A man was discovered dead in his home after having had sex with a scarecrow dressed as a woman, replete with wig, lipstick and a strap-on sex toy. The decomposing remains of Jose Alberto were found at his home in San Jose de Balcare in Argentina after neighbours reported a stench coming from the bui
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Thousands of alleged criminal offences have not been acted on because police have been too late in handing their reports to prosecutors. Nearly 4,000 charges were reported to the Crown Office and Procurators Fiscal Service (COPFS) over the past six years that were outwith the six to 12-month statuto
The lord advocate has rebutted academics' claims of a “shameful lack of clarity” over the law on assisted suicide. Responding to a letter published in the Herald, Frank Mulholland QC (pictured) said those who help people to die would, as the law stands, be prosecuted under homicide laws.
Jenny Rowe CB, the chief executive of the UK Supreme Court (pictured), has announced she will retire from that job, and from the civil service, in the autumn. Ms Rowe led much of the work involved in the creation of the Supreme Court and the transfer of staff and judges from the Appellate Committee
Jenny Rowe CB, the chief executive of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, has announced she will retire from that job, and from the civil service, in the autumn. Ms Rowe led much of the work involved in the creation of the Supreme Court and the transfer of staff and judges from the Appellate Co
A bright yellow clad team of six volunteers from Lindsays’ Edinburgh office took two hours out of the office last Friday to raise almost £700 handing out daffodil pins in the city’s West End.
A parliamentary report has warned proposals for additional powers to be transferred to Scotland were rushed through without sufficient consultation or consideration for their effect on the rest of the UK. The House of Lords constitution committee said in its report that the leaders of all major poli
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has been fined £54,000 following an admission of health and safety breaches that led to a firefighter’s death. Ewan Williamson died in 2009 while fighting a blaze at the Balmoral Bar in Edinburgh.
Scottish government plans to end the current system of automatic early release (AER) for certain types of prisoner have been supported in principle by the overwhelming majority of the parliament’s justice committee. The committee noted that the Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill will r
Disabled tenants in private or social housing could be given greater protection from eviction following a judgement from the UK’s highest civil court. The Supreme Court this week ruled that a court must give detailed consideration to a defence to a landlord’s claim for possession by a disabled t
The Scottish Young Lawyers' Association (SYLA) held its Civil Day Conference yesterday in Dundee in association with Digby Brown Solicitors LLP.
A bill to create a duty to provide crisis grants for people on low incomes and to support independent living has been passed by the Scottish parliament. The passing of the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill will make the Scottish Welfare Fund a permanent, statutory scheme.
Cold calling companies who make unsolicited phone calls to households and send nuisance texts will face fines of up to £500,000 following UK ministers’announcement the law will be changed to make it easier to prosecute cold callers. The new regulations will remove a clause that requires authoriti
A Scottish local authority has been granted permanence orders in relation to three sibling children whose mother had a history of alcohol abuse, after a judge in the Court of Session ruled that it would be “better” for each of the three boys that an order be made than not. Lord Brailsford (pictu
