A student who was caught with cocaine in a nightclub in Aberdeen has not been punished after a sheriff said a conviction would “blight” his career prospects. Conor McCarthy, who studied mechanical engineering at the University of Strathclyde, was found with a bag of the class-A drug by police of
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Operators of a motorsport track in Suffolk who had to pay occupants of a neighbouring bungalow £20,000 in damages as result of being liable in nuisance have now been told to pay nearly £500,000 in legal costs as the case was one of no-win-no-fee, the UK Supreme Court has ruled. Moto-Land UK Ltd an
New Whitehall files suggest MI5insisted on a cover-up of child abuse claims against an MP in order to prevent embarrassment for theThatcher government. The documents were discovered in a Cabinet Office storeroom of “assorted and unstructured papers".
A major consultation has been launched on the consumer fund available to clients who fall victim to dishonest Scottish solicitors. The Law Society of Scotland has launched its three month consultation on the Scottish Solicitors’ Guarantee Fund following the completion of an independent review by K
The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the Glasgow bin lorry crash begins today, with lawyers for the families of the victims saying they hope it will ensure such an incident never occurs again. Held at Glasgow Sheriff Court, the FAI aims to “establish the circumstances relating to the tragic death
In its in the case of Oliari and Others v. Italy(application no. 18766/11 and 36030/11) the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held, unanimously, that there had been a violation of article 8 – right to respect for private and family life – of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). T
The number of debt cases being considered by Scottish courts has continued to fall for the fifth year in a row. There were 35,400 debt cases raised in 2013-14, a drop of 46 per cent since 2008-09.
Responding to the English High Court ruling that the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIPA) is illegal, Tim Musson, convener of the Law Society of Scotland's Privacy Law Committee said: “This is a welcome judgment by the High Court. “A year ago this legislation was fast-tracked
The High Court in London has seen a decline in the number of UK litigants involved in commercial disputes over the last year, though overseas litigants account for 63 per cent of cases new research has shown. The news comes as the High Court prepares to create a new list of financial lawsuits worth
The next generation of workers will work very differently, writes Simon Allison. Millennial: born between 1982 and 1995, millennial is the term used to describe the next generation of workers.
A former government employee has been jailed and placed on the sex offenders register after taking surreptitious videos and photographs up women's skirts. Thomas Neil Trotter, 54, a former senior press officer in the Scottish Government, pled guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to filming the genitals
Prisoners who study hard while in jail could be allowed to leave early the Justice Secretary, Michael Gove has suggested. He has asked his department to look into an “earned release” system which would probably apply to the majority of the 86,000 prisoners serving fixed-term sentences and who ar
The owner of a Staffordshire cross Labrador who was found guilty under dangerous dogs legislation after her pet attacked her next door neighbour has failed in an appeal against conviction. Pauline Reid claimed that there was “insufficient corroborated evidence” that there were grounds for “a r
In its decision in the case of Nicklinson and Lamb v the United Kingdom (application nos. 2478/15 and 1787/15) the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has unanimously declared the applications inadmissible. The decision is final. The case concerned the ban under UK law on assisted suicide and vol
A couple are to bring a test case against a company which charges homeowners for maintenance of property it acquires in The Lands Tribunal for Scotland next month. Mike and Jean Marriott will use their title deeds to test the legality of the business model used by Greenbelt Group, a Glasgow-based la
