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More than half of all judges under 40 are women, according to new diversity figures. The Judicial Diversity Statistics 2016 were published this week showing the figures for April 2016.

An exhibition of artwork playing a vital role in the rehabilitative journey of offenders is to go on display at the country’s top court next month, following an invitation by a new charity aiming to use art to explore the role of courts and other legal institutions. The exhibition, PAPERWORK, has

A province in eastern China has banned civil servants' boozy working lunches — after several of them DIED from alcohol poisoning. Following an investigation, The People's Daily reports workers will now face "the most stringent ever" drinking rules in Anhui province.

Cat Maclean In a talk given to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Fair Business Banking at Westminster, Cat Maclean discusses the issue of companies left powerless after their debt has been transferred to vulture funds.

Joel Conn The directors of Mitchells Roberton have announced that Joel Conn has joined the firm from Morton Fraser as a director/partner from 1 August 2016.

Scotland’s police force hired a top QC from south of the border to represent it in the illegal spying scandal. Jeremy Johnson QC was instructed to represent Police Scotland after officers spied on their own in a bid to identify the source of a journalistic leak over the case of Emma Caldwell, a mu

Annabelle Ewing There were 17,242 full time equivalent (FTE) police officers in the first quarter of 2016/17 according to figures released today.

An attempt to commit the statutory offence of rape is an indictable crime, appeal judges have ruled. The Criminal Appeal Court held that an attempt to commit the offence of rape under section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 was a competently libelled charge, in refusing an appeal agains

Chris McDowall The SLN Spotlight falls on Chris McDowall this week, a partner in the employment unit at Anderson Strathern. He is the partner with overall responsibility for human resources and was instrumental in the firm winning the Employment Team of the Year Award at the Scottish Legal Awards th

James Kelly Legislation meant to tackle sectarianism at football matches looks likely to be repealed after opposition parties at Holyrood confirmed their united opposition to it, The Herald reports.

Chris Harte Morton Fraser has reported substantial growth in the last three years, in line with its strategy.

A man who hid seven grams of cocaine under his foreskin before being arrested by police has been returned to jail for 12 weeks. Joshua Hare, 24, was arrested after turning up naked in a Homebase car park in Salisbury, according to the Swindon Advertiser.

A woman who was assaulted as a child by her mother has failed in a legal challenge to a decision to refuse her claim for criminal injuries compensation. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that it was within the Government’s discretion for policy reasons not to backdate a change to the scheme in

Derek Ogg QC The Crown Office has told Scottish Legal News that a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a Scottish woman in Israel is "not competent under the current legislation" as the relevant provisions of the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 are not y

The High Court has held that NHS England erred in law by refusing to consider the funding of an anti-retroviral drug that would ultimately save the health service money by reducing the occurrence of HIV and AIDS by upwards of seventy-five per cent. The National Aids Trust (NAT), a charity specialisi