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A solicitor who refused the Covid vaccine has died after becoming infected with the virus. Leslie Lawrenson, 58, said on Facebook people ought to “trust your immune system” and that he would rather develop “antibodies in my blood” than have the vaccine.

Justice Secretary Keith Brown has said it will take years for Scotland's courts to clear the backlog of criminal and civil cases. Mr Brown was speaking while on a visit to the new £23 million Inverness Justice Centre, which briefly opened last March but closed due to the public health risk.

Murray Beith Murray has announced internal promotions and a recruitment appointment within the firm’s tax group.  Laura Brown, who has been with Murray Beith Murray since 2016, has been promoted to director of tax. Ms Brown, an accountant by profession, is a tax specialist and has over 25

Employers should be mindful of the changing pandemic restrictions and what they mean for office occupancy and health and safety, writes Katherine Metcalfe. The First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday that Scotland will move “beyond level 0”, lifting most of the rema

That there should one Man die ignorant who had capacity for Knowledge, this I call a tragedy.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Nigerian lawyer wins American Bar Association’s international human rights award | Premium Times

A milkman was inadvertently arrested after police mistook him for a burglar because he was "driving around so early in the morning". The milkman had been carrying out his duties in Newton Aycliffe, in the north-east of England, when officers began following his van.

Ignorance is the mother of devotion.

Scots lawyers would like the 'not proven' verdict preserved whether Scotland adopts a two or three verdict system, a survey by the Law Society of Scotland has found. The survey – the majority of whose respondents were civil practitioners – asked about the need for change in the context o

A man who suffered from a mental health condition and was charged with rape has failed in his challenge of a decision to desert the indictment against him under section 56(5) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 with a view to the Crown immediately serving a new one. Counsel for&n

Advocate Craig Murray, of Compass Chambers, is undertaking a solo English Channel swim between 14 and 25 August 2021 (weather and tides permitting) to raise money for Dreams Come True – a national charity which gives children with life-limiting conditions the opportunity to fulfil their d

A new offence of "pet abduction" is to be created to address the escalating problem of dognapping. Justice Secretary Robert Buckland QC MP's legislation will reflect the fact that stealing a pet can be cruel to the animal and traumatic to its owner.

Former advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Eleanor Sharpston QC, has given an account of her dismissal and her unsuccessful legal action challenging it. In a statement, she expressed sadness that the court had “failed to grasp the opportunity offered to it by the tw

An Iranian official accused of helping to oversee mass executions of dissidents in the 1980s will go on trial in Sweden tomorrow, The Times reports. Hamid Nouri, 60, was arrested in November 2019 upon arriving at Stockholm airport on a trip to see relatives.

Fast food giant McDonald's is facing a lawsuit from an Orthodox Christian who claims its advertising pushed her to break her month-long fast for Lent. Ksenia Ovchinnikova is demanding 1,000 rubles (around €11.60 EUR) in compensation for "moral damage" after her moment of weakness, RIA Novosti r