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A lawyer in Aberdeen has been found guilty of sending threatening messages to a beautician after she announced her intention to leave his partner's hair salon and work elsewhere.

Scotland’s first purpose-built justice centre will open on 30 March 2020.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has had an appeal rejected against a decision that it could not avoid paying out a successful payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling claim to a loan customer who became insolvent. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a decision of the

A motorist who was jailed after being found guilty of causing “serious injury by dangerous driving” has had his custodial sentence reduced following an appeal. Twenty-one-year-old Kyle Stewart, who was 19 at the time of the offence, claimed that his sentence of two years’ impr

A decision in the case brought against the lock-change evictions of asylum seekers in Glasgow carried out by Serco will be handed down tomorrow. The appellate decision in Ali v Serco Ltd, Compass SNI Ltd and the Secretary of State for the Home Department will be delivered by judges in the Inner

A bus driver found guilty of dangerous driving after failing to leave a sufficient gap as he drove past a parked van and passing pedestrian has successfully appealed against his conviction. The Sheriff Appeal Court quashed the conviction after viewing CCTV footage of the incident, ruling t

A European arrest warrant has been issued for St Andrews University professor Clara Ponsatí over her role in the attempt to gain independence for Catalonia in 2017. Professor Ponsatí, 62, who was education minister in the Catalan government, faces a single charge of sedition. If e

A man who was ordered not to contact his former partner after being convicted of a statutory breach of the peace following a drunken rant at police officers has had an appeal against the bail condition imposed dismissed. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled that the speci

The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen of Elie QC, has been cleared of professional misconduct by a tribunal following a conviction for a firearms offence. Richard Keen appeared at a Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (BTAS) hearing over allegations he had brought the profession into disre

Family lawyer Sarah Hay has welcomed the roll-out of a new court form giving children in Scotland as young as five years old a greater say on their own contact and residence rights. Form F9, the controversial court form for intimation to a child, has been replaced in a bid to improve meaningful part

A group of sex offenders are suing a police department for putting "No Trick-or-Treat" signs outside their homes in the run-up to Halloween. Lawyers for over 200 sex offenders have claimed that the practice – introduced last year in Butts County in the US state of Georgia – violates thei

A man found guilty of sexually assaulting his niece and nephew but who claimed that the doctrine of “mutual corroboration” could not apply to the two offences has had an appeal against his conviction dismissed. The appellant argued that the first charge, which involved touching and massa

A motorist who was fined and given six penalty points after being convicted of driving without insurance and who claimed there were “special reasons” for her licence not being endorsed has had her appeal dismissed. The complainer, who failed to appear in court on six occasions to argue h

Members of the public will have the chance to step into the role of forensic investigators and jurors as part of a series of events exploring crime and justice at this year’s Festival of the Future. The University of Dundee-led festival takes place from Wednesday 16 to Sunday 20 October, with

A man who was jailed for four years after being found guilty of domestic abuse offences has had an appeal against the custodial term imposed rejected. Josh McLean was sentenced to an extended sentence of six years, comprising a custodial element of four years and an extension period of two year