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The death of a foster carer who was stabbed by the boy she was caring for could have been avoided, an inquiry has ruled. A fatal accident inquiry (FAI) conducted before Sheriff David Bicket in Motherwell's GLO Centre has heard that Dawn McKenzie, 34, could still be alive if Foster Care Associates Sc

Christine McLintock The Law Society of Scotland will extend the offer of membership to non-solicitors as part of a five-year strategy designed to expand its range of services.

The Criminal Appeal Court has published its opinion following the refusal of an application by relatives of Lockerbie bombing victims who were seeking to pursue an appeal on behalf of the man convicted of the atrocity in which 270 people were killed. An application to the Scottish Criminal Cases Rev

Police in Japan arrested a jealous husband accused of barging into an office and slicing a lawyer's penis off using garden shears before flushing it down a toilet because the lawyer was sleeping with his wife.

Scotland’s role in the international slave trade is one of the subjects being discussed as the Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics. Now in its 11th year, this year’s programme has more than 30 events.

Photo credit: "Jesse Jackson 2013" by AFGE - https://www.flickr.com/photos/afge/10196156245/. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson (pictured) is to receive an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh at the Edinburgh International Boo

Councillor Archie Graham, depute leader of Glasgow City Council A council has approved a payout to a family whose artwork was sold to the Nazis.

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie Police Scotland has faced criticism from politicians following its take-over of Scotland's Safety Camera Partnerships.

Council leader Andrew Burns The City of Edinburgh Council has refused to re-establish an arms-length company to provide evidence for the Tram Inquiry headed by Lord Hardie.

The right to cross-examination of an alleged sexual assault victim “does not extend to insulting or intimidating a witness” and trial judges should intervene where questioning “strays beyond proper bounds”, the Lord Justice Clerk has said. Lord Carloway added that defence lawyers should show

A woman in China sentenced to life in jail for corruption evaded serving her sentence for ten years by getting pregnant 13 times before finally being imprisoned People's Daily Online reports.

Sasha Barton Privately-run immigration detention centres are in such a poor state that preventable deaths are taking place, according to a civil liberties lawyer.

Kirsty Malcolm of Westwater Advocates Following a sheriff court decision in January last year in which Kirsty Malcolm of Westwater Advocates was successful in seeking a restricted interpretation of the regulations that apply to the apportionment of pension values on divorce, the decision has now bee

The Crown Office has re-issued charges against the MP accused of kicking a woman at a polling station on the day of the Scottish independence referendum. Papers to re-raise the case have been lodged at Glasgow Sheriff Court, where an initial hearing is expecting to take place on Thursday.

Alison McInnes, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Police Scotland does not typically record the number of roadside breath tests it carries out, it has emerged.