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A man and woman who stole $6,000 worth of jewellery from a gallery in Florida were caught after they signed the guestbook and left a telephone number. Police in Palm Beach said Megan Ohara, 24, and David Ziskowski, 19 stole a ring and bracelet from the ICFA Gallery but were apprehended shortly after

All places have been snapped up for the Faculty of Advocates’ Open Day, when visitors will be given a taste of life at the Scottish bar. The event is being held on Wednesday, 4 November, and will kick off with information sessions from Dr Kirsty Hood QC, Clerk of Faculty, and David Parratt, direct

“If you’re a blood donor, you’re a hero to someone, somewhere, who received your gracious gift of life”. This is the quote which inspired thirty of the team from Gillespie Macandrew’s Edinburgh office to donate blood.

An impressive £13,000 has been raised by the Tumbling Lassie Ball, a charity event organised by a group of advocates in honour of the central character in a 17th century court case.

Alison Levitt QC A former prosecutor has called for a new law giving sex abuse suspects anonymity until they are charged.

From left: Kirsten Dunford, Christopher Boyd and Alix Reid

Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has been invited to give evidence to the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Committee for Finance and Personnel today.

The European Court of Human Rights is holding a Grand Chamber hearing today in the case of Hutchinson v the United Kingdom. The case concerns the complaint by a man serving a whole life sentence for murder that his sentence amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment as he has no hope of release.

Measures aimed at creating a modern and comprehensive framework for burials and cremations are to be examined by two Holyrood committees. The Health and Sport Committee and the Local Government and Regeneration Committee will both scrutinise the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill, each looking at

Derek Penman Edinburgh has the highest crime rate and lowest detection rate in Scotland according to a watchdog.

The Law Society of Scotland has paid tribute to past president, Michael Scanlan, who passed away yesterday. Mr Scanlan served as president of the Law Society between 1999 and 2000 and chaired many of the Society’s committees, including the remuneration, insurance and education & training commi

A man who challenged the admission in evidence of material that revealed his membership of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and meant he was convicted of being a member of a proscribed organisation has failed in his appeal to the UK Supreme Court that the material should have been excluded at trial.

A man who secretly took a screenshot of a photograph of a woman’s private parts from her mobile phone and sent it to a third party has had an appeal to be taken off the sex offenders register refused. Aidan McHugh, 21, who pled guilty to a statutory breach of the peace charge, became subject to th

A Jain monk in India has said it will take him eight months to respond to a court summons because his faith means he must walk over a thousand miles to the hearing. The court is located in Ahmedabad, which is 1,400 miles from Calcutta where he currently lives.