The Sheriff Appeal Court has quashed a fine imposed on a student who pled guilty to sexually assaulting two women at an Edinburgh nightclub after finding that it was more appropriate in the circumstances to impose a community payback order with a supervision requirement. Appellant MD, who was aged 1
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A former Edinburgh Academy teacher exploited a position of trust to physically and sexually abuse young boys, a court has ruled. John Young was found to have targeted pupils while employed as a PE teacher at the independent school in the capital between 1966 and 1993.
A prison has banned inmates from volunteering at an animal shelter amid allegations that they secretly ate its guinea pigs. Prison officials in Western Australia have suspended community work programmes while they investigate the allegations, ABC reports.
Minibus driver found with £241k of cannabis in vehicle loses appeal against drugs offence conviction
A London-based minibus driver convicted of being involved in transporting cannabis to Glasgow for supply has lost an appeal against his conviction in the High Court of Justiciary after the court found the sheriff had not failed to address the jury on what the appellant knew about what he was transpo
Douglas Ross KC reviews the latest instalment in Philippe Sands KC's "loose trilogy". Philippe Sands KC is a leading public international lawyer who has moved beyond the realm of practitioner/academic by writing a series of books based on themes of international law and justice aimed at a wider audi
A police force has defended spending nearly £13,000 on a coffee machine after criticism from auditors. Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia spent a total of €4.66 million on a new "innovation lab" which was originally set to cost just €250,000.
Sheriff Graeme Watson has been appointed as a specialist to hear cases in the All-Scotland Sheriff Personal Injury Court. He was designated by Sheriff Principal Nigel Ross, Sheriff Principal of Lothian and Borders, as a specialist in actions of damages for personal injury with effect from 1 August 2
Elon Musk's social media platform, X, played a central role in spreading misinformation and hate which fuelled racist riots across England and Northern Ireland last summer, according to a new report. Amnesty International says the platform's content-ranking algorithms enabled toxic, racist, and fals
A former foster carer abused at least four vulnerable children in her care over a 16-year period. Gillian Murray was found guilty of using cruel and unnatural treatment towards the young victims following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Inverness sheriff dismisses claim over allegedly misdescribed Jaguar bought on internet auction site
An English man who purchased a car from Inverness via online auction which he claimed was not properly described at the point of sale has had his simple procedure claim for a loss of just under £3,500 dismissed by a sheriff after no basis for a claim was found. Claimant Richard Town bought a 2
The Law Society of Scotland has expanded its paralegal accreditation scheme with a new category recognising practitioners who have high-level skills and experience. General accreditation will be available for high-performing paralegals whose work does not meet the requirements for any of the existin
The Scotsman has published an obituary of William Berry WS DL, who passed away on June 25 at the age of 85. "A man of wit and wisdom. A nationally respected Independent Director and similarly respected senior partner of Murray Beith Murray and Writer to His Majesty’s Signet. A skilled land man
A care home provider has been fined more than £50,000 after an elderly patient died in the early hours of Boxing Day in 2022. Hugh Kearins, 77, had managed to leave the Chester Park Care Home in Glasgow via a series of stairways and fire doors. An inspector from the Health and Safety Executive
A personal injury sheriff has awarded just over £149,000 to a woman who was injured by a fire that broke out in her home in October 2018 after finding that the injury to her person and damage to the property was caused by her work mobile phone’s battery overheating. Denise Parks raised a
A Law Society of Scotland review of law firm websites has revealed that less than a third included information about pricing. A total of 109 out of the 381 legal firms across Scotland which were included in the review sample had pricing information available on their website in line with Law Society
