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Antisocial air passengers who play music from their smartphones out loud now face being banned from a world-leading airline. United Airlines, by some rankings the world's biggest airline, has revised its contract of carriage to require passengers to use headphones when listening to a device, CBS New

A husband and wife who breached a position of trust to abuse vulnerable foster children in their care have been jailed. Barbara and Douglas Daniel were found guilty of subjecting six children - aged between four and 14 - to cruel and unnatural treatment between 1986 and 1991.

Sir Keir Starmer's warning about the lessons of Iraq reflects a central principle of the UN Charter – that the use of force must rest on clear legal grounds rather than strategic convenience, writes Andrew Stevenson. The British Prime Minister is to be commended for his reaction to the latest

The UK government has published the terms of reference for the long-awaited public inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane. Mr Finucane, who co-founded Madden & Finucane Solicitors, was murdered in his home in north Belfast on 12 February 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries wh

A lord ordinary has declared that the Scottish Prison Service failed to provide appropriate rehabilitative opportunities to a prisoner sentenced to an Order for Lifelong Restriction who was removed from the waiting list for its Self Change Programme after deciding the programme could not address his

A new report has revealed Police Scotland is failing to take the fingerprints of thousands of people it arrests each year. The Scottish biometrics commissioner has today published the findings of a joint review carried out to provide assurance that the "acquisition, retention, use and destruction of

Mediation could play a far bigger role in Scottish civil justice – that was the message from a symposium in Edinburgh last week, bringing together judges, practitioners and international experts. Hosted by University of Strathclyde Mediation Clinic and Scottish Mediation, with support from the

The pensions and lifetime savings team at Burges Salmon has grown its practice by over 100 per cent in three years and increased its headcount by 50 per cent in 18 months, the firm said. This national expansion has been mirrored in Scotland, where its team has seen sustained growth, with four new te

President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed, gave the 2026 London Lecture at Lincoln Inn on March 3, answering the question “what do Supreme Court judges do all day?”  He provided a unique insight into the role, responsibilities and working methods of a justice on the UK’s highe

The High Court has begun hearing a civil case brought against former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams by three survivors of IRA bomb attacks in Great Britain. The claimants are suing Mr Adams on the basis of his alleged affiliation with and leadership role in the Provisional IRA, which he deni

Members of three Scottish Parliament committees have urged that a joint approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish government’s work to reduce drug deaths and tackle drug harm must continue following May’s election. A legacy report from MSPs on the Criminal Justice, Health, Social Care and

A Selkirk care company has been fined after a resident choked to death on food that had not been prepared in accordance with his dietary requirements. Selkirk Sheriff Court heard that on 25 May 2023, Thomas Telford, known as Barry, aged 86, choked during lunch at Riverside Healthcare Centre, Bridge

A lord ordinary has refused in hoc statu an insurer’s motion to dismiss a £2.5 million damages claim in respect of a brain injury sustained in an accident involving a car and a motorcycle after finding that, while the pursuer had greatly exaggerated the extent of his injuries and lied to