual event focused on helping Scottish lawyers develop their skills and understanding in delivering pro bono legal work, in partnership with the law firm CMS. The Legal Roundtable: Strength

Sales of £1 million-plus homes have surged across the UK, with two-thirds more deals agreed in the past four months than in the same period last year. Scotland, where the top of the market is now on an upward trajectory, is playing catch up reflecting the late post lockdown re-opening of the m

A senior Brazilian politician was found with cash stuffed in his underpants when police raided his house in connection with the alleged theft of Covid-19 funds. Senator Chico Rodrigues, an ally of President Jair Bolsonaro, resigned as the government's deputy leader in the senate after the embarrassi

A man convicted of raping a woman who appealed against his conviction on the basis that the trial judge had erred in allowing certain evidence has had the appeal refused.  Michael Whorlton argued that the evidence should have been excluded as it constituted inadmissible hearsay, its admitt