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The European court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the rights of clandestine migrants from Tunisia were violated when they were detained after landing on the Italian coast in the midst of the "Arab Spring" in 2011. The case concerned the migrants' detention in a reception centre on the island

An Australian QC has apologised after falling asleep and snoring in the middle of an inquest looking at the death of professional race car driver Sean Edwards. Brisbane barrister David Tait, representing Mr Edward's family, apologised after he had to be woken up by his colleague on the second day of

From left: Jack Boyle, Simon Allison and Andrew Wallace

Nicola Sturgeon The accountability of Police Scotland will be subject to discussion at a summit hosted by the Scottish government later this month, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday.

A retired police superintendent has voiced concern that police discretion is being "eroded" after he was fined for parking in a bus stop for less than a minute. Jim Kirkwood, 60, told The Herald that he complained to both Police Scotland and the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) a

Nicola Sturgeon First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has laid out plans to introduce new bills to improve security for private tenants, introduce rent controls and abolish the "bedroom tax" as early as possible.

Dame Elish Angiolini A former Lord Advocate has warned that judges may not see community rehabilitation plans for criminals as a viable alternative to imprisonment.

Joan Aitken A lorry driver has had his professional license revoked for 20 years after an inquiry heard of his reckless manoeuvres on one of Scotland's most dangerous roads.

Heather Nisbet Heather Nisbet discusses some basic contract elements for overage or price top up arrangements in property deals in the first half of her two-part blog which continues tomorrow.

Lord Advocate Frank Mulholland QC The Scottish government will introduce legislation to create new domestic abuse offences and criminalise the distribution of "revenge porn", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced yesterday.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced an end to employment tribunal fees as she revealed the Scottish government's legislative programme yesterday. She promised to draw on new powers delivered by the Scotland Bill to scrap charges for bringing cases to an employment tribunal, winning praise from

Graham Ogilvy When Lord Hewart, the liberal Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales for much of the 1920s and all of the 1930s, issued his famous dictum, often paraphrased as: "Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done", Britain's newspapers were in rude health with national tit

A property development company which sued Scotland’s largest local authority for £15 million following a dispute over a contract to develop a site has had its claim dismissed as “irrelevant”. PIP3 raised an action against Glasgow City Council for breach of contract after the local authority r

A challenge to legislation which will see a “named person” assigned to every child in Scotland has been refused by appeal judges in the Inner House of the Court of Session. Four charities and three individuals contended that provisions in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014 passed