More than 50 people went back to prison after being released early, new figures show. A report from the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) shows that 57 of the 477 people released in the summer as part of the early release scheme were sent back.
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The Times has published an obituary for lawyer Andrew Kerr, secretary of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, who passed away on September 19 at the age of 84. "When Andrew Kerr, as a young lawyer, took on the task of acting as secretary to the still young Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1967, it was
A new Scottish tax aimed at encouraging the use of recycled materials in construction has been approved unanimously by the Scottish Parliament. The Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Bill will replace the UK Aggregates Levy and tax the sale or use of aggregates consisting of
A lord ordinary has ruled that the employer of a demolition worker was not liable for the amputation of his right leg below the knee following a job in which his toes became infected due to a failure to establish causation. Joseph McIlwraith, who was diabetic and thus susceptible to requiring an amp
The conviction of six men who attempted to flood Scotland with a tonne of cocaine imported from South America marks a major achievement for the Crown Office. Over a period of three-and-a-half years, a team of specialist prosecutors painstakingly assembled a case which ensured James Stevenson and fiv
Amnesty International has designated three prominent human rights defenders from Hong Kong and mainland China as prisoners of conscience. Human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi, along with the free media advocate Jimmy Lai, are all currently imprisoned because of their peaceful human rig
The Court of Appeal has refused an appeal against the dismissal of a telecom company’s application for an interim injunction in an ongoing patent licensing dispute between itself and another company in a related industry. Motorola Mobility LLC and Lenovo (United States) Inc (collectively refer
A company which claimed to have invented "the world's first robot lawyer" has agreed to pay a nearly $200,000 settlement over its marketing claims.
Workers will benefit from new laws which will ensure they keep 100 per cent of the money they have earned through tips. Introduced through a private members’ bill last year, the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Act 2023 and the statutory code of practice on fair and transparent distribution of
The minimum price per unit of alcohol has increased by 15 pence. MSPs previously voted to continue the public health measure which had been scheduled to end automatically on 30 April as part of a sunset clause when minimum unit pricing (MUP) legislation was introduced in 2018.
An employment tribunal has awarded a man over £21,000 after finding he was unfairly dismissed from his employment with the Royal British Legion Scotland’s Arbroath and District Branch after making a protected disclosure about health and safety concerns at the bar he worked in. It was fur
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has been slapped with a €91 million fine after inadvertently storing some users' passwords in plain text. Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Friday announced its final decision in an inquiry launched in April 2019.
Lesley Johnston, Laura Mundell, Garry Sutherland and Paul Ralph have been appointed as sheriffs. The new sheriffs will serve the Grampian, Highland and Islands, North Strathclyde, South Strathclyde, Dumfries & Galloway and Tayside, Central & Fife sheriffdoms from 28 October 2024.
Saudi Arabia has executed at least 198 people so far in 2024, the highest number of executions in the country since 1990, according to Amnesty International. The official Saudi Press Agency announced on Saturday that the 198th execution of the year had been carried out, though experts say the news a
The UK Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the company that supplies referees and other match officials in top-level UK football competitions against an Upper Tribunal decision that parts of a dispute between it and HM Revenue and Customs required to be re-heard before the First-tier Tribunal.
