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Defendants could be given the right to opt for trial by judge alone under proposals forming part of a major reform package aimed at addressing record delays in the Crown Court system. An independent review chaired by Sir Brian Leveson is set to recommend that ministers introduce judge-only trials as

Seven partners at a major American law firm are leaving in the wake of its agreement with the Trump administration and joining one which successfully challenged the president’s punitive orders in court. The lawyers departing Willkie Farr & Gallagher for Cooley include Simona Agnolucci and

Two Scottish pensioners who lost their entitlement to Winter Fuel Payment and the equivalent Scottish benefit to be introduced in winter 2024/25 after changes were made to the eligibility rules have lost a judicial review challenge to the decisions of both the UK and Scottish governments. Petitioner

Recently caught up in the Iberian power failure, Robert Shiels, ponders on the lessons of Oliver Letwin’s prophetic book on the subject. This small book bobbed along for four years after publication, perhaps un-noticed, or ignored in part due to the argument around potential disasters, and pos

An American police force has come under fire after inviting officers to join the SWAT unit if they are "jonesing to fire less lethal rounds at fleeing suspects". Oregon State Police tried unsuccessfully to prevent the release of the internal recruitment email to The Oregonian, arguing that it reveal

Sir Gary Hickinbottom has been appointed as chair of the public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane by loyalist paramilitaries. Today's announcement from Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn is a major step forward for the inquiry announced last September.

House prices in Scotland rose over the past three months at the slowest rate seen since the beginning of 2024, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey. However, with new buyer activity rising, surveyors expect price growth to pick up over the

A new law which makes it easier for Scottish businesses to borrow against their moveable assets could help unlock more cross-border investment, a banking expert believes. The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act came into force on April 1, bringing Scotland’s lending legislation into alignment

TLT has elected Andrew Lyon, partner and head of financial services, as senior partner.  His three-year term will commence on 1 January 2026 and he succeeds Sasha Butterworth, who has served as senior partner since 2022.

Holyrood’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee has today launched a call for views to ask people with knowledge of the crofting sector what they think about proposals set out in the Crofting and Scotland Land Court Bill. The Scottish government has committed to simplifying crofting law. This

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a doctor against a decision of a mental health tribunal preventing the transfer of a patient subject to a compulsory treatment order from Scotland to London after finding that the tribunal had correctly applied the doctrine of res judi

Celtic Football Club has settled 85 per cent of claims brought against it by survivors of sexual abuse connected to the former Celtic Boys Club, a court has heard. At a hearing in the Court of Session, it was confirmed that compensation has been paid in 24 out of 28 claims raised in ongoing group pr