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Scotland’s prisons are already breaching international standards on prisoners’ rights because of chronic overcrowding, the country’s chief prisons inspector has warned. Appearing before Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee yesterday, Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland S

Victoria Weldon, head of communications and engagement at the Scottish Sentencing Council, shares her experience of visiting the Female Offender Court at Glasgow. “You should be proud of yourself.”

A man who imported almost £4 million worth of high-branded counterfeit goods from the Far East and Turkey during a 17-month period has been sentenced. Ian Jones, 65, of Paisley, sold fake designer clothes from three industrial units in Glasgow and Lanarkshire between June 2021 and November 202

The Law Society of Scotland has reappointed insurance broker Lockton to administer and broker its master policy for professional indemnity insurance from 1 January 2027. The master policy covers all Scottish solicitors working in private practice, providing indemnity of up to £2 million for an

Two people were arrested after police discovered suspected narcotics inside a bag labelled “definitely not a bag full of drugs”. A detective with the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office in the US state of Kentucky was investigating a suspicious vehicle parked in an employee area of a lo

In the latest episode of the University of Aberdeen’s School of Law Podcast, Neil Weightman speaks with Dr Rossana Ducato and Professor Dinusha Mendis about deepfakes, synthetic media, and the legal challenges created by rapidly developing AI technologies. What are deepfakes, and why are they

Macdonald Henderson has advised Ardgowan Distillery Company Limited, a growing Scotch whisky producer, on the conversion of Distil plc’s £3 million convertible loan note into equity, resulting in Distil acquiring a 10.5 per cent shareholding and board representation. The transaction form

StubHub UK must refund more than 50,000 customers and pay a fine close to £900,000 after concealing costs. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found that StubHub UK did not show fans the total price upfront when purchasing tickets – as required by law. 

There was a small reduction in the proportion of people reconvicted within 12 months compared with the 2021-2022 cohort, new figures from Scotland’s chief statistician show.  Of all the offenders released from custody or given a non-custodial sentence in 2022-2023, 26.1 per cent were reco

An Aberdeen sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a gamekeeper who was thrown from an ATV following a collision has concluded that his death could have been avoided if the shoot scheduled for the day had been cancelled in light of Storm Malik and he had been wearing a seatbel

Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison after admitting embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP while serving as its chief executive. Murrell, the estranged husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, stole £400,315.65 over a 12-year period. The

A Supreme Court justice and a leading academic have independently raised the alarm over a sharp fall in civil appeals reaching the Inner House of the Court of Session, warning that the long-term development of Scots law is at risk. Lord Doherty, delivering the Lord Rodger Memorial Lecture in Glasgow

A man who threw a shoe at a prosecutor after being remanded in custody has been jailed for 30 months. Stuart Young, 21, struck procurator fiscal depute Tammy Hislop on the head during a hearing at Airdrie Sheriff Court on 2 March 2026.

Police recorded 315,357 crimes in Scotland in 2025-26, a five per cent increase on the previous year and the highest total in more than a decade, with sexual offences reaching their highest level since comparable records began in 1971, new figures from the chief statistician show. Non-sexual crimes

An AI-powered law firm has secured its first courtroom victory, in what is believed to be a world first for a regulated legal practice operating through artificial intelligence. Garfield AI, which became the first AI law firm authorised by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in May 2025, successfull