A rapist who sexually abused two young girls during sleepovers at his home has been jailed. Alexander Hunter was found guilty of seven charges on August 21 following a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh.
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A teenage girl has been apprehended after allegedly taking a New York City subway train on a joyride and crashing it. Police say the 17-year-old, along with a companion who has not yet been caught, boarded the empty train just after midnight last Thursday 12 September.
Family lawyers and child law litigators are not the only ones concerned with children: criminal lawyers, probably somewhat behind sociologists and criminologists, will have noted the number of young children arrested and charged with serious crimes. The police and court activity following widespread
The Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a doctor against the removal of his name from the medical register following his conviction for a domestically aggravated offence under section 38(1) of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010. Dr Muhammad Masood was mad
A new approach to supporting children and families affected by violence and abuse has been welcomed by an independent report. Social work experts at the University of Edinburgh have praised the initiative, which seeks to improve delivery of essential services to child victims and witnesses.
Northern Ireland's Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information (ICRIR) is "irreparably toxic and tainted" and should be scrapped, Amnesty International has said. The human rights organisation issued a statement ahead of Friday's Northern Ireland Court of Appeal ruling in the Dillon cas
Judicial salary increases have been revealed in new figures from the Ministry of Justice. The President of the Supreme Court, Lord Reed and Lord President, Lord Carloway's salaries rose from £263,256 in 2023-24 to £279,051 this year.
A former police officer has admitted stealing £2.50 from an arrestee to pay off a paltry debt at the police station tuck shop. James Tillcock would have been sacked for gross misconduct had he not already resigned, Thames Valley Police (TVP) said following a misconduct hearing.
A judge has refused an application made by a man accused of committing sexual offences against his wife in which he sought to lead evidence that they had a sexual relationship prior to their marriage. Applicant MJ appeared on an indictment of 15 charges of alleged sexual offending to which section 2
Barriers faced by unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) in accessing local authority support is the subject of a new report published by JustRight Scotland. In 2023, more than 3,400 UASCs arrived in the UK seeking protection. Beyond this statistic, there is a growing number of unaccompan
Keir Starmer has been urged not to replace the previous UK government's Rwanda scheme with a new Albania scheme. The prime minister met yesterday with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, who has struck a deal with Albania for asylum seekers to be processed there.
The Tayside Solicitors Property Centre (TSPC) Property Investor Evening will take place at TSPC, 11 Whitehall Crescent, Dundee, from 5.30pm until 7pm on Thursday, 26 September 2024. Speakers sharing stories and guidance will include a Dundee couple who swapped policing for property.
Ampersand Advocates has received an impressive six shortlist nominations across five categories for The Legal 500’s Scotland Awards 2024. Una Doherty KC is nominated for Silk of the Year. Tim Young and Ayla Iridag are both up for Junior of the Year. Alan Moffat is shortlisted for Clerk of the
Nearly half of the UK's biggest law firms last year saw their best revenue results since the financial crisis of 2008. Only 11 firms in the top 100 failed to grow last year, new research shows, with 44 firms recording revenue increase of 10 per cent or more.
A coalition of more than 100 civil society organisations has demanded that the Scottish government fulfil its promise to introduce the Scottish Human Rights Bill. In a letter to First Minister John Swinney, the organisations express their frustration at the bill’s exclusion from the current le
