Police Scotland has been criticised for holding back serious crime figures until after the general election. Statistics covering drug, gun, race and domestic abuse offences were due to be published over the coming month but will now be held back until the autumn.
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Brodies LLP was last night named "UK National/Regional Law Firm of the Year" at the Legal Business Awards in London.
A change to the Community (Scotland) Empowerment Bill agreed by the local government and regeneration committee last week encourages public bodies to promote and facilitate participation with people and communities in decision making and budget setting. The move follows huge participation in last ye
The Court of Appeal has handed down a judgment which could result in members of the public being denied access to legal representation when they are accused of wrongdoing. In a judgment the Law Society described as “deeply disappointing” the Court of Appeal rejected legal challenges brought by t
The European Court of Human Rights(ECtHR) has refused the “naked rambler” permission to appeal to the Grand Chamber. Stephen Gough, 55, who insists on living his life naked, has argued his repeated imprisonment for being naked in public has breached his human rights.
A parliamentary report has warned proposals for additional powers to be transferred to Scotland were rushed through without sufficient consultation or consideration for their effect on the rest of the UK. The House of Lords constitution committee said in its report that the leaders of all major poli
The lord advocate has said the UK should be doing more to help refugees who face persecution in their home countries. Frank Mulholland QC (pictured) made the comments while visiting a group of asylum seekers in Glasgow, The Evening Times reports.
The number of cash sales on houses worth over half a million pounds was up 19.6 per cent in 2014, according to figures from Registers of Scotland(RoS). A total of 599 homes that were sold for upwards of £500,000 were paid for in cash last year, compared to 501 in 2013.
The Faculty of Advocates is to present its eighthWorld Intellectual Property Day Conference and is expecting once again to have to post the “Full House” signs. The free event will be held on Friday, 24 April, and those wishing to attend are being encouraged to register soon to avoid disappointme
Police Scotland has been collecting and storing the phone numbers of people its officers have frisked under stop and search powers – including searches which revealed no criminality. A secret memo from last year gave the single force the power to record phone numbers and store them in its national
The UK government is to move ahead with plans to force asylum seekers in Scotland to lodge appeals in England amid legal challenges to the move. In January the Sunday Herald reported that the Home Office intended to alter the asylum system by forcing anyone who wanted to appeal to stay in the UK to
Lawyers, financial advisors and accountants have become the cyber criminal’s target of choice, Glasgow-based Weightmans LLP has warned. As global cyber-crime rises, the organisations increasingly at risk of attack are those involved in M&A business as they are privy to market-moving informatio
The licensing of air weapons has today come a step closer following the publication of the Scottish parliament’s local government and regenerationcommittee’s stage one report on the Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Bill. Whilst supporting plans to license air weapons, the committee is callin
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) has been fined £54,000 following an admission of health and safety breaches that led to a firefighter’s death. Ewan Williamson died in 2009 while fighting a blaze at the Balmoral Bar in Edinburgh.
A settlement has been reached between over 4,000 female council workers and a local authority in an equal pay dispute. North Lanarkshire Council, Fox and Partners,Action 4 Equality (Scotland) Ltd and Unison have settled a second wave equal pay case against the council who owe the claimants backdated
