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John Sturrock QC John Sturrock QC reflects on his years as a devil at the bar.

Willie Grant Willie Grant discusses the validity of home made wills.

Journalist John Forsyth examines Scotland's record on deaths in custody My curiosity was prodded into life by an article in the Guardian last autumn about the number of prisoners in England and Wales who had committed suicide in the preceding 20 months. 130 men and 4 women had taken their own lives.

Dear Editor, I applaud the reasoned contribution of Lord Uist to the proposals for juryless rape trials contained in the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.

Sheriffs made no recommendations for improvement in almost 200 fatal accident inquiries into deaths in custody, a new study has found. Academics at Glasgow University looked at 196 deaths in prison between 2005 and 2019.

Sheriffs and summary sheriffs will be recruited on an annual basis at the same time each year under new plans announced by the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland (JABS). The Board has announced the launch of annual shrieval competitions, beginning in spring this year.

Sheriffs have warned of a danger to judges who preside over juryless trials as their verdicts would come under public scrutiny. In a submission to MSPs commenting on a proposed pilot that would see judges sit alone in sexual offence cases, the Sheriffs and Summary Sheriffs’ Association pointed

Several Sheriffs contacted SLN recently to report that they were not receiving their daily Scottish Legal News newsletter. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has investigated and found that security filters had wrongly identified SLN as "spam". SCTS has now made the necessary adjustmen

Law Society of Scotland president Sheila Webster has offered her congratulations to 18 new sheriffs appointed on the recommendation of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland. She said: “Congratulations to this worthy group who will be stepping up as full-time sheriffs from next month. I&

Former sheriffs have questioned "bizarre" proposals to create a specific offence for the theft of dogs. Douglas Cusine said: “The suggestion of having a specific offence of stealing a dog is bizarre. The existing law covers this and an accused could be put on indictment which could result in f

Hundreds of thousands of gun owners would be classified as "law enforcement officers" under legislation proposed in the US state of Tennessee. House Bill 254, proposed by Republican representative Chris Hurt, would expand the definition of "law enforcement officer" to include anyone with an enhanced

To assist with jury trials in the High Court, the following sheriffs have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as temporary judges: These appointments are effective from today.

Almost one in 10 sheriffs and judges say they have been bullied in the past two years, according to a survey. The 2022 UK Judicial Attitude Survey, conducted by the UCL Judicial Institute on behalf of senior judges, found that eight per cent of respondents claimed they had been bullied by politician

To assist with jury trials in the High Court, the following sheriffs have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to act as temporary judges: These appointments are effective from 1 October 2024.

More than half a million pounds has been spent to care for dogs involved in court cases over the past three years. Dogs that are seized by police or other agencies may be made subject to destruction orders by sheriffs. This decision is usually made at the end of court proceedings and until then the