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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Jacqui Hunter.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Derek McLean. Mr McLean, a 43-year-old father of three from Falkirk, died on 22 August 2019 after an accident at the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow

The University of Aberdeen Law School has once again opened its doors to students from the USA as part of its Baltimore/Maryland Summer School.

The Law Society of Scotland has called for urgent action to resolve major disruption caused to Scottish criminal courts by failing custody arrangements. Criminal practitioners have reported major delays to proceedings at courts across Scotland as a result of inadequate service levels being provided

Jury trials in the north have been severely disrupted by failures at prisoner transportation and custody firm GEOAmey. Sheriff Principal Pyle has published an order of court introducing changes to the jury court operations for Grampian, Highland and Islands Sheriffdom. The order requires new jury tr

A former lawyer who embezzled £120,000 from a pensioner suffering from dementia and living in a nursing home has been jailed for two years. John Sinclair, 69, of Aberdeen, stole the money from the woman, who was in her nineties, after being granted power of attorney in 2014.

A Glasgow health board has been fined £235,000 after a patient took his own life while in its care. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde pled guilty to a breach of health and safety regulations committed between 1 January 2020 and 23 March 2020.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Robert McPaul. Mr McPaul, aged 70, died in Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home, Greenock on 30 March 2018 after choking on food that wa

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a discretionary fatal accident inquiry into the death of 59-year-old Graham Anderson. Mr Anderson died following a heart attack in his office at Calachem Ltd, Grangemouth on 1 May 2020.

Axiom has welcomed three new members today. Ross Mitchell specialises in a broad range of commercial disputes including contractual, construction and professional negligence disputes. He also practises in company law and public law. Prior to calling to the bar, he practised as a solicitor advocate w

Optimum Advocates has welcomed Deirdre Flanigan to the stable today. She calls to the bar as a recipient of the Scottish Council for Law Reporting and as a Lord Hope Scholar. Prior to calling, she spent seven years as a solicitor and has significant advocacy experience in the sheriff courts across S

A fuel company that settled a personal injury action by one of its lorry drivers has lost a claim against the company that serviced the tanker lorry he had been driving for a contribution to the settlement after failing to establish negligence. Andrew Gray & Co (Fuels) Ltd settled a claim by pur

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 69-year-old Robert Chalmers. Mr Chalmers died on 4 April 2022 at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh after being transferred there from HMP E

The Law Society of Scotland has said a regular review mechanism for fees payable in civil court cases is critical to ensure solicitors are not short-changed by cost-of-living pressures. The Scottish Civil Justice Council recently announced that solicitor fees in the Court of Session, Sheriff Appeal

A seafood company has been fined £80,000 after a fisherman drowned when his leg was caught in a rope and he was pulled overboard. Thurso-based Scrabster Seafoods Limited pled guilty to health and safety breaches at Tain Sheriff Court on 7 June 2023.