A former criminal lawyer who specialised in serious organised crime has been jailed for 18 months after being caught dealing nearly £87,000 worth of ketamine from her £600,000 country home. Aberdeen lawyer Amanda Lothian, 65, was convicted in April of being concerned in the supply of the
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The judge who led the Edinburgh trams inquiry has said the early stages of setting up the investigation “gave the impression of reinventing the wheel” due to a lack of guidance and inadequate support. Lord Hardie made the remarks in a letter to Holyrood’s Finance Committee, ahead o
The Law Society of Scotland has hailed the signing of a new international treaty offering protection to legal professions and legal professional bodies in recognition of the vital work they do. The UK is one of 17 Council of Europe member states that have now signed the Convention for the Protection
The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against conviction and sentence by a man who abused and raped three of his partners after finding that no miscarriage of justice occurred due to the admission of late hearsay evidence on the fourth day of trial. Kyle Beveridge was given an in cumulo
The American actors' union has launched legal proceedings over the alleged use of AI to replicate the voice of Darth Vader in the video game Fortnite. SAG-AFTRA has accused Llama Productions, which generated the voice clips for Fortnite maker Epic Games, of unfair labour practices by failing to enga
Chinese fast fashion giant Shein has been accused of breaking EU consumer laws in a coordinated action involving the EU and other national authorities. National consumer authorities in Ireland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands, and the European Commission, have called on Shein to rectify several
The UK could again face legal action at the European Court of Human Rights following a high-profile ruling on the definition of "woman" in equality legislation, a group of UN experts has warned. The Supreme Court last month ruled unanimously that the word "woman" in the Equality Act 2010 refers to b
A Glasgow law firm has raised £6,607 by participating in an annual charity will-writing campaign.
Projects supporting young people at risk of being drawn into criminal activities are to receive up to £26 million over the next three years. The Scottish government’s CashBack for Communities programme uses money recovered from seized criminal assets to provide crucial support to young p
An Amazonian tribe is suing The New York Times over an article which it says depicted their people as becoming addicted to pornography after gaining access to the internet. A journalist and photographer from the US newspaper visited the Marúbo people in western Brazil nine months after t
Death scholarship is well-established. Dr Molly Conisbee, a visiting fellow at the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath, has studied many aspects of death and mourning. As this is a ‘people’s history’, the study has excluded intentionally the monumental death cere
A debt purchase company that appealed an expenses decision in an undefended simple procedure claim over a £87 difference between the sum sought and the sum awarded has won its appeal to the Sheriff Appeal Court, but only in terms of a finding that an earlier Sheriff Appeal Court case on the is
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Palestinian health minister reports 29 ‘starvation-related’ deaths in Gaza
A new-look digital guide to the Scottish justice system has been launched to help people understand the different processes as well as find up-to-date information. It is part of a collection of free online resources created by Community Justice Scotland (CJS) to help people understand the complexity
