Diane McGiffen has resigned as chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland. Ms McGiffen became chief executive of the society in January 2022 and joined from Audit Scotland, where she was chief ...

Australia is to ban under-16s from social media platforms in a bid to protect young people from online harms. The Australian government yesterday introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media ...

Pop singer Katy Perry has won a 15-year-long trade mark dispute with a fashion designer called Katie Perry. The American pop star – whose real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson – launched the legal ...

A new initiative is launching "to ensure more people can benefit from the investments being made in natural capital" across ...

Bill will allow a renter to make a request to keep a pet in their home and for that to not be unreasonably refused by their landlord. Currently, it is entirely up to the landlord whether a tenant can ...

The UK may look to follow the lead of the US in introducing a whistleblowing reward scheme in a bid to combat corporate crime. US Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, recently announced a new ...

Specialist collective redress law firm, KP Law, acting on behalf of Roger Kaye KC, is planning to launch a claim worth billions of pounds alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in ...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published its written submission in advance of the hearing next week in the Supreme Court appeal of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers, in ...

The Glasgow team of Weightmans won Law Firm of the Year (wider UK HQ) at The Herald Law Awards. Now in its 20th year, the awards celebrate the most outstanding firms and people in the legal profession ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. In a significant decision, the court's Pre-Tri ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that a Russian trustee in bankruptcy could not claim a property in London owned by a bankrupt Russian citizen due to the operation of the principle of immoveable property ...

Edinburgh-based lawyer and aid volunteer Andrea Fraser is raising funds for Gaza. Ms Fraser, who cycled solo from Ukraine to Edinburgh to raise money for maternity equipment for Ukraine in 2022, will ...