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Victims of domestic violence have been encouraged to seek support and report incidents to police following a reduction in recorded cases. Newly published statistics show Police Scotland recorded 61,934 incidents of domestic abuse in 2022-23, a decrease of four per cent compared to the previous year.

A lord ordinary has allowed a proof before answer in a civil damages action raised by the family of Emily Drouet, a University of Aberdeen student who committed suicide after being abused by her boyfriend, but only in respect of the claims of her siblings who were under 16 at the time of her death.

Sheriff Maryam Labaki has taken over as chair of the Faculty of Advocates' Tumbling Lassie Appeal, which has raised over £100,000 since its inception less than a decade ago. Alan McLean KC, who is stepping down as chair, said: "The Tumbling Lassie Appeal has been, from the outset, a team effor

A Malawian woman who was refused a human rights visa after separating from her abusive husband who initially sponsored her application has successfully had a decision that her claim was unfounded reduced by a Lord Ordinary. The petitioner sought reduction of a decision of the Secretary of State for

Peter Kinghorn discusses how the late Professor Ian Willock's hard work and vision helped thousands of people in Dundee. We read with interest the article in Scottish Legal News about the Ian Willock Collection rightly dedicated to the sterling work done by Professor Willock, particularly in th

A review of Community Rights to Buy will begin this summer to look at how effective current powers are in allowing communities to acquire land or buildings. Community Right to Buy has now been in use for 20 years. During that time, there have been several additions and amendments to the original rig

Former judge Lady Rae has appeared on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs with Lauren Laverne. Lady Rae, who is rector of the University of Glasgow, grew up in Airdrie. She was a shy child but earned the nickname "The Last Word" from her parents because of her need to argue her case when she felt

The Court of Protection of England and Wales has declined to recognise and enforce a Scottish Guardianship Order authorising the mother of a Scottish woman with moderate intellectual disabilities to consent to the deprivation of her liberty. The SGO was awarded by Aberdeenshire Council on the applic

Belgium has become the first country in Europe to criminalise ecocide on a national and international level. A new penal code backed by Belgium's federal parliament yesterday provides for imprisonment of up to 20 years for individuals guilty of ecocide, and fines of up to €1.6 million for corpo

The High Court of Justiciary has imposed an Order for Lifelong Restriction on a man who took a knife into hospital and told staff he wanted to kill people after he made an appeal against his sentence, having decided that he could meet the risk criteria under section 210E of the Criminal Procedure (S

Holiday park operator Pontins has been ordered by Britain's equality watchdog to stop unlawfully discriminating against Irish Travellers, including by rejecting guests with Irish names and accents. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has served the company with an unlawful act notice aft

A commercial judge has held that a structural engineer hired for an Edinburgh building project could not be compelled to execute and deliver a collateral warranty in favour of the landowner over five years after the conclusion of a contract between the engineer and the project’s contractor in

Professor Kenneth Norrie responds to a piece published earlier this week in Scottish Legal News, which he characterises as "mendacious". Monday’s Scottish Legal News carried a piece with the shockingly misleading heading “Plans for new trans law…”.

Emergency and retail workers suffer physical attacks from members of the public on average nearly 60 times every single day in Scotland, according to new research. The findings come as a police officer has been forced to leave her job due to the trauma of attending a crime where she and her colleagu

The High Court of Justiciary has found that the conduct of a Scottish League Cup final attendee who was charged with a breach of the peace by shouting the word “hun” at a police officer was not aggravated by religious prejudice but refused to alter the sentence given as a result. David D