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An appeal by a 99-year-old woman convicted of being an accessory to the murder of 10,505 people when she was secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp has been rejected. Germany's Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a
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The recent case of Paul Frame v Abellio Scotrail [2024] Limited involved many complex issues including foreseeable risk of injury, breach of duty of care, and causation, all of which require to be established for a party to succeed with an action for damages for psychological injury, writes Val Pitt
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A joint investigation by BBC Scotland’s Disclosure and Radio 4’s File on 4 programmes will reveal allegations that workers from around the world may have been trafficked to work for a trawler fishing business based on Scotland’s south coast. Disclosure: Slavery at Sea and File on 4
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The Scottish Sentencing Council has published a new report examining how victims of domestic abuse view sentencing in Scotland. The research, conducted by Glasgow Caledonian University, provides insights into the experiences and perspectives of victims. Researchers interviewed 24 women across Scotla
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Scottish house prices saw a 4.3 per cent year-on-year increase in June 2024, reaching an average of £192,000, and outpacing the UK average growth, according to Registers of Scotland. As compared with the previous month, house prices in Scotland were unchanged on a non-seasonally adjusted basis
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Stephen Dick calls for better collaboration to boost the number of newbuild completions in Scotland and hopes the new Labour government at Westminster will provide a potential positive influence. While the impact will largely be seen south of the border, the new Labour government has promised t
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Andrew Stevenson takes a look back at an important and high-profile property law case from California. This year saw the 90th birthday of Frankie Valli. A superb falsetto and tenor singer, both as a solo performer and as frontman of the Four Seasons, the artist formerly known as Francesco Castellucc
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