An exhibition exploring Scotland's highest courts will be held in Parliament Hall during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has announced.
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Prison chiefs are rooting out inmates caught using social media. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) undertook 89 investigations into use of social media behind bars in 2014 and 2015, with officers deleting the accounts of 55 users.
Three of the world’s top judges found representatives of the Magna Carta barons not guilty of treason, in a special event organised by the UK Supreme Court and the Magna Carta 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. The mock trial saw two senior barristers debating whether King John’s actions
Burness Paull has its eyes firmly on the prize for the 2015 Buccleuch Property Challenge. With a mixed team entered from the firm’s Edinburgh office, training is well and truly underway and they are raring to go – having just missed out on a trophy last year.
Compensation for over 400 victims of sexual abuse who subsequently committed crimes has been reduced the BBC reports. Lower compensation was awarded for offences including those involving drugs, drink or violence.
Key sections of anti-slavery legislation have come into force in England and Wales. The Modern Slavery Act 2015 has raised the limit for custodial sentences for offenders from 14 years to life.
House prices in Aberdeen have remained steady in the second quarter of 2015 but the volume of sales has dropped, according to new figures. A new report published by Aberdeen Solicitors' Property Centre Limited (ASPC), in co-operation with the University of Aberdeen, Business School, Centre for Real
Edinburgh Solicitor Property Centre, the leading property marketing company in East Central Scotland, in partnership with BDP Softwarefor Estate Agencies, is celebrating having reached a major milestone in the development of its new e-conveyancing service – ‘Conveyancing Central’. The online s
A social enterprise scheme in Glasgow is giving current and former offenders the chance to help build 40 affordable homes as part of their rehabilitation. The project, a partnership between Triodos Bank and Glasgow Together Community Interest Company, will see homes built on two initial plots in Bai
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has ruled out prosecution of firefighters who refused to rescue a 44-year old lawyer who fell down a 15-metre mineshaft in Ayrshire and later died. The family of Alison Hume, who worked for Renfrewshire law firm McCusker McElroy and Co, have cal
A woman whose son was born severely disabled has lost her legal battle for compensation despite judges finding NHSnurses acted negligently. She contested what is thought to be one of the largest civil proofs in Scotland in an attempt to secure millions of pounds to fund her son's care.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to demand answers of Police Scotland after the force failed to deny it had used surveillance powers to spy on journalists in order to flush out their sources. Paul Holleran, NUJ organiser in Scotland, will call on police to reveal whether they used their po
David Bell Bryson, the Scottish pensioner convicted in Bulgaria of murdering an 11-year old boy, plans to appeal his conviction after losing a retrial last month. Mr Bryson, 75, was convicted of the 2012 murder of Stanislav Mirchov in January 2013, but successfully appealed to the Supreme Court of C
Fans Against Criminalisation (FAC) has demanded that a Scottish government minister withdraw inaccurate remarks he made about the campaign organisation's position during a Holyrood debate. Community safety minister Paul Wheelhouse told the Scottish Parliament's debating chamber that FAC had welcomed
A driver who questioned a parking charge is taking his challenge to the UK Supreme Court after crowdfunding the fees to file his papers in court. Barry Beavis, who was fined £85, is being represented pro bono but still needed £6,000 to cover the administrative costs of taking a case to the court.
