Hundreds of swimmers have gone for a dip in the River Spree in defiance of a century-old ban. Berlin authorities banned ...

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has joined with the Glasgow Times to call for greater protection for women using taxis to get home at ...

Macdonald Henderson is the top legal adviser in Scotland with 13 deals so far this year, the latest Experian M&A report shows ...

Five international organisations concerned with protest rights and civil liberties have written to Attorney General Richard ...

The Faculty of Advocates will again support the Scottish Legal Walks as a national sponsor alongside the Law Society of ...

A unique research initiative aimed at deepening understanding of domestic abuse in Scotland has been awarded a Research ...

Hundreds of thousands of people living in new-build homes in Scotland are being excluded from jury service because outdated court IT systems do not recognise their addresses. Jurors are selected at ...

The number of Scottish prisoners who have broken prison rules has increased every year since 2022, with almost 100,000 rule breaks in that time, according to new figures obtained by the Scottish ...

Britain's first transgender judge has launched a crowdfunding campaign in support of her bid to bring the UK before the European Court of Human Rights. Dr Victoria McCloud resigned as a Master of the ...

The women’s rights campaign group that secured a Supreme Court ruling on the legal definition of gender has begun fresh legal proceedings against the Scottish government, arguing that certain policies ...

A lord ordinary has refused permission for group proceedings arising from defective hernia mesh products after finding that the 18 claims were not suitably similar or identical to each other as to be ...

A man who attacked his dog with an iron and a bottle and struck it with his fists during a prolonged beating has been imprisoned for nine months and banned from owning animals for life. Daniel Murphy’ ...