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A rapist who abused seven victims over the course of 25 years has had his prison sentence increased following a successful appeal by the Crown. Robert McGeachy, 64, was jailed for eight years in June 2024 after being found guilty of 17 charges at the High Court in Glasgow the previous month. 

The tenth edition of the Dundee Student Law Review has been published. Volume X commemorates the tenth anniversary of the journal and opens with a preface and acknowledgements by the project’s chair, Tom Edwards. It features the winning article of the 2023 Jonathan Leslie Memorial Essay Prize

Students in the Emma Ritch Law Clinic at the University of Glasgow School of Law have been working on a Supreme Court case which raises awareness of complainers’ rights and fair trial rights in sexual violence cases. The clinic was instructed by Rape Crisis Scotland who appeared as a third par

A man convicted of possession of a shotgun without a firearms certificate has lost an appeal against the conviction based on an argument that the jury was not entitled to infer that he knew the gun was in the back of his van. Stuart McMillan was convicted of a contravention of section 1(1)(a) of the

Two men who drugged, raped and murdered a young father in Fife just hours after meeting him have been jailed for life. Dylan Brister, 27, and Cameron Allan, 21, spiked Calum Simpson’s drink, leaving him unconscious at the Methil property in November 2021.

LinkedIn has been slapped with a €310 million fine by Ireland's Data Protection Commission in connection with behavioural analysis and targeted advertising. The inquiry into LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company was launched by the DPC, in its role as the lead supervisory authority for LinkedIn, f

Three Scottish tech businesses have been named on a select list of companies from across Europe to win a place on the AG Elevate tech mentoring scheme run by Addleshaw Goddard. Innovative Chemical manufacturing business CataNiTek, vehicle rental and hire system Coastr, and Frontier Robotics –

Messrs Reeves and Friedman with this study present a modern sociological view of ‘the British elite’. Who are the purported elites, or, following one definition, the ruling minority?

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Critic of Tunisia president gets new jail term | Arab News

A motorist has been fined after being caught driving in a dedicated carpool lane with a plastic skeleton in the passenger seat. The Halloween decoration, spooky enough in itself, was also wearing a mask resembling that of Ghostface in the Scream horror film series.

The latest enforcement actions and supervisory publications by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) indicate the regulator’s renewed interest in market integrity and its expectations on regulated firms to assist it through clear dialogue and reporting, writes Anthony Harrison. Recent enforcem

Connor Beaton talks to Philippa Greer about how UNRWA is battling to preserve international humanitarian law in Gaza, where at least 42,800 Palestinians have now been killed in Israel's military response to the October 7 attack. Philippa Greer had already accepted the top job in UNRWA’s field

A construction company has been fined £215,000 after a worker was seriously injured when a cherry picker was struck by a bus in Castlemilk. North Ayrshire-based McTaggart Construction Limited pled guilty to a breach of construction regulations and health and safety legislation at Glasgow Sheri