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Proposed reforms to how the Faculty of Advocates handles disciplinary complaints will not be in place until at least late 2026 – nearly three years after the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) first demanded action – with every element of the new system dependent on rules that s

A man who bought a “cloned” car and successfully recovered the purchase price from the seller via a simple procedure claim has lost an appeal against the dismissal of a second claim in respect of other losses connected with the vehicle, after the Sheriff Appeal Court concurred with the s

A small town in Quebec has become the first municipality in Canada to formally recognise trees as living beings with rights of their own. The council of Terrasse-Vaudreuil, west of Montreal, unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that trees are entitled to protection, including rights to life, n

A US police department has retired a security robot less than a year after deploying it in a public parking garage after it failed to make any arrests or issue a single citation. Police in Dublin, Ohio, introduced the Knightscope K5 robot, known as “DubBot”, to patrol the Rock Cress Park

A council worker who embezzled thousands of pounds in public funds earmarked to support vulnerable people has been sentenced. Nadine McAleney, 34, stole £27,000 from East Renfrewshire’s Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) between April 2019 and November 2020.

First Minister John Swinney has called for a new approach to reduce deaths and harms from drugs and alcohol. It comes as a new Alcohol and Drugs Fund, which will provide £36.9 million to frontline services and organisations working with people affected by alcohol and drugs, is launched. 

The Outer House of the Court of Session has declared that Scottish Prison Service guidance permitting trans women to be accommodated in the female prison estate is unlawful following a petition for judicial review, after concluding that the guidance conflicted with a statutory requirement to provide

The families of those killed in the RAF Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 have secured a court hearing in their bid for judicial review. The hearing, now scheduled for July 14 at the High Court in London, will consider whether the families' application should proceed.

The number of company insolvencies registered in Scotland fell by a quarter in May compared with the same month last year, according to the latest figures published by the Insolvency Service.

A number of rape convictions are being reviewed after a police detective was suspended over allegations that he used AI to generate evidence and case documents in a way designed to secure desired outcomes. The officer, from Derbyshire Police, has been removed from frontline duties and is the subject

The new lord advocate and solicitor general were sworn in by the Lord Justice General, Lord Pentland, at Parliament House on Friday. Ruth Charteris KC is now lord advocate and BJ Gill KC is solicitor general.

In May 2009 a meeting of residents of flats in Saltwater Mansions in Margate included Caroline Lane, a resident in a ground floor flat there. The meeting was somewhat contentious because of a dispute around essential repairs. Caroline Lane resided alone, and she challenged her liability for payment.

The Inner House of the Court of Session has recalled a lord ordinary’s declaration that the lord advocate’s immunity from liability in summary proceedings was incompatible with Article 6 ECHR in a malicious prosecution case arising from a journalist’s video commentary on the Alex S

An environmental campaigner and lawyer who organised a volunteer clean-up of a polluted river is being investigated by the Environment Agency over allegations that the work was carried out without the necessary permits. Paul Powlesland, founder of the River Roding Trust, led volunteers in removing l

A House of Lords committee has backed plans for an international commission to assess compensation claims arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, while warning that the scheme’s effectiveness could be undermined by the lack of a mechanism to pay awards. The International Agreements Co