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A 72-year-old man who embezzled more than half a million pounds has been jailed. Robert Crawford took the money over 13 years while working in the annuities department of Scottish Widows.

James Wolffe QC The Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC, today visited Edinburgh Women’s Aid in Stockbridge, Edinburgh which coincides with the Domestic Abuse Bill reaching its third and final stage at the Scottish Parliament.

A woman has been banned from contacting her parish priest after bombarding him with sexually explicit emails. Claire Timpson, 44, told the clergyman in 48 emails that she loved him and wanted to be in a relationship with him, the Daily Record reports. She also made at least one unsolicited appearanc

A woman is suing a man acquitted of her rape for £100,000 in damages, The Guardian reports. Stephen Coxen, 23, from Lancashire, who was accused of raping the former St Andrews University student in September 2013, was acquitted at the High Court of Justiciary in 2015.

A Scottish bus driver facing extradition to Dubai to serve a sentence of 12 months’ imprisonment following his conviction of crimes of dishonesty has successfully challenged a bid to remove him to the United Arab Emirates after he argued that his human rights would be breached. Garnet Black, 64, f

A woman who raised legal proceedings to strip her former partner of her “motherhood” following the bitter breakdown of their relationship has had her action dismissed by a court in the first reported case of its kind in Scotland. The woman, who gave birth to twin boys following artificial insemi

A 27-year-old who carried out a campaign of harassment against a number of women has been sentenced to 22 months in prison, made the subject of a non-harassment order and placed on the sex offenders register. Adele Rennie, a former nurse, has admitted using a host of invented aliases to carry out a

Five new sheriffs have been appointed by Her Majesty the Queen to take up office in the New Year.

Lady Dorrian A motorist who acted on legal advice and pled guilty to causing the death of a motorcyclist by driving while disqualified and uninsured has successfully appealed against his conviction.

Leon Breakey (pictured right) and Graham Horn look at recently issued shrieval guidance on the role of the court reporter in a liquidation.

A “prominent figure” in the pipe band world who was found guilty of “sexting” a drumming student has had an appeal against his conviction refused. John Moneagle, 59, was convicted of “behaving in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm”

A motorist who was found guilty of driving while using a mobile phone after he was seen by two police officers has had an appeal against his conviction rejected. The appellant claimed that the evidence of two police witnesses was “insufficient” to prove that an offence had been committed, but th

Two Scottish QCs have been recognised by Legal 500 and named as finalists for regional senior counsel of the year. Mark Stewart QC, of Compass Chambers (pictured right), recently appeared in a number of complex FAIs including the Jim Clark and Snowman rally case as well as the Glasgow Bin Lorry inqu

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Allan McDougall Solicitors has announced the immediate appointment of two new partners in its litigation team. Jackie Raitt (pictured right), who has been with the firm 14 years, is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in personal injury law.