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Two men who were involved in the unlawful removal of artefacts from sunken German warships were this week each fined £18,000 at Kirkwall Sheriff Court. Divers Robert Infante and Gordon Meek committed the offences at Scapa Flow, Orkney, where a number of German ships have lain on the seabed since th

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A police force has threatened to deliver harsh punishment to motorists caught drink-driving over the festive period – they will be made to listen to much-maligned Canadian rock band Nickelback. Officers in Kensington, on Prince Edward Island in Canada, have promised to break open the office’s se

A paedophile who was jailed for six years after being found guilty of a series of historic sexual offences has had his custodial term increased following an appeal by the Crown on the grounds of “undue leniency”. Gordon Collins, 59, who was convicted of a charge of common law rape and a further

Michael Matheson The number of recorded crimes involving firearms have fallen by a quarter in the past year.

Lord Carloway An Order made by the Lord President, Lord Carloway introducing a new framework for the training of Justices of the Peace, came into force on 28 November 2016 with practical training arrangements to be effective from 1 January 2017.

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the UK government’s intention to maintain links with Europol, warning that a failure to opt-in to the new European policing co-operation framework would have implications for the ability of the police to share information on cross-border criminal activity.

Fraser Oliver Digby Brown Solicitors has become the first law firm in the UK to achieve platinum Level accreditation from Investors in People (IiP), the internationally recognised standard for better people management.

Burness Paull has recorded a successful three months, completing close to 50 corporate deals, worth more than £2.5 billion. Among a number of private equity deals, the firm advised long-standing client BlueGem, owner of fashion brand Liberty, in a deal that saw it team up with Jack Wills founder Pe

Pictured (L to R): Vicki Folan, Brian Inkster, Evonne Morrison and Gerald Segal. Credit: Donald MacLeod

Wayne Lawrence DWF, which has two offices in Scotland has announced plans to merge with Belfast-based commercial law firm C & H Jefferson. The merger will be effective from Thursday 1, December.

Sir Oliver Heald QC The UK government has reversed a 500 per cent increase in immigration tribunal fees.

The generosity of members and staff of the Faculty of Advocates will once again help to bring Christmas cheer to vulnerable families in Fife. Last year’s collection in aid of the family support charity, Home-Start Glenrothes, made a huge difference for those who would otherwise have enjoyed little

Lawyers in California are unhappy about a new ethics rule mooted by a state bar commission for the first time in 30 years – that attorneys who have sex with their clients could be disciplined. The sunshine state currently bars practitioners from taking sex as payment for legal services or coercing

A sheriff’s decision not to impose a sentence on a woman convicted of a statutory breach of the peace and carrying a meat cleaver in public because there was no prosecutor in court when the case called has been successfully appealed by the Crown. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court passed a