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A state prosecutor has been shot dead after a loaded shotgun went off in court. Addelaid Ferreira-Watt, 62, a senior barrister, was shot in the thigh and is believed to have died from blood loss in the freak incident on Monday at the regional court at Ixopo, 85 miles from Durban.

A man is suing Burger King on behalf of vegans and vegetarians after finding out its "0% beef" burger is cooked on the same grills as its beef counterpart. The fast food chain has been rolling out its plant-based "Impossible Burger" across Europe and the US in recent months.

A publishing company which sued a former employee for more than £100,000 after she fell victim to a “whaling fraud” has failed in a legal action to recover the funds. Peebles Media Group raised an action against its former credit controller Patricia Reilly, claiming she w

A parking ticket mistake by a council could see drivers claim almost £500,000 from it in refunds. Angus Council has failed in an appeal after it supplied phone and online payment methods on tickets but no postal address.

A new report produced for the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee critically analyses the Children (Scotland) Bill 2019. The report, written by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane of Edinburgh Napier University, outlines the extent to which the proposed legislation, which is currently at stage

The case of Dickie & Moore Limited v The trustees of the Lauren McLeish Discretionary Trust is a good example of how, sometimes, a scattergun approach is best used to try to resist an adjudicator’s award, writes Greg Flett. In this action, an adjudicator determined that Dickie & Moore,

The papers of a symposium on intestate succession law have been published online. 'Reforming Intestate Succession Law' took place at Edinburgh Law School on 11 October 2019.

An academic and campaigner who was proclaimed a ‘living legend’ in his home city for his support of the civil rights movement will receive an honorary degree at Abertay University’s winter graduation. Dr Jimmie R McLellan’s profile grew while he was a student at the Univ

With the deadlines for vacation schemes fast-approaching, SEMLA and international law firm CMS are delighted to announce a joint event on “My CMS Journey: How to secure a traineeship at a Top 10 Global Law Firm” at the Glasgow office of CMS on Friday 6 December between 10.30am and 1pm. A

Computer algorithms must be regulated to ensure the digital world is not lawless, Supreme Court justice Lord Sales has said. Delivering the Sir Henry Brooke Lecture at the British and Irish Legal Information Institute, Lord Sales called for the creation of an expert commission to counter the “

McDonald Johnson Lawyers, a full service law firm based in Newcastle, Australia, has joined DWF, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The deal will see 16 people, including eight lawyers join DWF in Australia. With over 100 years of practice, McDonald Johnson Lawyers specialises in insurance,

A Moroccan rapper is facing up to two years in jail in connection with a song allegedly insulting the police. Mohamed Mounir, widely known as Gnawi, was arrested at the start of the month and charged with "offending" public officials and public bodies.

A motorist who was jailed after being found guilty of causing “serious injury by dangerous driving” has had his custodial sentence reduced following an appeal. Twenty-one-year-old Kyle Stewart, who was 19 at the time of the offence, claimed that his sentence of two years’ impr

New specialised evidence facilities in Glasgow have been formally opened. The Glasgow Evidence and Hearings Suite provides facilities to let child witnesses pre-record their evidence and for vulnerable witnesses to give evidence remotely. The suite also provides hearing rooms for the Additional Supp

Cryptoassets should be treated in principle as property under English law, lawyers have recommended. Legal statement on cryptoassets and smart contracts details how English law would accommodate these new commercial phenomena.