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The Scottish Sentencing Council has published a report on a review of the operation of the Sentencing young people guideline during its first year in force.  The guideline, which was approved by the High Court in November 2021, has applied since 26 January 2022 to the sentencing of young people

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. 'Hell on earth': China deportation looms for Uyghurs held in Thailand

‘County lines’ is a sub-genre, but not a lesser one, of the lucrative business involving controlled drugs. It is constituted by goods being moved from across police and other domestic boundaries. The transportation is sometimes (although not always) by children, vulnerable people or othe

DWF, which has offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, advised on 200 deals in 2024, with a combined deal value of more than £5 billion. In deal value terms, TMT transactions stood out as the highest value area for the team, with notable highlights such as advising Calibre Scientific on a number of

Macdonald Henderson has co-advised with global law firm Stephenson Harwood on Edinburgh-based 2i Testing’s acquisition of nFocus, the UK’s longest established testing consultancy. The acquisition follows London-based private equity firm Rockpool’s eight-figure investment in 2i last

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been asked to issue arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders for the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds. Prosecutor Karim Khan KC has filed applications for warrants of arrest in respect of the Taliban's "supreme leader", Haibatul

Caoimhe Hunter Blair, a solicitor at Brodies LLP, has been appointed to the 2025 Next Generation Media Lawyers Committee.  A solicitor in the regulation, government, and compliance team at Brodies LLP, she specialises in dispute resolution & risk. She is experienced across regulatory and pu

An Aberdeen-based haulage company has been fined £241,875 for failures that led to the tragic death of a motorist. Colin Lawson Transport Limited (CLT) pled guilty to failing to ensure that the loads they were transporting were properly secured and did not pose a risk to the public between 22

All Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service buildings in the red weather warning area are closed today. The warning for wind has been issued by the Met Office for Dumfries and Galloway, the Borders, all of Strathclyde, Lothians and Borders, and southern parts of Fife and Forth Valley. The red warning

Mackinnons Solicitors LLP has announced a number of promotions.  Gillian Smith becomes a senior associate within the private client department, Cameron Milne is elevated to the role of senior solicitor within the commercial department, and Jackie Cocker has been appointed as senior property adv

Immediate action will be taken to address systemic failures in relation to deaths in prison custody, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has pledged. The Scottish government said it accepts Sheriff Collins’ fatal accident inquiry finding that the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay were p

The High Court of Justiciary has increased the length of an extended sentence imposed on a man who groomed a teenage girl into having sex with him and made indecent communications towards another person he believed to be a young girl, after the Crown appealed against the leniency of the original sen

Laura Paton has been appointed as the next Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC). Currently His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland, Ms Paton will take up her role as commissioner on 1 April 2025, for a five-year period.

An award-winning board game inspired by Sicily's mafia wars has sparked outrage in Italy. Originally developed in Germany, La Famiglia: The Great Mafia War has now been released in Italy, where it has provoked a backlash among the families of mafia victims, The Guardian reports.