The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 34-year-old Brendan Reilly. Mr Reilly was found dead in his cell within HMP Bowhouse, Kilmarnock on the morning of 11 June 2021.
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The "black sheep" of a German brewing dynasty is suing his sisters because he was allegedly tricked out of his inheritance while hungover. Carl-Clemens Veltins, 61, claims that he is entitled to a stake in the 200-year-old Veltins brewery company in North Rhine-Westphalia, which produces one of Germ
A Dundee lawyer who defrauded a late friend’s daughter out of almost £3,000 has been ordered to perform unpaid work. Ian Davidson, 62, who was struck from the roll in 2022, scammed Pauline Martin, the daughter of his friend, by making her write a cheque out to him instead of la
A father whose child drowned in a bathtub while in a kinship placement approved by a local authority has been allowed a proof in his action against that authority after a Lord Ordinary rejected arguments that the chain of causation had been broken. Tommy Cruickshanks raised the action against Glasgo
At long last Scotland will top the world’s rankings in something. Not football, sadly, writes Tony Lenehan KC, president of Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association. With the publication of the Justice Committee’s report on Good Friday, we can look forward to a world in which o
Victims minister Siobhian Brown has been asked to stop misrepresenting the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, which came into force this week. For Women Scotland and Murray Blackburn Mackenzie have called on Ms Brown to get the law right and to stop making incorrect statements abo
A group of prisoners have launched last-minute legal action in a bid to be allowed to see a total solar eclipse in the US next week. Millions of Americans will be able to see a total solar eclipse on Monday 8 April, though only a partial eclipse will be visible from Ireland and the UK.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court has issued its written judgment refusing an appeal by an Orange Lodge against Aberdeenshire Council’s order, prohibiting the Lodge from holding a parade through Stonehaven. On 8th January the Dunnottar Martyrs’ Memorial Loyal Orange Lodge 1685 had given the council
Proposed legislation to prohibit conversion practices in Scotland may criminalise legitimate behaviour unless a more precise approach is taken, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The society made a written submission on the Scottish government’s consultation paper on the proposal, with
A consultation on banning the use of cages to house laying hens for egg production has been launched. Views will be sought on phasing out the use of enriched cages, which offered more room to nest, roost, scratch and rest than the previously used battery or barren cages that were banned in the UK in
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A new analysis of Japan's unusual naming law has concluded that everyone in the country will share the name "Sato" in around 500 years' time. Japanese law requires married couples to both adopt one of their surnames, with nearly 95 per cent of women taking their husbands' name.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to allow humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians in Gaza as "famine is setting in". The UN court was asked by South Africa around a month ago to make further provisional measures in its case against Israel.
Germany has become the first major European country to legalise cannabis for personal recreational use. Under a new law which came into force yesterday, adults may possess up to 50 grams of cannabis and three plants at home and carry up to 25 grams of cannabis in public.
