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A new digital ‘chat’ facility has gone live to give residents in Inverclyde the chance to get real-time help with debt. It is thought to be the first time live chat facilities have been used by a Scottish council to provide money advice.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Edinburgh-headquartered Tesco Bank £16,400,000 for “failing to exercise due skill, care and diligence in protecting its personal current account holders against a cyber attack” following the major assault on its sy

Pictured (L-R): Emma Gray, David Currie and Scott Williamson A University of Dundee student retraining for a career in law has been awarded the annual Ken Scott Bursary by Blackadders.

A magistrate who provided a character reference for a defendant in a criminal case in which he was involved has been reprimanded. Zahur Akhtar, of the Black Country Bench, is among seven magistrates and judges to be disciplined or face disqualification in the past month, The Times reports.

A group of people who thought they had survived the Great Tribulation, a period of suffering that Evangelical Christians believe precedes the Second Coming, and who kidnapped their neighbours in order to protect them from demons, were found naked in an SUV they had crashed into a ditch as they attem

A consultation is seeking views on the future of civil partnerships in Scotland. It follows a recent decision by the Supreme Court that the Civil Partnership Act 2004 is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), as it does not allow opposite sex couples to enter into civil pa

Seventy-four per cent of FOI requests made last year resulted in information being disclosed to the requester, the Scottish Information Commissioner's (SIC) annual report shows. Of those who appealed to the commissioner’s office, 65 per cent received a decision which found wholly or

Scotland's next census will include new questions on sexual orientation as well as transgender status. Proposals for the 2021 census were detailed in ‘Plans for Scotland’s Census 2021’, published by National Records of Scotland.

Hardly a day goes by without another newspaper article or statistic about the challenges of being a working parent, the rise in sex-related discrimination in the workplace, and the ever persistent gender pay gap. As a caregiver, it is hard, at times, to see light at the end of the tunnel. Happily, a

A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for causing the death of a woman after his lorry crashed into her car while he was checking his mobile phone. David Shields, a recovery driver from Ayr, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after having pled guilty to causing the

Yesterday’s UKELA conference was hailed a great success by the five law students who attended as delegates sponsored by Westwater Advocates. The students, from the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee were offered places following the success of this initiative last year.

The American Bar Association (ABA), which represents over 400,000 attorneys in the United States, has called for an FBI investigation into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The US Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday heard testimony from Professor Christ

The Supreme Court of India has ruled that the country's controversial identification system – Aadhaar, which means "foundation" – is constitutional, noting that the measures in place to protect data are sufficient and that it is difficult under the scheme to perform surveillance of citiz

A man who hit a parking warden with his car in a bid to avoid airport drop-off fees has been spared jail by a judge who recently faced them. Judge Bernard Lever slapped Graham Benbow, 55, with a six-month sentence suspended for two years.