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A judicial watchdog in England and Wales has given "formal advice" to a High Court judge who fell asleep during a hearing. Mrs Justice Judith Parker was investigated by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) following "a complaint by parties in a case that she had fallen asleep during a h
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A group of activists who were prosecuted under terrorism legislation after taking action to halt a deportation flight will be spared jail. The "Stansted 15", members of a group called End Deportations, appeared before Judge Christopher Morgan in Chelmsford Crown Court for sentencing today.
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The UK government has announced plans to legislate for new civil orders aimed at tackling knife crime among young people. Amendments to the Offensive Weapons Bill 2017-19, currently before the House of Lords, will give courts in England and Wales the power to impose "knife crime prevention orders" o
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The Faculty of Advocates has voiced concern at part of the Scottish government's planned approach to the regulation of success fee agreements. Conflict has arisen over proposals concerning entitlement to a success fee on withdrawal from an agreement.
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Sheriffs and summary sheriffs will be recruited on an annual basis at the same time each year under new plans announced by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS). The Board has announced the launch of annual shrieval competitions, beginning in spring this year.
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Around one in five trials for rape or attempted rape end in a not proven verdict, according to the latest Scottish government figures. There were 2,255 reports of rape or attempted rape in 2017/18, a 20 per cent increase on 1,878 reports in 2016/17.
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Nearly £800,000 in compensation has yet to be collected from Scottish offenders on the foot of court orders since 2011, according to new figures. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS), responding to a Freedom of Information request from The Herald, confirmed that nearly nine per cen
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The English lawyer representing a man convicted in absentia of manslaughter following a speedboat crash which killed a young woman has received a death thread from neo-Nazis. Richard Egan, senior partner at Tuckers in London, received a letter which referred to the 2016 murder of MP Jo Cox, claimed
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A man who was ordered by a court to undergo a DNA test in a contested paternity case did not suffer a violation of his right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled. In today's Chamber judgment in the case of Mifsud v Malta, the Court held, unanimously, that there had been n
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A car bomb exploded outside the courthouse in Derry on Saturday evening in a suspected dissident republican attack in which no one was harmed. Police, who arrested four people on Sunday in connection with the courthouse attack, described the bombing as "unbelievably reckless".
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The US federal courts have warned they will run out of money next Friday because of the partial shutdown of the US government. US lawmakers have been unable to agree a federal budget because Democratic Party representatives will not agree to President Donald Trump's demand for $5.7 billion to build
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The Welsh government has been accused by opposition parties of breaching devolution legislation by appointing its independent legal adviser as its Brexit minster. Jeremy Miles, Assembly Member for Neath, will continue in the role of Counsel General for Wales, which he has held since November 2017, a
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Magic Circle firms have overtaken US firms in the UK league table for mergers and acquisitions, The Times reports. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, with 60 deals worth $144.4 billion over the past year, led the latest Mergermarket league table compiled for Legal Week, followed by Slaughter and May, H
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The UK government has announced a consultation on new laws to protect consumers from loss where they have already paid for products but not received them when the retailer goes bust. The Law Commission examined the issue of consumer prepayments on retailer insolvency in a July 2016 report which reco
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Up to 1,000 police officers from Scotland and England are being trained for possible deployment to Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit, The Guardian reports. The move was requested by the PSNI in anticipation of potential unrest about border arrangements that could be put in place if t
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