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Lindsey Miller, head of the Serious and Organised Crime Division at the Crown Office, discusses a recent victory and the powerful provisions of anti-bribery legislation. In recent days, the Civil Recovery Unit has agreed a settlement that will see £2.2 million paid into a fund that will benefit com

Gym instructors are taking legal action against a £100 “tax” to practise in Glasgow’s leisure centres. Glasgow Life has told freelance instructors they must pay the annual charge if they want to continue taking classes – something one coach has suggested discriminates against self-employed

A group of children helped police investigators make an arrest by forming a human arrow that led a helicopter in the right direction. Quick-thinking kids who were taking part in an Easter egg hunt in the English village of Capel, Surrey, realised they were in the middle of a police pursuit when a he

(L-R): Kate Wyatt, Nina Taylor, Lauren Cook, Louise Norris, Sandy Lamb, Kirsty Cooper

The Faculty of Advocates has voiced misgivings about the draft of a new criminal offence of domestic abuse. While acknowledging immediately that drawing up an offence which encompasses threats, physical and psychological abuse, and coercive control is “not without difficulty”, the Faculty said i

Ian Maxwell Ian Maxwell of Families Need Fathers (FNF) Scotland calls for Scottish courts to publish more family law judgments.

Brian Inkster Crofting law expert Brian Inkster has said the Scottish government's recently launched consultation on the 2017 crofting elections is "flawed".

New rules governing bin lorries are to be introduced following the fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the 2014 Glasgow bin lorry crash that killed six pedestrians, The Herald reports. Crews will be given training in the use of driver controls and stronger health screening measures are to be brought i

Graeme Watson

A scheme to get prisoners into work following their release has seen all of its participants gain employment. Shaw Trust Scotland, an employment charity, ran the scheme at HMP Low Moss.

A man found guilty of carrying an “offensive weapon” in public after witnesses saw him brandishing two knives and chasing youths in a street “as if he was going to stab someone” has failed in an appeal against conviction. The Criminal Appeal Court dismissed the appellant’s claim that the s

Optimism among Scotland’s solicitors continues to rise, research carried out by the Law Society of Scotland has found. The annual survey of more than 500 solicitors from different sectors of the profession, which was carried out during 2015 by Ipsos MORI, gathered views on a range of issues.

Franklin Dehousse The European Court of Justice (ECJ) abused its own rules in order to double the number of judges in the General Court, one of its tribunal members has said.

Two thieves who photographed themselves after stealing more than £3,000 from gambling machines have been sentenced at Bradford Crown Court. Benjamin Robinson, 30 and Daniel Hutchinson, 24, took selfies and posted them to Facebook after making off with their loot.

Christine McLintock The Law Society of Scotland has launched a new video to highlight the importance of legal aid in ensuring access to justice for all.