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New specialised evidence rooms have opened for use at Victim Support Scotland’s offices in Edinburgh. The rooms will allow witnesses and victims of crime to provide evidence remotely via a secure online link.

Glasgow Caledonian University has introduced The Sir Geoff Palmer Memorial Prize, honouring the life and legacy of the tireless anti-racism campaigner, advocate and educator. Awarded annually, the prize recognises the best socio-legal essay by a final-year student in the Social Justice, Equality, Di

A lord ordinary has ruled that a claim by an Indian national seeking asylum in the UK on the basis of his homosexuality could not be regarded as clearly unfounded for the purposes of section 94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 after finding that it was not impossible that a tribun

Holyrood has passed the Housing (Scotland) Bill in a landmark vote. Passed by 89 votes to 28 after MSPs debated around 400 amendments at the bill’s final stage, the wide-ranging legislation introduces a framework for long-term rent controls, alongside provisions on tenant protections, homeless

Sheelagh Cooley, head of Shoosmiths’ Edinburgh office, is adept at advising clients on complex real estate transactions but the plucky lawyer felt far less sure-footed on Sunday when she literally took the plunge to abseil over 150ft off the Forth Rail Bridge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in

Public bodies are failing to deliver on their duties of advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between different groups, according to a new report from Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. The Public Sector Equality Duty is a legal requiremen

A sheriff has awarded £3,216 in damages to a lorry driver who was injured when a learner motorcyclist collided with the back of his lorry and he fell from the steps outside the cab after he rejected an argument that the force involved in the crash was too small to cause any injury. Pursuer Joh

An act that aims to promote the use of British Sign Language (BSL) in Scotland has significantly improved the daily lives of BSL users, according to a report by MSPs on Holyrood’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee. Stakeholders told the committee that the British Sign Langua

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 47-year-old Darren Brownlie. Darren Brownlie died on 6 January 2020 within HMP Low Moss from injuries he received after being assaulted by three prisoners.

A Kirkcaldy man has been sentenced for sexually assaulting a woman who had given him shelter in her home.  Unemployed Adrian Kolczak, 35, had been thrown out by his girlfriend in the early hours of the morning and was shivering in his car when she noticed him. 

NHS Fife’s legal team acted negligently in handling a legal argument in the board’s tribunal battle with nurse Sandie Peggie, a panel has ruled. The case, already running for two months at a cost of at least £220,500, was thrown into further wrangling earlier this month when the bo

Legal academics from University of Aberdeen have published a briefing exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by digital assets within Scots law. In recent decades, digital assets, including cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based assets, have become increasingly prevalent and compl

A billionaire has lost a $410 million lawsuit against his insurers after a judge ruled that five paintings in his collection suffered no visible damage in a fire. Ronald O. Perelman was compensated in relation to a number of destroyed artworks after a 2018 fire at his home in the wealthy Hamptons ar

James Chalmers and Fiona Leverick reflect on the life of the late Sir Gerald Gordon. Sir Gerald Gordon, who died recently at the age of 96, made an extraordinary contribution to the criminal law of Scotland during his lifetime. Born and educated in Glasgow, where he graduated in philosophy and Engli

A new report from the Prison Reform Trust, developed through a prisoner-led consultation at HMP Glenochil, calls for urgent reforms to restore hope for men serving very long-term sentences in Scotland’s prisons.  Drawing on surveys and focus groups with prisoners, the report reveals syste