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A man who sexually assaulted and raped a teenage girl after meeting her on the street has been jailed. Jakub Sojka was found guilty on 31 July following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

Shoplifting is up by more than a third since last year, according to new police figures. The latest recorded crime figures reveal that 40,554 alleged shoplifting crimes were reported to police in the year ending June 2024, up from 30,202 the previous year and 27,045 in the year ending June 2020.

Filmmaker Danny Boyle has been banned by a church court from filming scenes for his zombie apocalypse threequel in an English church. The Consistory Court of the Diocese of Newcastle said the Morpeth Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin would be "profaned" by the filming, The Telegraph reports.

ESPC Mortgages has appointed Lisa Bell as a mortgage advisor at the company’s property information centre on Edinburgh’s George Street. Commencing her role on 31 August, Ms Bell will be available for mortgage advice alongside colleagues David Lauder and Paul Demarco.

A family law specialist has released a new book that provides advice for lawyers and the public in navigating the complexities of child welfare disputes. Tom Quail, head of family law at Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie LLP (WJM), has released his timely guide, A Practical Guide to Contact and Resid

Scotland's leading crime-writing festival returns to Stirling this year with support from the Faculty of Advocates. Bloody Scotland established itself as the leading Scottish International Crime Writing Festival in 2012 with acclaimed writers Lin Anderson and Alex Gray at the helm, then joined by Cr

An appeal by the Chief Constable of Police Scotland seeking her removal from an action by a scaffolding hire company for declarator and recovery of allegedly stolen goods from a company hired to store them has been allowed by the Sheriff Appeal Court. The Chief Constable was originally called as a t

A joint fatal accident inquiry is to be held into the deaths of three people who were all previously involved with services provided by Greater Glasgow Health Board. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice with the Sheriff Court to begin the court process for

Professor Angela O'Hagan has taken up appointment as chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission. She was previously professor of equality and public policy at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), where she created the current MSc in human rights and previously led the MSc in citizenship and human

The closing date for entries for the Faculty of Advocates’ Scottish Bar International Human Rights Award 2024 has been extended to the end of September.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Labour Party for repeatedly failing to respond to hundreds of subject access requests (SARs). In November 2022, the Labour Party had received 352 SARs that required a response. Of that number, 78 per cent had not receive

A man posing as a taxi driver who raped a woman in his unlicensed vehicle has been jailed. Mohamad Sabbagh was found guilty on 1 August following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.

Legal professionals are invited to take to the streets of Dundee in October for a sponsored walk in aid of charity Access to Justice. The first Legal Walk in the city occurred in 2022 when 30 legal professionals raised £700 for the cause.

Many lawyers dream of writing a book in their retirement but well-known legal figure Ken Swinton has done just that and spoke to Graham Ogilvy about his new book, St Bernard’s Crescent: A History. Congratulations, Ken, on writing such a detailed and fascinating account. Can you outline the sco

House prices in Scotland's island regions have outpaced those in the rest of the country, with a 30 per cent increase to £182,000 since 2018, according to Registers of Scotland.