Gripping documentary series Murder Trial returns with two haunting new cases under the spotlight. As murder suspects go on trial, the victim’s families seek justice in Scotland’s High Court. The first two-parter, ‘Girl in the River’, follows one of the nation’s biggest
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The Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into Google's search and search advertising services under a new digital markets regulation regime. The probe is one of two strategic market status (SMS) designation investigations which are intended to be the first probes un
The WS Society is hosting two free talks later this month. Professor Chloe Kennedy's Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law is based in part on research conducted at the Signet Library and considers the law's response to deceptively induced intimacy across both civil and criminal law over
A pilot which led to improved experiences for complainers and witnesses in five courts is to be rolled out to all sheriff courts in Scotland by the end of this year. The Summary Case Management (SCM) is a case management initiative which is aims to bring early resolution for complainers and witnesse
The Sheriff Appeal Court has allowed an appeal by a woman who successfully defended her case against a private car park operator that sought £6,370 in unpaid parking charges from her in respect of the sheriff’s decision that she was liable for the pursuer’s expenses, but only to th
Two prisoners died after contracting Covid in circumstances which could not have been avoided, a fatal accident inquiry has found. Dumfries Sheriff Court heard that Gordon Pinkerton, 75, died on 22 April 2020 and that Francis Moore, 85, died on 27 February 2021.
An unexpectedly high caseload resulting from the failure of one firm, inflationary pressure on core costs and significant uncertainty are key drivers in the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s 2025-265 budget, published for consultation today. SLCC Chair Jane Malcolm said: “Last year
A ban on flying "foreign flags" on flagpoles has come into effect in Denmark. As of 1 January 2025, the only flags that can lawfully be raised are those of Denmark and its autonomous territories, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, as well as the other Nordic countries, neighbouring Germany and interna
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has raised concerns about the treatment of people deprived of their liberty by the police, as well as prison overcrowding in a new report. The report (French only) follows a visit by the CPT from 19-28 March 2024, which focu
A judicial review challenge against a decision of Glasgow City Council to issue a certificate of lawful proposed use or development in relation to a fence intended to be erected around a football pitch in a park has been refused by the Court of Session. Petitioner Gregory Brown sought declarator tha
Passengers should not have to provide their gender identity in order to buy a train ticket, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in a case concerning the French rail network. The case arose from a complaint made by a group called Mousse to the French data protection authority
The Commons' Scottish Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry examining the pilot Safer Drug Consumption Facility (SDCF) which opened yesterday in Glasgow. The facility, on Hunter Street, is the UK’s first official consumption room for illegal drugs. Known as The Thistle, the facility will e
A police officer has admitted he crashed into another motorist because he was watching porn on his phone. Tristan Macomber, an officer in Lake County, Florida, initially lied about what he was doing when he rear-ended another vehicle while on duty in early November 2024, local TV channel WESH r
Thorntons has gifted office space in Dundee to the Archie Foundation. The charity will also continue using its current office in Ninewells Hospital, enabling the fundraising and bereavement teams to manage operations across Tayside.
Government proposals for extensive new levels of direct government control and involvement in how Scottish solicitors work are to be removed from the Legal Services Regulation Bill, preserving supremacy of the rule of law, the Law Society of Scotland has said. The Regulation of Legal Services (Scotl
