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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.

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

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:  

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 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

Three Scottish secondary schools will this month battle it out in the final of a public speaking contest. Pupils from St Andrews in Fife, Trinity High School, Renfrew, and St Aidan’s High School in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, will go head-to-head for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service&rsq

Solicitors employed on the Scottish Legal Aid Board’s emergency helpline have backed strike action over changes to shift patterns, The Scotsman reports. Sixteen solicitors working on the Solicitor Contact Line voted for industrial action following complaints that management had imposed 12-hour

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have warned that the police need the right skills and resources to tackle online sex crimes as new annual crime statistics showed sex crimes are now at their second highest level since 1971 when records began. Figures from Police Scotland show that:

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service is now able to start exploring a new application programme interface (API) service for raising ordinary actions in the Sheriff Court and ASSPIC. The service allows for bulk submissions of initial writs and would benefit those that do high volume ordinary cau

Lawyers in six Scottish cities and towns will take part in "legal walks" in support of access to justice this autumn, including for the first time in Paisley. The Scotland committee of the UK-wide Access to Justice Foundation (ATJF) organises the legal walks to promote access to justice and to help

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Ly Quang Huynh to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. In March 2023, the applicant pled guilty to two charges of concern in the supply of class A drugs. The court imposed a cumulo sentence of six years and three month

The first new textbook on Scottish criminal justice in a decade has been published. Criminal Justice in Scotland, by Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson and Katrina Morrison, encompasses many significant developments across Scottish criminal justice and beyond. It combines careful attention to procedural a

The Scottish government’s consultation on the Housing (Scotland) Bill closed last week, bringing to an end a heated debate over proposed rent control measures and potential exemptions that have sharply divided landlords and tenants' groups. At the heart of the dispute is a provision in the bil

A survey of smaller Scottish law firms has found many are upbeat about the future of such legal businesses, despite challenges around areas such as staffing, technology and work-related stress. The Law Society of Scotland commissioned independent research company Taylor McKenzie Research to examine