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Plans for the dead to be ‘cremated’ in boiling water before being flushed down the drain could soon be approved. A review by the Law Commission of England and Wales could clear the way for new funeral practices such as alkaline hydrolysis – sometimes dubbed "water cremation" &ndash

Harper Macleod is now part of a new initiative: the next phase of the UK Space Agency Accelerator. The programme is designed to support space entrepreneurs across the UK, helping them grow their businesses and strengthen the wider space sector.

Public inquiries are imposing an "escalating and unsustainable burden" on Police Scotland, the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) has claimed, citing a growing financial and operational crisis exacerbated by six major inquiries currently under way. In evidence submitted to Holyrood’s Finance and

Scotland’s criminal defence solicitors are to withdraw from a new flagship summary justice scheme in protest at the Scottish government’s failure to increase legal aid rates. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) has confirmed that its members will no longer participate in imple

A drugs trafficker who tried to smuggle cannabis worth more than £1 million into Scotland from a car ferry has been jailed for three years and two months. Police officers discovered the controlled drugs after carrying out a search of Chace Cappellie’s vehicle at the Stena Line port at Ca

A runaway zebra has been caught by police and airlifted back to his owner after absconding for over a week. Rutherford County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee said the zebra, named Ed, was finally tracked down on Sunday after several sightings.

On 4 June the Supreme Court hosted an event entitled 'The Future of International Law', which saw court President Lord Reed in conversation with Lord Lloyd-Jones and Professor Dapo Akande.  The event was attended by senior representatives from the legal world, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Deve

More than 2,000 blades, alongside guns, ammunition and other weapons, were confiscated at Scottish court buildings over the past year, newly released figures show. Data obtained by the Daily Record through a freedom of information request reveals that security staff intercepted thousands of weapons

Solicitors employed on the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s emergency helpline have backed strike action over changes to shift patterns, The Scotsman reports. Sixteen solicitors working on the Solicitor Contact Line voted for industrial action following complaints that management had imposed 12-hour

First Minister John Swinney is to bring together voices from across Scotland to focus on actions that can help prevent youth violence. The summit will include contributions from the Justice and Education Secretaries, Ministers for Children and for Victims & Community Safety, as well as cross-par

A sheriff has revoked the appointment of the attorney of a woman with Alzheimer's disease after finding that he had used her money for his own interests and misled his co-attorney in respect of rental income for a property she owned. The applicant, C, and the respondent, M, were two of four children

One of the world’s foremost experts in forensic investigation will deliver a public lecture at the University of Dundee later this month exploring how science and technology are used in criminal investigations. Dr Sheila Willis, former director general of Forensic Science Ireland, will deliver

The new interim chair of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC), Dame Vera Baird, has described the body as “incompetent". Dame Vera, a former solicitor general and victims’ commissioner, criticised the watchdog’s handling of the Andrew Malkinson case, where it failed to refer

Child law solicitor Lauren Fowler has passed away.