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A former Navy officer who was jailed after being convicted of brandishing a knife and punching a 17-year-old boy which resulted in his victim having to undergo extensive dental treatment has successfully appealed against his sentence. The Criminal Appeal Court quashed the custodial sentence imposed

In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case of J.K. and Others v. Sweden the European Court of Human Rights held, by ten votes to seven, that there would be: a violation of article 3 (prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights if the ord

Cori Crider The UK government’s refusal to answer questions about political interference in a decision not to bring charges over British complicity in renditions has been challenged by international human rights group Reprieve.

James Wolffe The Lord Advocate has affirmed his predecessor’s view that it would be “inconceivable” not to hold an inquiry into the M9 crash last July which resulted in the deaths of two people.

David Arnott This week's SLN Spotlight falls on Brodies' partner David Arnott. He has 25 years’ experience resolving construction, infrastructure and engineering disputes and is ranked a band 1 construction lawyer in Chambers & Partners.

Mike Dailly Govan Law Centre (GLC) has secured permission for a petition for judicial review to proceed which challenges a decision of a social work complaints review committee that was subsequently ratified by a local authority.

The Scottish government has issued a consultation on removing the ability of arbitrating parties to contract out of using the new arbitration law provided for by the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010. This consultation is relevant to anyone who is either involved or interested in arbitration as provid

Cops in the Filipino capital have been banned from picking their noses and scratching themselves in a bid to improve their reputation. The new rules, outlined in a memorandum from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), also include bans on selfies, smoking, chewing gum or playing online

Colin McConnell A privately-run prison is due to rack up a bill of £1 billion to the taxpayer, 12 times its building costs.

Liz Truss The Justice Secretary Liz Truss is abandoning her predecessor's plans to roll out more problem-solving courts on the basis they would not be seen as tough on offenders, The Guardian reports.

Scott Blair Advocate Scott Blair, licensing specialist with Terra Firma Chambers, has just secured another licensing success.

Chris McDowall On average, women in paid work receive about 18 per cent less per hour than men, according to a new report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).

A Glasgow solicitor on his honeymoon in Italy has spoken of his frightening ordeal after feeling the effects of the 6.2 magnitude earthquake that hit in the early hours this morning. Ryan Sloan and his wife Sarah (pictured together) were honeymooning in Rome when the quake hit about 100 miles northe

Scottish ministers failed to give "proper, adequate and intelligible reasons" for granting plans to build a railfreight super-hub on greenbelt land. Judges in the Court of Session said ministers had "largely ignored" concerns their own independent reporter brought to them in relation to the proposed

Improving information for clients will be vital in a more competitive legal market according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to the Competition & Markets Authority's Interim Report on the Legal Services Market, the Law Society has said that the legal services sector should be ful