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The nature and scale of hate crime in Scotland are not fully understood by Police Scotland, according to a watchdog's report. The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) Thematic Inspection of Hate Crime report found that a lack of training, limitations of IT systems and problems wi

Cati Johnstone is joining MacFarlane Young in Paisley. Ms Johnstone will join from McVey & Murricane where she began work as a member of the support staff before becoming a pre-trainee while studying for the LLB at the University of Aberdeen.

Police have paid tribute to their "bovine unit" after wandering cows brought a car chase to a safe end. The 13-mile pursuit ended when the fleeing suspect drove onto a farm and had to brake when faced with a wall of cows.

Danish MPs have defied international condemnation to approve legislation providing for asylum seekers to be transferred to detention centres outside of Europe for processing. The bill, approved in a 70-24 vote yesterday, will amend the Aliens Act to allow Denmark to move refugees to asylum centres i

Lindsays has welcomed two new team members to its residential conveyancing teams in Edinburgh and Dundee.  Alex McNeil has joined as a solicitor in Edinburgh and Natasha Vials has become the newest paralegal in Dundee.

Lady Hale has advocated the use of caravan courts to restore local justice and spare participants long journeys. The former Supreme Court justice suggested mobile courts could compensate for the hundreds of court buildings closed by the UK government.

A law firm is to become the first to offer paid leave to staff who have been affected by the loss of a pregnancy. Kingsley Napley employees will be allowed 10 days' paid leave in the event of miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth or neonatal loss.

Leigh Herd, an associate in Shepherd and Wedderburn’s construction disputes team, has been confirmed as vice chair of the Scottish branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in a brace of new appointments for the firm’s lawyers. Ms Herd's appointment as vice chair comes as

The Herald has published an obituary of Heriot Currie, who passed away in April at the age of 68. "A commanding figure in court, he could pick out the salient points in an argument and then comprehensively deliver the highlights to the jury. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of case law and was a ma

Raeburn Christie Clark & Wallace LLP (RCCW) has announced two promotions within its commercial property and private client departments, with the elevation of Craig Veitch and Gillian Smith to associate. Mr Veitch joined RCCW in March 2019, having attended Aberdeen Grammar School and graduated fr

Dentons predicts a surge in activity in the vegan and plant-based food market after the law firm’s Scottish offices advised Bute Island Foods on their sale to Canadian dairy company, Saputo. Bute Island Foods, which employs around 180 staff, makes vegan cheese alternative Sheese, as well as ow

Slovenia has become the thirteenth country in Europe to pass legislation defining rape as sex without consent. The new amendment to the Slovenian criminal code, debated for nearly three years, removes the requirement for evidence of use of force or the threat of use of force and violence to classify

A Crown appeal by stated case against a sheriff’s decision to uphold a no case to answer submission in a case against a teacher charged with assaulting children with additional support needs has succeeded in the Criminal Division of the Sheriff Appeal Court. The Procurator Fiscal for

A people always ends by resembling its shadow.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have said they will use this Thursday’s justice debate to offer Parliament the chance to trigger reform of the fatal accident inquiry system.  The party has called for inquiries to be removed from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service altogether and