The owner of an abandoned heard of pigs and flock of hens has failed in an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to allow a Scottish local authority to take the animals into care and sell them. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Sessionrefused an appeal by Kevin Martin, who claimed that the s
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Joanna Cherry QC (pictured right) has been selected by the SNP as their candidate for Edinburgh South West in the general election. The seat been represented by a member of the Faculty of Advocates since 1974, with Malcolm Rifkind QC, Linda Clark QC and, currently, Alastair Darling, who is standing
The chief constable of Police Scotland has admitted mistakenly recording “several hundred thousand” stop and searches per year. Sir Stephen House (pictured) said the numbers of routine encounters, such as taking alcohol from young people had distorted official statistics.
A survey designed to give salaried members of the judiciary in Scotland the opportunity to provide feedback on their views and experiences of serving as a judge has found that almost all judges who have been in their post for at least 5 years (82 per cent) feel working conditions are worse now than
The organisation representing rank-and-file police officers has accused politicians of ignorance in relation to non-statutory stop and searches. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) has attacked politicians as well as Police Scotland’s leadership over plans to remove the police’s right to search
A Turkish national who was refused leave to remain in the UK despite claiming that he had established a family and private life has had a petition for judicial review of the decision dismissed by a judge in the Court of Session. Petitioner Halit Genc, 24, challenged the decision taken by the Upper T
The Law Society of Scotland has launched a two-week consultation with its members on the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's draft operating plan and budget for 2015/16. The plan includes SLCC fees which practising solicitors will be required to pay to the Law Society by 30 June of this year.
A consumer group has warned that students are being made to accept unexpected and unfair changes to their university courses because of unlawful contractual clauses. Which? looked at whether colleges were treating students fairly and has called on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to look
Experts and parents of children with special needs are campaigning for new rules on restraining such children in Scottish schools. The Scottish government is being petitioned to compile guidelines following such incidences in school as “prone restraint, inappropriate wheelchair restraint and child
The Parole Board for Scotland has published its Annual Report 2013-14 today. The report shows, among other things, that out of 426 prisoner cases referred to the Board, 139 (or 33 per cent) were recommended for release on parole.
A new report has found that while local authorities have developed successful Gypsy Traveller sites throughout Scotland, more work is still needed. The research, published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), was commissioned in response to claims from some councils in Scotland who sa
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Harper Macleod has become one of Scotland’s 100 “living wage employers”, and the first full-service law firm in the country to be accredited. The living wage commitment will see everyone working at Harper Macleod, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors an
A new system to improve the way in which prisons are monitored in Scotland will be introduced after the Scottish parliament today approved plans which will improve scrutiny of prisons right across the country. The plans:
Ending the automatic early release of prisoners in Scotland has “no merit” and will leave high-risk offenders unsupervised it has been warned. Dr Monica Barry (pictured), a criminologist, told the Scottish parliament’s justice committee the Scottish government’s bill to end automatic early r
