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A sheriff in the Scottish courts has been identified as the only judge in the world to preside over trial using text-to-speech technology. Sheriff Alastair Carmichael has been using the technology to continue his work as a sheriff following his diagnosis with motor neurone disease (MND).
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A fortune teller has been arrested on suspicion of defrauding around £35 million from clients. The 53-year-old woman, who also presented herself as a feng shui master, allegedly preyed on clients by predicting that there was a "billionaire" in their future.
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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the practice of the Scottish courts since 2013 in relation to the admission of evidence in trials for sexual offences is liable to infringe defendants’ rights under Article 6 ECHR but dismissed two appeals on that basis presented to the court after finding t
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A social media influencer who publicly documented her affair with a married man has been ordered to pay more than £1.3 million in damages to his ex-wife. Brenay Kennard, who has more than three million followers on TikTok, was sued in North Carolina under the US state's "alienation of affectio
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A landmark UK Supreme Court judgment handed down this morning will lead to a significant change in how Scottish courts handle certain types of evidence in sexual offence cases. The Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates had both intervened in the case, relating to two men convicted of
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John Sturrock KC scrutinises the eye-watering bill for Scottish public inquiries. The “bill for public inquiries is now running at more than £230 million”. Are costs “out of control"?
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A law firm has warmly welcomed plans for a new "cyber observatory" to protect Scottish public bodies from online threats. Ralph Riddiough, director and head of corporate at Holmes Mackillop Solicitors, said the new initiative should serve as a reminder to private sector businesses as well.
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A man who supplied drugs and offered to source deadly weapons to criminal associates has been jailed for six years following a prosecution by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). Glasgow garage owner Kristopher Kinnaird, 42, supplied cocaine worth around £120,000 every
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Seven new members are to join the Law Society of Scotland’s Council this month. New lawyers Lucy Drummie and Megan Young won the vote to represent their peers on the Society’s governing Council, while Alexia Maas was elected to represent solicitors practising outwith the UK.
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Draft plans to cut emissions have been published by the Scottish government. The draft Climate Change Plan to 2040 sets out actions designed to reduce Scotland's greenhouse gas emissions and meet its first three carbon budgets.
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The procurator fiscal has lodged a first notice to commence the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the deaths of Philip Quinn, Richard McCormick and Alexander Morgan, all of whom died in hospital after contracting the Covid virus while in legal custody. A preliminary hearing will
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The Law Society of Scotland has published new guidance for solicitors on accepting instructions and advising on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) and confidentiality clauses. While recognising that NDAs are a legitimate way of protecting commercial interests, reputation, and confidentiality, the guid
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A fatal accident inquiry into the death of a transgender woman prisoner by self-inflicted plastic bag asphyxia has concluded that the Scottish Prison Service had unlawfully isolated her while deciding how to proceed with her custody arrangements and made 12 recommendations for improvement of SPS pr
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