Communities are being urged to have their say on how new control zones could be used to tackle firework misuse. A key part of the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act which was passed last year, control zones will give local authorities the power to designate areas where fireworks will
Search: 2023 天津市 长期护理保险 统计公报
The High Court of Justiciary has refused an appeal against conviction by a man charged with involvement with an organised crime group and the murder of a man shot outside a club in Amsterdam after ruling that the jury was correctly directed on how to use evidence provided by a police informant. Appe
It comes as no great surprise that Shamima Begum has lost her appeal against the Home Secretary's decision of 19 February 2019 depriving her of United Kingdom citizenship, writes Ronnie Clancy KC. This latest judgment from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) is the culmination of proce
PBW Law has announced that Professor Peter Watson has been appointed president elect of the British Academy of Forensic Sciences (BAFS). As an organisation BAFS encourages study, improves practice, disseminates information and advances knowledge in forensic science and forensic medicine for public b
A private member's bill extending Ireland's rent freeze by a year has sailed through second stage – after a government minister forgot to oppose it. The Eviction Ban Bill 2022 was introduced to the Dáil by Richard Boyd Barrett of the left-wing party People Before Profit, which has just
A former prison officer caught smuggling Class A drugs into a top security jail has been jailed for six years and three months. Heather McKenzie secretly ferried cocaine and mobile phones into Shotts Prison in Lanarkshire.
Sir Iain Livingstone is to step down as chief constable of Police Scotland in the summer. He took the role on in 2018 and has been a serving officer since 1992. Sir Iain is responsible for 23,000 officers and staff in what is the second largest police force in the UK.
Three new members have been appointed to the Scottish Civil Justice Council for a three-year term.
An independent review of new policing technologies, chaired at Edinburgh Napier University, has suggested statutory codes of practice could be considered to provide greater clarity and safeguards around the future use of live facial recognition and certain artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
A Dunfermline sheriff has dismissed an action by a former employee of a student housing provider who alleged that his employer had breached UK GDPR rules when processing his personal data in the context of defending tribunal proceedings brought by another employee. Courtney Riley, who was employed b
A man who allegedly ate two bags of crisps which had been dropped on the street by a thief has been arrested and charged with theft. The alleged crime of opportunity took place after a bizarre row in a small shop in Memphis, Tennessee, FOX59 reports.
Shamima Begum has failed in her appeal over the decision to deprive her of British citizenship because she is a threat to national security. The semi-secret Special Immigration Appeals Commission decided today that the revocation of her citizenship in 2019 was lawful.
Macdonald Henderson has advised Opulus in joining forces with Wylie & Bisset and on a £10 million growth capital facility to support further expansion plans of the enlarged group provided by SME Capital. Macdonald Henderson’s advisory team was led by David Beveridge and Ryan Macready
Organisations supporting victims of crime in Scotland will receive a £500,000 boost from a fund that takes money from offenders. Seven organisations – including Victim Support Scotland and Survivors of Human Trafficking in Scotland – will share grant funding to provide practical he
The shareholders of a liquidated company that owned a £3.25 million property in Edinburgh have succeeded in a reclaiming motion challenging a Lord Ordinary’s decision to refuse to grant them decree for payment of their shares of the sale proceeds. Colonnade Properties Ltd and other trust
