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The International Court of Justice has ordered Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine. “The Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on Feb 24, 2022 on the territory of Ukraine,” judges at the United Nations’ highest court said in a 13-2

Criminal barristers are to go ahead with industrial action as the UK government's proposed cash injection for legal aid would amount to no more than an extra £100 per month for each of them. Jo Sidhu QC, chairman of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA), said practitioners “have made it abs

Thorntons has announced the appointment of five new trainees, with a further 12 to join in September.

UK ministers have laid out plans to cap the costs of libel lawsuits and make claimants prove “actual malice” so as to deter legal action commonly used by Russian oligarchs to intimidate journalists and stop publication of their links to Vladimir Putin. The UK government said it would see

A national target will be introduced to ensure more people with problematic opiate drug use are accessing life-saving community treatments. There are currently around 29,500 people using Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST). Under the new target, announced today by drugs policy minister Angela Constanc

St Patrick’s Day has long been a date of special significance in the Irish diaspora calendar, with Irish communities across the world marking the occasion with parades and céilís. This year in particular will see millions of people celebrating the day together for the first time

Claire Mitchell QC will deliver the Glasgow Caledonian University Law and the Common Good Lecture 2022. The lecture will take place on Zoom on Wednesday 23 March at 6pm. The Law and the Common Good Lecture is supported by The Clark Foundation for Legal Education. It is an annual lecture delivered by

An English couple that lost over £700,000 to an “authorised push payment” fraud have won a High Court appeal seeking to establish that it was possible their bank owed them a duty of care. Fiona Philipp, the appellant, argued that Barclays Bank owed her a duty of care to be alert to

An emerging international agreement to waive certain intellectual property rights in relation to Covid-19 vaccines has been criticised by civil society groups as a "half-measure". India and South Africa have led calls since October 2020 for certain parts of the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of

The Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill is currently before the Scottish Parliament. The bill seeks to preserve on a permanent basis a number of changes to the law that were introduced temporarily to address the challenges of the pandemic. Many of these changes deal with administrative

Scottish average property prices increased by nearly 10 per cent in 2021, led by rises in the cost of larger homes, according to an analysis of the latest data by property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. DJ Alexander Ltd said that between January 2021 and December 2021 average property prices in Scotland ros

Dog thefts have risen, new figures from Police Scotland show. In 2020/21 there were 88 crimes in which dogs were stolen or there was an attempt to steal them, up from 62 in the preceding financial year.

Legal requirements to wear face coverings on public transport and most indoor public settings will continue until at least early April given the current spike in Covid case numbers, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said. Remaining legal requirements for businesses and service providers to collect

An English law firm can recover unpaid legal fees from Ryanair where the airline has bypassed it to make compensation payments directly to its clients, the UK Supreme Court has ruled by a narrow majority. Bott & Co Solicitors, which specialises in flight delay compensation cases, brought proceed

Retaliatory Russian sanctions against US officials may have targeted President Joe Biden's late father by mistake, the White House has joked. White House press secretary Jen Psaki pointed out that the Russian sanctions list named "Joseph Robinette Biden" where it should have said "Joseph Robinette B