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A programme funded from the seized assets of criminals delivered £6.2 million funding to support over 15,000 young people during 2024-25.  The money has been used by Cashback for Communities to support 29 organisations delivering projects that divert young people away from anti-social beh

In almost 15 years at the helm of Lindsays, Alasdair Cummings has overseen impressive growth. Six mergers have made it a firm of four cities, with turnover tripling to almost £30m. The statistics are strong. Amongst them, though, is one of which he is particularly proud. “On October 1, w

The Crown Office has published new guidance for businesses that discover economic crime such as fraud, money-laundering and bribery within their organisations.  The guidance has been issued following the recent creation of new criminal offences which extend the scope of corporate criminal liabi

A Scottish woman who moved to the United States to pursue her dream of becoming a defence lawyer has been murdered in Los Angeles. June Bunyan, 37, who grew up on the Isle of Arran, was found dead in her home on 11 September with “traumatic neck injuries”, police said.

Legislation to "simplify the funding system" for learners at college, university and apprentices in Scotland has been given in-principle backing by MSPs. They voted by 62 to 39 to endorse the general principles of the Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill, ensuring

The Court of Session has ruled in favour of individuals who wanted to finalise an adoption as a couple despite having separated. The ruling is the first of its kind published in Scotland.

Junior lawyers at leading City firms are working far beyond standard hours, with many reporting 12-hour days as routine, new research shows. A survey of more than 2,000 trainees and junior lawyers by Legal Cheek found the longest hours at the London offices of top US firms, which are known for their

A Perth sheriff has ordered a man who drove through a motorway barrier to pay just over £8,000 after finding that the majority of the costs claimed by the highways contractor responsible for carrying out emergency repairs to the site were reasonable. Bear Scotland Ltd, which was responsible fo

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been charged with crimes against humanity by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over allegations that he authorised killings during his country’s violent war on drugs. A 15-page charge sheet dated 4 July was made public on Mond

Rights organisations could fall back on the UK-EU international dispute settlement procedure to defend human rights in Northern Ireland if the UK government wins in a major UK Supreme Court case, according to a new report. The report, published by Social Change Initiative (SCI) in partnership with t

The Scottish Law Commission has today published its report on updating the law on the mental element in homicide including a draft Homicide (Scotland) Bill. The report notes criticisms which have been made of the current common-law-based Scots law governing murder and culpable homicide; refers to ho

Ministers have been criticised by Scotland’s transparency watchdog for wrongly attempting to block a freedom of information (FOI) request on the lord advocate’s reference to the Supreme Court over an independence referendum. In a sharply worded ruling, David Hamilton, the information com