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Four men involved in an investigation into the allocation of public building work contracts at Edinburgh Council have been sentenced to a total of over 13 years imprisonment for corruption and bribery. Former council employees Charles Owenson, 62, and James Costello, 44, received tens of thousands o

A law student who refused to pay his tuition fees after alleging that the university at which he was studying failed to deliver the standard of education and service he expected has had a “breach of contract” claim dismissed. Lihe Liu claimed that one of his lecturers at Glasgow Caledonian Unive

A 29-year old woman from Perth who faked an abortion in order to sell the child to a friend behind the father's back has been jailed for three years. After a week-long trial at Perth Sheriff Court, a jury found the woman and her friend guilty of carrying out fraud against the father, who believed he

Proving again that justice has no time limit in America, a woman has spent a night in jail after she failed to return a VHS rented in 2005. Leaving aside the fact VHS tapes could still be rented in 2005, Kayla Michelle Finley, 27, from South Carolina, had kept the presciently named Monster-In-Law at

A man who was jailed for four years and given a supervised release order after being found guilty of assault has had his sentence quashed but replaced with an extended sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the SRO was “incompetent” in light of the custodial term and the fact the sheriff

A woman who had a threesome with a couple then claimed she had been raped is having difficulty finding a lawyer and now claims that she is innocent. Hannah McWhirter, 21, was meant to be sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court for wasting police time.

Seven new members have been welcomed into the Faculty of Advocates with the promise that it could become one of the "great privileges" of their career. Three of the seven — Anne Bennie, Vincent Lunny, and Jane Rattray — have gone on to join Westwater Advocates, as reported in Scottish Legal News

John Fotheringham The latest SLN Spotlight falls on bto's John Fotheringham. Described by Chambers UK as "a guru for child support cases", he has over 30 years' experience in these spheres, representing clients in the Court of Session and in the sheriff courts throughout Scotland.

A former “sapper” who was sentenced to three years imprisonment after being convicted of drugs-related offences has had his custodial reduced on appeal. The Criminal Appeal Court ruled that the sentence imposed was “excessive” and reduced it to one of 18 months.

A man charged with a number of contraventions of the Road Traffic Act 1988, including drink-driving and driving while disqualified, has failed in a bid to have the case against him dismissed over the delay in bringing him to trial. The Criminal Appeal Court upheld a sheriff’s decision to refuse th

Solicitor general Lesley Thomson QC Lawyers representing the families of victims of the Glasgow bin lorry crash have said their clients are struggling to successfully apply for legal aid for the fatal accident inquiry (FAI).

A 37-year old woman who claimed to be a single mum to claim certain benefits was caught and taken to court for welfare fraud after the DWP checked her relationship status on Facebook. Denise was living with her partner Graeme and their children in Dundee, but told the authorities four years ago that

The Faculty of Advocates has voiced reservations about allocating fatal accident inquires (FAIs) to summary sheriffs, the new lower level of judicial office created under court reform legislation. Ministers have included FAIs in the jurisdiction of summary sheriffs in the Inquiries into Fatal Accide

Iceland has repealed a 400-year-old law which allowed its citizens to kill anyone from the Basque region of Spain on sight. The law was enacted in 1615 after a quarrel between the locals and 80 shipwrecked Basque whalers who had no food and were accused of stealing it from farmers.

A man found guilty of exchanging sexually explicit mobile phone messages with a 13-year-old girl and having in his possession thousands of indecent images of children on his computers has failed in an appeal against conviction but successfully challenged the sentence imposed. The Criminal Appeal Cou