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The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of YZ to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. In 2021, the applicant pled guilty on summary complaint to two charges of contravening section 127(1)(a) of the Communications Act 2003 and on a separate complaint, to a charg

MSPs from the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs & Islands Committee have visited three estates in the Cairngorms National Park and held a community engagement event to further their scrutiny of the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill. The fact-finding visit began in Grantown on Spey on t

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to urgently focus on restoring community policing figures revealed that shoplifting has risen by more than a third since 2019, with particularly steep rises in Edinburgh and Glasgow. New research by the party shows that:  

The Scottish government needs to be wary of workforce pressures that are hitting the police as new figures confirmed that there remain around 1,000 fewer officers today than when Police Scotland was formed, the Scottish Liberal Democrats said. New figures reveal there were 16,553 full-time equi

A Scottish commercial judge has refused to grant an order sought by a Dubai-based payment services company against a former client registered in Scotland after finding that the circumstances in which the order was sought were in breach of natural justice. Papel Payment Services Provider LLC sought t

The Scottish government's plans to make misogyny a specific crime have been shelved. Ministers said on Friday that there was not enough time to draft the law in the wake of the Supreme Court judgment on the definition of a woman in the Equality Act.

Proposed legislation allowing the Scottish government to intervene in deer management in the name of "nature restoration" should be made clearer, rural businesses have said.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has today laid its budget for 2025-26 at Holyrood after the SLCC Board approved its draft budget and operating plan following a statutory consultation. Commenting on the budget, SLCC chair, Jane Malcolm said: “We’re grateful to those organi

A Scottish school must provide single-sex toilets for pupils after parents won a legal battle against a council which insisted on installing gender-neutral facilities, The Times reports. In a case dubbed the "first of many" which will see the rights of women and girls asserted in the wake of the Sup

Lawyers have accused the Scottish government of intentionally delaying action on legal aid until after next year's Holyrood election. The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association (SSBA) said the profession was being treated with contempt as it confirmed it will escalate its boycott of the government's su

The Scottish Land Commission has published a new Route Map to help make sure communities gain real and lasting benefits from nature restoration and investment in Scotland’s natural environment. The Route Map is a guide for landowners, developers, and investors. It shows how to involve local co

The head of the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) has called for the abolition of crown immunity, the legal principle that legislation does not normally apply to the state. Teresa Medhurst said the SPS should be at risk of criminal prosecution over deaths in custody.

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has welcomed further improvements in Law Society of Scotland investigation timescales since it made statutory recommendations two years ago. A report published by the SLCC in March 2023 showed that the majority of complaints investigations were taking

The Scottish Parliament will this week be invited to nominate Paul McFadden for appointment as the new Scottish public services ombudsman. The Scottish public services ombudsman’s role is to investigate complaints about most organisations providing public services in Scotland.

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to urgently drive down the use of remand and invest in credible community orders after new figures reveal that more than a quarter of Scotland’s prisoners are being held on remand. The Safer Communities and Justice Statistic