Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC has urged continued public vigilance against hate crime after new Crown Office figures showed a small decrease in charges reported. In 2024-25, some 6,019 charges reported were categorised as involving age, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, transgender ide
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A Syrian doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a German court for committing crimes against humanity, including murder and torture, during his time working in military hospitals and detention centres in Syria. Alaa Mousa, 40, was found guilty by the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court of par
A Turkish national due to be deported from the UK following a criminal conviction has lost a legal challenge against a decision of the Home Secretary that he had no right to a fresh appeal based on his marriage to a Lithuanian national after the refusal of his first claim. Veysel Erturk, aged 23, wa
Pupils from St Aidan’s High School, Wishaw, are celebrating winning this year’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) schools public speaking competition.
In the last 10 years the value of the Scottish residential property market increased by 45 per cent, from £15.7 billion to £22.7bn, according to the latest Property Market Report published by Registers of Scotland (RoS). Over the past 10 years:
A man who changed his name to Lucifer Of-Darkness had his assault charge called at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday the 13th. Of-Darkness, 41, is accused of punching a man at Edinburgh Waverley station. Formerly Berkani Nahim, Of-Darkness allegedly caused severe injury to Christopher Jamieson
A police operation to track down members of grooming gangs has been announced by the Home Office. The National Crime Agency (NCA) will target those who have sexually exploited children as part of a grooming gang, and will look at cases that were previously dismissed.
A piece of legislation that empowers police across England and Wales to fine or imprison people for rough sleeping or begging looks set to be scrapped after more than 200 years.
Work to develop a new policy document on the management of transgender prisoners in Ireland is nearing completion, the Irish Prison Service has said. A spokesperson for the prison service told our sister publication Irish Legal News that it was engaging with internal stakeholders on practical matter
Defendants could be given the right to opt for trial by judge alone under proposals forming part of a major reform package aimed at addressing record delays in the Crown Court system. An independent review chaired by Sir Brian Leveson is set to recommend that ministers introduce judge-only trials as
Seven partners at a major American law firm are leaving in the wake of its agreement with the Trump administration and joining one which successfully challenged the president’s punitive orders in court. The lawyers departing Willkie Farr & Gallagher for Cooley include Simona Agnolucci and
Two Scottish pensioners who lost their entitlement to Winter Fuel Payment and the equivalent Scottish benefit to be introduced in winter 2024/25 after changes were made to the eligibility rules have lost a judicial review challenge to the decisions of both the UK and Scottish governments. Petitioner
Sir Gary Hickinbottom has been appointed as chair of the public inquiry into the 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane by loyalist paramilitaries. Today's announcement from Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn is a major step forward for the inquiry announced last September.
