A sheriff has admonished a wheelchair user who fought with his family, after admitting he did not know what else to do with him. Robert Reid, 44, was let off the hook at Perth Sheriff Court by Sheriff Lindsay Foulis despite his previous convictions for domestic assault, theft and breach of the peace
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Chris Dickson and Olga Pasportnikov have been appointed as sheriffs of Grampian, Highland and Islands. Her Majesty the Queen appointed Mr Dickson and Mrs Pasportnikov on the recommendation of the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, who nominated them on the basis of a report by the independent Judicial
England: testamentary freedom diminished as judges overturn will that would leave daughter penniless
More wills are expected to be challenged after judges in the Court of Appeal overturned a woman's attempt to disinherit her only daughter and leave her entire estate to animal charities The Times reports. The court defied the wishes of Melita Jackson, calling them “unreasonable, capricious and har
A boy who was caught with Ecstasy at a festival has avoided getting a criminal record after he wrote a 500-word essay on drugs for a sheriff. Aaron Bertram, 17, was found with Ecstasy at T in the Park last year but was granted an absolute discharge after penning an essay entitled: “The Perils of D
Police Scotland is pushing for a centralised CCTV network governing all of Scotland's streets, public spaces and shops following a warning that the majority of its current cameras are unreliable and possibly unlawful. The single force told Scottish ministers it wants to abolish the current “piecem
Two trials can take place in secret under the provisions of the Justice and Security Act 2013, the Court of Appeal has decided. The court has rejected challenges to the legality of closed material procedures (CMPs), in which evidence is presented without claimants or members of the public present.
The body of a man and a seriously injured woman were found in a car three days after the accident was reported to Police Scotland. Officers found the pair just off the M9 near Stirling this week. They admitted the crash had been reported on Sunday but had, for some reason, been ignored.
A former judge who was jailed for lying to police in the Chris Huhne speeding points scandal has failed in her appeal against conviction. Last May, Constance Briscoe, 57, one of the UK's first black female judges, was handed a 16-month sentence after she was found guilty at the Old Bailey of attempt
Police Scotland have gained the power to hand out formal warnings to speeding drivers which do not lead to penalty points, a fine or conviction.
Judges have ruled that relatives of those who died in the Lockerbie bombing should not be permitted to pursue an appeal against the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988 and killing 270 people. The relatives of
The Data Protection Defence Team from bto solicitors (Paul Motion, Lindsay Urquhart and Laura Irvine) has been selected to provide data protection training to Fife Council following a competitive tender process. The tender specified a requirement to train council staff handling sensitive personal da
A 47-year old man accused of murdering Surjit Singh Chhokar in 1998 will stand trial at the High Court in Glasgow next February. Ronnie Coulter from Wishaw has denied accusations that he killed the 32-year old waiter with a knife in Overtown, North Lanarkshire, while acting with two other men.
ESPC has announced that its website is now the only property portal in Scotland offering the ability to search for homes by school catchment areas. For every property advertised within the capital, ESPC will show the four council catchment schools available; primary, RC primary, high school and RC h
Burness Paull has been named "Exemplary Employer of Choice" at The cHeRries Awards 2015, which recognises excellence in human resources, recruitment and training in the north east of Scotland. The judges were impressed by “Burness Paull’s ability to create a new and attractive employment culture
The High Court in London is to hear a challenge by two MPs to the UK government's surveillance law. The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (DRIPA) was fast-tracked through the Commons in only three days last July after the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled the existing powers were
