Rats high on cannabis are defecating freely on police officers' desks, a police chief in the US has complained. Anne Kirkpatrick, superintendent of New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), said rats have been getting into the evidence room in the force's headquarters and eating confiscated drugs, WWL-T
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Company directors should consider their company's nature-related risks as part of their legal duties under the law of England and Wales, a legal opinion commissioned by Pollination Law and the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) has found. Authored by a team of five barristers led by Shar
A petition by two Scottish fishing organisations challenging a decision to vary the economic link licence condition in relation to Scottish sea fishing licences aimed at increasing pelagic fish landings has been refused by the Court of Session. Scottish Fishermen’s Organisation Ltd and Shetlan
Simon Jones and Alison McNab have been appointed to Boundaries Scotland, the public body responsible for reviewing electoral boundaries. Mr Jones, who has been appointed as deputy chair, works on substance use strategy within Clackmannanshire and Stirling Health and Social Care Partnership and has a
If UK legislation quashing the convictions related to the Horizon scandal does not include Scotland then similar legislation will be introduced at Holyrood, Justice Secretary Angela Constance has said. Ms Constance said: “We, along with the Northern Ireland Executive, urged the UK government t
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has told the United Nations it is concerned about the progress of civil and political rights in Scotland, highlighting issues with access to justice for human rights violations; and conditions in places of detention. In its evidence it highlighted systemic failur
Thompsons Solicitors is planning group action against housing providers over lung conditions that claimants allege is linked to black mould. The firm has 41 clients with illnesses exacerbated by damp conditions in social housing.
A motion for breach of an interdict issued by the Sheriff Appeal Court preventing a landowner from interfering with servitude rights of access and repair for a septic tank servicing the dominant tenement’s property has been refused by the SAC on the basis that it was not the competent forum fo
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act will be activated – on April 1. The law creates new stirring up of hatred offences for protected characteristics including age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, and transgender identity.
Olive oil has become the number-one target of Spanish shoplifting gangs following a sharp increase in prices.
A human rights body is to urge a UN committee to question the Scottish government over its refusal to reform the legal aid system. The Human Rights Consortium Scotland will address the United Nations Human Rights Committee this week to highlight the challenges faced by people seeking remedies f
A new survey of solicitors has confirmed the depth of concern at the Scottish government’s proposal to give itself powers to control the regulation of the legal sector. The Law Society of Scotland’s annual members’ survey, conducted in December 2023 and January 2024, found more tha
A lord ordinary has assoilzied all eight defenders in a long-running action brought by the former sole shareholder in a company that went into administration after a share sale after holding that he had failed to establish he had been induced to sell the shares by a fraudulent conspiracy between his
The Crown Office a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of 49-year-old Victoria Teresa Black. Ms Black died on 11 January 2022 at the Forth Valley Royal Hospital in Larbert. Ms Black had been an inmate within HMP Cornton Vale, Stirling when she was adm
The question of who invented butter chicken is to be resolved by an Indian court in a case which has already racked up over €200,000 in legal fees. The Delhi High Court is hearing a case brought by the owners of Delhi restaurant Moti Mahal against the Daryaganj restaurant chain amid rival claim
