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A Scottish school must provide single-sex toilets for pupils after parents won a legal battle against a council which insisted on installing gender-neutral facilities, The Times reports. In a case dubbed the "first of many" which will see the rights of women and girls asserted in the wake of the Sup

New protections intended to give children safer lives have been finalised by Ofcom today. More than 40 measures have been laid down for tech firms to meet their duties under the Online Safety Act. These will apply to sites and apps used by UK children in areas such as social media, search and gaming

An accountant has lost a £700,000 court claim against developers after refusing to complete the purchase of a £1.5 million flat in south London's Aykon London One tower, nicknamed the 'Versace Tower' for its fashion house-designed interiors. Mi Suk Park, 54, paid a £381,000 deposit

The European Commission has fined Apple and Meta after finding that the tech giants breached their obligations under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Apple breached its anti-steering obligation under the DMA and Meta breached its obligation to give consumers the choice of a service that uses less

Dr Joanna Ralston has been appointed as a member of the Mental Health Commission. Dr Ralston is a practising barrister with over 20 years’ experience. She completed a PhD in 2022, has published articles in peer reviewed journals and has practiced extensively in the area of capacity law. 

The Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA) has published its first complaints report for 2025 which shows it received 829 complaints in a six month period, with 839 complaints closed.  The report provides details of the number and nature of complaints about legal practitioners (solicitors a

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has published a new procedure for agreeing settlements in administrative competition law investigations. Since September 2023, the CCPC – through independent adjudication officers – is empowered to find that a business has breache

A legislature has passed a bill dubbed by its detractors as the “Let Politicians Lie Act". The Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 22, which allows politicians to rewrite ballot summary language up to three times, even after courts have ruled it unlawful.

The Protected Disclosures Commissioner, Ger Deering, has today published a report on the work of his office during 2024. The Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner sends reports it receives of wrongdoing in the workplace (sometimes called ‘whistleblowing’) to the organisation b

Louise O’Donnell has been appointed as the new chair of the Labour Court. Ms O’Donnell is a qualified barrister and an experienced senior IR practitioner. She has previously sat as a deputy chair in the Labour Court and has extensive knowledge and experience in dealing with industrial re

The Supreme Court is to consider key legal issues regarding the correct approach to sentencing in cases of violence within intimate-partner relationships, The Irish Times reports. The case centres on an appeal by Soufiane Mountassir, 40, whose prison term was almost doubled after he forced his then-

Under new proposals set to be announced in the coming weeks, prison officers will be authorised to use synthetic pepper spray for the first time in response to violence and disorder within jails, The Irish Times reports. The incapacitant spray, which produces a heat effect similar to that of chilli

Lawyers in London have been urged to resign from a law firm after it made a deal with Donald Trump. A former lawyer at A&O Shearman, Olivier Fréget, called on his ex-colleagues not to each be an “accomplice” in Trump’s crackdown on the legal sector as the firm came to an

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to be the first country to use AI to write laws. The Gulf country's ruler announced federal and local laws will be written by AI, as well as judicial rulings, executive procedures and public services.

A bus driver with 29 years of service has lost a retirement package worth €74,000 because he stole €6 in passenger fares. The man was sacked by Kyoto City in Japan after he was caught stealing the paltry sum of ¥1,000 in 2022.