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Prime Minister Boris Johnson unlawfully prorogued Parliament, a full bench of the UK Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in a historic judgment. In court this morning, Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court – sitting with Lord Reed, Deputy President; Lord Kerr; Lord Wilson; Lord Carnwath; L

Today's unprecedented ruling by the Supreme Court has provided welcome reassurance to those who feared for the very future of our parliamentary representative democracy. It is, of course, an historic victory for Joanna Cherry QC and her legal team of Aidan O'Neill QC, David Welsh, Elaine Motion and

The Supreme Court's judgment handed down today upholds that of the Inner House to the effect that the advice of the Prime Minister given to the Queen to prorogue Parliament was unlawful, but does so on different grounds "calling upon what it takes to be fundamental constitutional principl

There has been a 115 per cent increase in reports of rape since 2010-11, while reports to police of sexual crimes increased by eight per cent from 12,487 to 13,547, new figures show. There has generally been an upward trend in rape and attempted rape since 2010-11 with both crimes more than doubling

Clyde & Co has entered into an agreement to transfer its Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen estate agency team to Ledingham Chalmers LLP from 4 November this year. All 12 Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen staff, including property partner David Geddie and senior associate Lynne Stewart, will transfer a

The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has launched a crowdfunding campaign today to raise £20,000 to defend a landmark judgment granting employment rights to a type of specialist foster care workers. Glasgow County Council is appealing an employment tribunal decision fro

The last day to buy tickets for the Tumbling Lassie Ball is Thursday 26 September 2019.

The annual Red Mass to mark the beginning of the new legal year took place on Sunday 22 September 2019 at St Mary’s RC Cathedral in Edinburgh.

The remains of former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco can be removed from his burial place at the centre of a controversial state monument and reburied in a cemetery, the Supreme Court of Spain has ruled. In a unanimous ruling, judges rejected a legal challenge from Franco's grandchildren and thre

A new video explains why an age verification system is needed in law "just as with alcohol, cigarettes and gambling" to protect children from the serious health risks posed by pornography.

The impressive Playfair corridor of the Advocates Library will be on public view this weekend, as the Faculty of Advocates again takes part in Doors Open Day.

Registers of Scotland will be hosting three full day conferences this autumn, all of which are FREE to attend. The full-day ‘A Future Focus’ events taking place in Inverness, Aberdeen and Glasgow will give members of the legal profession the opportunity to meet RoS experts and learn the

A couple arrested for allegedly cycling while drunk made matters worse after they started having sex in the back of the police car and then attempted to flee, officers have said. Aaron Seth Thomas, 31, ran naked from the vehicle after an officer intervened to stop the alleged backseat romance.

A legal challenge against a decision by the statutory body responsible for overseeing elections and referendums in the United Kingdom not to open an investigation into the spending by the official Vote Leave campaign in connection with the Brexit vote has been dismissed following an appeal. The High

One of the lawyers who worked on the Lockerbie bombing case has died at the age of 57. John Dunn, a career prosecutor with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer in 2018. He passed away last Wednesday.