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Douglas Strang and Kate Ross explain the protections the Equality Act 2010 provides for non-binary people. The Act provides protection to transgender people against discrimination, harassment, and victimisation in the workplace. Until the decision of the Employment Tribunal in Taylor v Jaguar L

The High Court of Justiciary has ruled that the Crown unequivocally renounced its right to prosecute an individual for six alleged assaults after an appeal was brought against a sheriff’s decision to accept a plea in bar of trial based on an email sent by Crown Office staff to the would-be acc

The Bible has been banned from schools in one of the most religious parts of the US following complaints from parents about its sexual and violent content. A school district in Salt Lake City, Utah enacted the ban under a state law introduced at the behest of Christian legislators and used to ban a

Sheila Webster is in chipper mood when we catch up on Teams. Though she recently broke her shoulder tripping over a desk in the office, she has just had her sling removed and, while she is still in some pain and reliant on her husband – Themis Advocates KC Andrew Webster – for lifts, she

A new report sets out a plan to transform "Violence Against Women and Girls work in Scotland". The report of the Independent Strategic Review of Funding and Commissioning of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Services in Scotland  details the legal right to, and guaranteed funding for

Speakers from across politics, journalism, academia, legal practice and civil society came together at the University of Aberdeen on Friday to discuss the protection of free speech in the media. The roundtable event, hosted by the Anti-SLAPP Research Hub at the School of Law, was focused on experien

Artificial intelligence is changing how we live and work. Generative AI is able to produce written texts and many other types of content, including soon perhaps legal documents. Could such AI be used to deliver justice more quickly and cheaply than lawyers and judges? What safeguards should there be

Archie Foundation, Down Syndrome Scotland and Hillcrest Charitable Foundation are just some of the beneficiaries of a mixed five-a-side football tournament organised by Thorntons.

His Majesty the King, on the recommendation of the First Minister, has appointed Lady Elish Angiolini, LT, as the new lord clerk register of Scotland, the first woman to be appointed to the role. She succeeds Lord Mackay of Clashfern, KT, who retired from the office in November 2022, having held it

A commercial judge in the High Court of England and Wales has resolved a preliminary issue in a pizza chain’s £260 million claim seeking payment from business interruption insurance following Covid closures in favour of its insurers. The PizzaExpress group, insured by Liberty Mutual Insu

Three men have been sentenced after admitting using dogs to hunt wild hares. Euan Anderson, Nicky Grant and Jordon Steel, all from South Lanarkshire, had previously pled guilty at Stirling Sheriff Court to wildlife offences.

The latest true crime podcast series from BBC Scotland/BBC Sounds delves into a conspiracy theory that shook the Scottish legal establishment to its core in the 1990s. It was claimed that gay judges and lawyers – who feared reputational damage if their homosexuality was revealed at the time &n

Police in Detroit, Michigan are aiming to prevent internal information from being leaked to the media, an internal notice that was leaked to the media reveals. The communique, dated May 23 and titled "Releasing Information to News Outlets Without Proper Authority", warned that unauthorised distribut

Kenny Christine has retired from practice after 23 years at the bar. Kenny called to the bar in 2000 having worked at Thompsons Solicitors before calling. He specialised in personal injury law with a wide range of experience in most aspects of PI wok including RTAs, workplace accidents, workplace st

Becoming a parent is one of the most significant events in many people’s lives and for some they may choose to consider the option of surrogacy. Surrogacy is when a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for another person or couple, known as the “intended parent(s)”. There are tw