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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.

A new law which makes it easier for Scottish businesses to borrow against their moveable assets could help unlock more cross-border investment, a banking expert believes. The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act came into force on April 1, bringing Scotland’s lending legislation into alignment

TLT has elected Andrew Lyon, partner and head of financial services, as senior partner.  His three-year term will commence on 1 January 2026 and he succeeds Sasha Butterworth, who has served as senior partner since 2022.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a doctor against a decision of a mental health tribunal preventing the transfer of a patient subject to a compulsory treatment order from Scotland to London after finding that the tribunal had correctly applied the doctrine of res judi

Celtic Football Club has settled 85 per cent of claims brought against it by survivors of sexual abuse connected to the former Celtic Boys Club, a court has heard. At a hearing in the Court of Session, it was confirmed that compensation has been paid in 24 out of 28 claims raised in ongoing group pr

Amnesty International has warned Scottish ministers they must be transparent about a review of human rights due diligence processes for awarding public grants to arms companies. Amnesty previously called the process in place at Scottish Enterprise inadequate after it emerged that not one company has

The owner of Edinburgh Airport has been fined £80,000 after a pensioner fell from an ambulift on his return from holiday. Following the fall, James Young was admitted to hospital, but died more than a week later from his injuries.