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A play based on the story of a runaway slave and the road to abolition of the practice in Britain has featured on BBC Radio 4. May Sumbwanyambe's The Trial of Joseph Knight is based on real historical events.

The number of people in Scotland handed warrants for failing to pay council tax has risen by almost 40 per cent in the last five years, according to new figures obtained by Scottish Labour. A summary warrant is issued by sheriff officers at the point that a person has failed to respond to the counci

Two associates at Inverness-based Innes & Mackay have been promoted to the role of director. Sarah Lilley trained in Aberdeen and qualified as a solicitor in 2008. She practised family law in Edinburgh for four years before moving to Inverness and joining Innes & Mackay in July 2012. Sh

Ann MacNeill called to the bar today, joining Hastie Stable. Prior to turning to the law, Ms MacNeill was a Chartered Banker, graduating from the University of Glasgow with an MBA. She specialised during her banking career in managing credit risk.

A man who was mistakenly released from prison was promptly returned to custody by his unimpressed wife. James Rynerson, 38, was released in error because cell records had not been updated to show that his was no longer housing a man set for release.

Alan Calderwood explains the fatal accident inquiry process. Fatal accident inquiries can be held when a death occurs in the course of a person’s employment or whilst in legal custody. They can also be held when the death is sudden, suspicious, or unexplained, or occurred in circumstances givi

Scotland's biggest council has agreed to pay compensation to the family of a boy who died after a headstone fell on him. Ciaran Williamson, 8, was playing in Craigton Cemetery with friends when the incident occurred on 26 May 2015.

A man who was jailed for two years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a friend while she was asleep has had his sentence reduced by six months following an appeal. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court ruled that while the offence represented a “gross breach of trust” the s

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) has launched a public consultation on the case management of family and civil partnership actions in the Sheriff Court. The consultation will run until 22 August 2018. The SCJC’s Family Law Committee is considering ways to improve how family actions ar

A bank which has been seeking to call up £2.5 million in loans granted to a husband and wife for the purpose of purchasing and renovating their new home has failed in an appeal against a judge’s decision to prevent the so-called “vulture fund” from bankrupting the couple. The

The number of debt decrees registered against Scottish companies rose sharply during the first quarter of 2018, according to figures released today by Registry Trust. Registry Trust is a non-profit organisation which collects decree and judgment information from jurisdictions across the British Isle

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has transferred the Stonehaven Sheriff Court building for a nominal sum after the Stonehaven Town Partnership (STP) successfully demonstrated the financial viability and benefit to the community of its plans. SCTS has been working with the STP an

Amanda Masson, partner in the family law team at Harper Macleod, writes on a first-of-its-kind Scottish court case on legal parenthood. A recent decision at Edinburgh Sheriff Court considered interesting issues about legal parenthood which it is anticipated will become more common as alternative fam