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Companies with defined benefit pension schemes could soon face significant penalties of up to £1 million in corporate and banking deals if they ignore new reporting requirements currently proposed by the government. Draft regulations making the proposed changes had been expected to come into f

As the consultation period for the Scottish government’s ‘A New deal for Tenants’ ends on Friday, DJ Alexander Ltd has warned of the potential outcome if this proposal becomes law. The firm, part of the Lomond Group which is the largest lettings and estate agency in Scotland, said

A driverless car appears to stop for police then attempt to flee in a viral video released by San Francisco police. The autonomous Chevrolet Bolt EV was stopped as its headlights were off. An officer can be heard saying "there's nobody in it".

Legal technology specialist Jonathan Bowker has been awarded accredited legal technologist status by the Law Society of Scotland. Mr Bowker is managing director and owner of Advanced Analytica, a company that specialises in the delivery of tech-enabled services for legal functions seeking to improve

Attorney General Suella Braverman QC has asked the Court of Appeal if protestors charged with causing criminal damage enjoy a defence under the Human Rights Act and what directions should be given to juries in such cases. Her “questions of law” follow the acquittals of the 'Colston Four'

Lawyers in Malaysia have branded a move by courts to use artificial intelligence unconstitutional. In a pilot scheme on the island of Borneo, AI is being used to assist judges in sentencing drug dealers and rapists.

The public inquiry into the wrongful convictions of hundreds of sub-postmasters and mistresses will hear evidence from affected people who live in Scotland next month. More than 700 people were wrongly convicted of false accounting, theft and fraud between 2000 and 2014 due to a fault in the Post Of

An application seeking to appeal a decision of the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland refusing an eviction order for a tenant in rent arrears has been rejected by the housing division of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland. It was argued by the appellants, Amer and Nosheen Rafique, that the relevant evict

Human rights protections are at risk from the UK government’s proposals to replace the Human Right Act, according to a new evidence report submitted to the United Nations (UN) by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. In its “report card” to the UN’s latest Universal

Italy violated Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights after it failed to protect a woman and her children, one of whom was murdered by the applicant's partner. Ms Landi alleged that the Italian state had failed to take the requisite action to protect her and her two children from the d

Whilst access to cosmetic treatments such as teeth whitening, Botox injections and skin peels may have once been the preserve of those in the world of modelling and fashion, Scots across the country are now undergoing thousands of cosmetic enhancements every year due to the increased availability an

Eight people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing an 18-metre bridge in broad daylight. Posing as government officials, the alleged thieves spent two days dismantling the 50-year-old iron bridge in a village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, NDTV reports.

Some 70,000 people in Scotland, including 30,000 children, would be lifted out of poverty by 2024 if UK government welfare reforms introduced since 2015 were reversed, according to the Scottish government. The cost of reversing changes, including the removal of the £20 per week Universal Credi

A Police Scotland alert system intended to tackle the rise in thefts from construction sites has been launched. It comes in the wake of incidents recorded in Perth and Kinross this year.

A farmer who had an enforcement notice served on him for breaches of planning control at his property in Carnoustie has had his appeal against the decision to let part of it stand refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. Martin Gibb challenged the decision of a reporter for the Scottish M