A company that leased a former coffee shop to a company for alleged use as a place of worship has lost a petition for judicial review of the local authority’s decision that they were liable to pay non-domestic rates after a lord ordinary determined that the petition was incompetent. Bridgeport
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A Scottish charity specialising in post-adoption support and advice has been fined £18,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office after it destroyed approximately 4,800 personal records – up to 10 percent of which may be irreplaceable – because it was running out of space in its
The Scottish Council of Law Reporting has created a live index enabling users to search Session Cases data online. The Index to all Session Cases from 1821 to date is provided to aid swift identification of relevant cases. It is searchable by case name as well as by catchwords and phrases.
There were five reasonable precautions a contractor could have taken to prevent the death of a child who fell down an open manhole in an incident in 2020, a sheriff has found. Sheriff Stuart Reid has published his determination in the fatal accident inquiry into the death of Shéa Ryan.
A new exhibition which showcases how Enric Miralles, Holyrood’s lead architect, brought to life his vision for a Parliament "growing out of the land" is on display at the Scottish Parliament. The exhibition, Enric Miralles: Creating the Scottish Parliament and other stories by Benedetta Taglia
Helsinki has become the first European capital city to record zero road traffic deaths for an entire year. The Finnish capital is comparable in population size to Dublin, with around 1.5 million people living in or near it.
The Law Society of Scotland’s risk management competition has returned, seeking the best new ideas to reduce risk for the legal sector. The annual Innovation Cup is focused on improving systems, processes or controls within private practice firms, from a simple tweak through to something compl
Millions of motorists could receive compensation under a redress scheme announced by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) following widespread mis-selling in the car finance market. However, most people are expected to receive less than £950, and payments will not begin until next year. The F
Singers who glorify "mafia culture" face up to three years' imprisonment under a law proposed by junior members of Italy's hard-right government. Lega, a far-right party with long-standing roots in the north of Italy, has taken aim at the neomelodica genre of music associated with the southern
A couple who claimed they were wrongfully detained by Nottinghamshire Police in 2019 after they acted on allegations of child abuse and poisoning from their eldest child, from which no prosecution resulted, have lost the majority of their appeal against a County Court decision to dismiss a claim for
Views are being sought on fatal accident inquiries ahead of a review of the system. A call for evidence by the 2025 Fatal Accident Inquiry Review aims to gather views on the efficiency, effectiveness and trauma-informed nature of investigations into deaths in custody and the specific barriers that f
Young people who engage in rioting and large-scale public disorder offences have been urged to consider the impact a criminal record will have on their lives. The warning comes from a senior Crown Office prosecutor after a 17-year-old was sentenced to 18 months' detention for firework-related disord
The procurator fiscal has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to begin the court process for a joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Ruaridh Stevenson and Kayden Walker. Twelve-year-old Kayden, from Bridgeton, Glasgow, drowned after becoming trapped on the upstream side of a weir
A transgender pool player has lost a legal challenge against a governing body’s decision to exclude individuals not born biologically female from its women’s competitions. The English Blackball Pool Federation (EBPF) introduced the ban in August 2023, prompting professional player Harrie
As a summer of horrors unfolds in Gaza, the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (Mark Stephens CBE, IBAHRI co-chair, Hina Jilani, IBAHRI co-chair and Baroness Helena Kennedy LT KC, IBAHRI director) asks the international community: if not now, when will it be time to act? Death, s
