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New crime statistics showing a five per cent increase in sexual crimes "paint a deeply troubling picture" about violence against women and girls in Scotland, the the Scottish Liberal Democrats have said. Figures from Police Scotland show that in the year ending June 2025:

The Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow hosted His Excellency, Mr Ulan Djusupov, the ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the UK, during his official visit to Scotland on Monday. The meeting, held in the historic Faculty Hall, brought together leading figures from Scotland's legal and internatio

The Lord President, Lord Pentland, has written to a Holyrood committee to explain his role in the appointing of judicial chairs to public inquiries. There is currently an investigation into the cost-effectiveness of public inquiries.

Law firms in England and Wales may have to hand over the interest from client accounts to help fund legal aid under plans being considered by the UK government. The Ministry of Justice has been privately consulting with legal aid providers and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on the propose

Scotland’s legal sector has formally welcomed 130 new solicitors to the profession at dual admissions ceremonies in Edinburgh.

Turkey's transport minister has been fined after posting a social media video which showed he was speeding. Abdulkadir Uraloğlu was driving at 140mph, nearly twice the speed limit, in footage he posted to his X account on Sunday, Turkish Minute reports.

Paediatricians have called on Northern Ireland to follow neighbouring jurisdictions in banning child smacking. At present, the law in Northern Ireland and in England allows parents to rely on a defence of "reasonable punishment" where accused of assaulting their child.

An appeal against a judge’s decision to repel an objection to evidence in a murder trial including a computer simulated model of the accused’s account of the event based on the principle of biomechanics has been allowed by the High Court of Justiciary. Appellant Dionne Christie was indic

An Edinburgh man who was found guilty of raping two vulnerable teenagers on the same night has been jailed indefinitely. Raymond Nyiam, also known as Otu Nyiam, was convicted of two charges on 15 April 2025 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh. 

The vaults of the Antwerp Diamond Centre were thought to be impregnable until, on February 15, 2003, a gang of professional thieves made off with a haul of diamonds worth over £100 million – none have ever been recovered. Patient planning and stunning ingenuity allowed the gang to loot h

Archaic prison rules are forcing inmates in part of the US prison system to rely on floppy disks to work on their appeals. Jorge Luis Alvarado, a New Jersey prisoner writing for the Prison Journalism Project (PJP), compares the situation to "1985, where we rely on out-of-date word processors, electr

There was a five per cent rise in sexual crimes compared to last year, new figures from Scotland's chief statistician show. In the year ending June 2025 the police in Scotland recorded 303,343 crimes. This was one per cent higher than the 300,078 crimes recorded in the year ending June 2024, and one

Police Scotland has run internal training courses to support officers with reading, writing, statement-taking and everyday speech, prompting concerns about the calibre of new recruits. A freedom of information request by The Herald confirmed the training was delivered in collaboration with SEMPER Sc

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Alistair Iain Campbell. Mr Campbell, 63, an HGV driver and operator who traded as Alistair Campbell Haulage, died on 15 July 2024 at his operating centre in Glen Mor, Invergarry