Lord Clark has been appointed to the First Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session. The Lord President, Lord Carloway, and the Lord Justice Clerk, Lady Dorrian, recommended the appointment to allow court business to continue to be dealt with efficiently and effectively.
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A pensioner couple are seeking judicial review of government cuts to the winter fuel payment. Peter and Florence Fanning, of Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire have raised proceedings in the Court of Session against the the Scottish government and the UK Work and Pensions Secretary with the help of Govan
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.
A man linked to serious organised crime who discussed in encrypted mobile phone messages making enough money from drugs-trafficking to buy 100 flats has been jailed for seven years. John McDuff, 40, also agreed with a criminal associate’s claim that they were responsible for operating the most
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Humanity has been a casualty in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The military-industrial complex of the United States was the subject of a chilling warning by President Eisenhower and a new book reveals how Silicon Valley has morphed to make it ever more deadly. On one view, a better title for this book might be ‘The politics of public procurement’ as
A commercial judge has directed that an administration process for a company registered in Luxembourg but with its principal asset comprising a long lease of commercial premises in Scotland should be regarded as ancillary to a primary insolvency process already underway in Luxembourg. Stuart Preston
An 88-year-old man who spent nearly 50 years on death row has been acquitted in Japan. Iwao Hakamada was sentenced to death in 1968 after being convicted of murder and arson in connection with the killing of his boss and his boss's family two years previously.
The Tumbling Lassie Committee will host two events next month to acknowledge Anti-Slavery Day and provide opportunities to reflect on and raise awareness of the ongoing human trafficking and modern slavery in Scotland. On Thursday 10 October the committee will hold its annual anti-slavery seminar, e
A woman who had a placement request for her child with additional support needs refused by her local authority had successfully had an appeal against the refusal remitted for reconsideration to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland’s Health and Education Chamber. Appellant JH, whose younger son
The School Mock Court Case Project (SCIO) is looking for lawyer volunteers. SCIO provides educational programmes in which students get the opportunity to learn about legal rights and citizenship through realistically enacted mock court trials.
A man who murdered his partner after returning home from watching football has been jailed for life. John Higgins admitted fatally attacking Amanda McAlear at her home in Glasgow on May 7, 2022. The 64-year-old pleaded guilty to a charge of murder at the High Court in Glasgow on July 31, at the star
A possessions check should have been carried out on a woman who died of multi-organ failure caused by paracetamol intoxication, a fatal accident inquiry has concluded. Elizabeth McCready, 49, died on 30 June 2018 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Legislative proposals to help reduce the number of domestic homicides and suicides in Scotland have been published at Holyrood. If passed by MSPs, the Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill, would require a robust new review process to take place follow
Crates of bananas delivered to a discount supermarket chain were found to contain €7 million worth of cocaine. The drugs – 95 kilograms in total – were delivered to a number of stores in cities across the western German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, police said.
