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April Smith A North Carolina teenager has been prosecuted for possessing naked images of himself in a case which has been derided by criminal justice experts.

(L-R) Amanda Woodrow, Edinburgh AC; Ian Beattie, Chief Operating Officer at Lindsays; Eilish McColgan; Andrew Latham, Edinburgh AC Law firm Lindsays has presented a trophy to Edinburgh Athletic Club in partnership with scottishathletics.

A pair of siblings from Stirling have been admitted as Scottish solicitors on the same day, according to the Law Society of Scotland.

Gerry McAlinden QC Almost 400 people in Northern Ireland's courts have been left without legal representation due to an ongoing protest against legal aid cuts.

Scottish Legal Training has rescheduled its Criminal Masterclass and Personal Injury events to January 23 and January 24 respectively.

Graham Ogilvy The new Scottish Legal News website is proving popular with readers, attracting over 31,000 unique visitors a month to search our archive of cases and stories as well as to keep up to date with events and jobs.

Cat MacLean Cat MacLean writes about a new scheme which aims to persuade Insolvency Practitioners to pursue claims for a company in liquidation or administration, against banks.

Nicola Sturgeon The UK government's proposed repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 will “diminish the UK’s reputation”, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will tell an audience in Glasgow today.

Lord Jonathan Sumption A Supreme Court judge has said it could take 50 years to achieve gender equality within the UK's senior judiciary.

Margaret Mitchell Holyrood's justice committee has rejected a bid to amend the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill to protect the personal information of sexual assault and rape survivors.

Pamela Muir Two lawyers have joined Morisons Solicitors while a third has been promoted, the Edinburgh-based law firm has confirmed.

Christine Grahame Holyrood's justice committee has been told appointments to the Scottish Servicing Council (SCC) will be made with "due regard to the principles of equality and diversity" after writing a letter voicing concerns about gender balance.

Lord Carloway The Criminal Sheriff Appeal Court and Sheriff Personal Injury Court have begun operating in Edinburgh as part of an overhaul of Scotland's courts system.

A bank has been granted a court order to force three other financial institutions to release information about customers to whom it made payments in error. A judge at the High Court in London had originally refused the applications, but later granted the orders for disclosure after being asked to re

Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland Scotland's courts system is under pressure from budget cuts and increasingly complex cases, according to a new report by Audit Scotland.