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The understandable furore over the malicious dishonesty of those involved in the prosecution, better word persecution, of innocent sub-postmasters by the once trusted Post Office seems to me merely one example of a wider malaise in our present society. Like many bad-tempered old court lawyers, I hav

A taxpayer-funded green scheme to replace a Crown Office boiler has been branded "absurd" after it emerged it would take almost a millennium for the costs to be recouped. The price of decarbonising Elgin’s Procurator Fiscal office has risen to £3.5 million.

It is “incumbent” on Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC to answer questions on the Post Office Horizon scandal, the SNP's Westminster leader has said. Stephen Flynn said that Ms Bain should explain why prosecutions occurred after concerns over the Horizon system emerged in 2013.

Former advocate Mark Strachan, 64, has been jailed for two years after being convicted of sexually abusing two boys. He carried out his abuse 20 years ago when he was lawyer to the boys' family. He touched them sexually in 1999 and 2001 at addresses in Aberdeen. A jury found him guilty by a majority

A sheriff has been removed from a fatal accident inquiry over extreme delays in publishing her findings. On June 29 2014, Warren Fenty, 20, suffered a drug overdose and died while in Kittybrewster jail.

A date has been set for the appeal of three subpostmasters over the Horizon scandal. Rab Thomson, Ravinder Naga and Aleid Kloosterhuis are hoping to have their convictions quashed after they were prosecuted for fraud.

A sheriff principal has ruled that it was not necessary for a sheriff to appoint a curator ad litem in a family law case where the defender had a mild learning disability but appeared to be fully capable of instructing a solicitor and understanding the case. It was argued by S, the appellant, that r

Dear Editor, The prime minister asserts the wish to overturn the convictions of the sub-postmasters "swiftly" by legislation which could be in place by the end of the year.

A sheriff who was suspended on full pay for five years over claims he acted inappropriately towards a female lawyer is at the centre of a £120,000 vicarious liability case at the Court of Session. Sheriff Jack Brown, who was suspended in 2018, is awaiting the outcome of a separate tribunal cas

Dictionaries have been removed from Florida school libraries to comply with a new law on children's access to descriptions of "sexual conduct". Five dictionaries are on a list of more than 1,600 books removed from school library shelves in the Escambia County district in December pending a deeper in

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC could be called to Holyrood to explain the Crown Office's actions during the Post Office Horizon scandal. Prosecutors were told of issues in 2013 – yet they continued to pursue cases until 2015.

In response to a threat of legal action by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) and Good Law Project, the Scottish government has confirmed it will publish a detailed assessment of the carbon emissions expected from its £26 billion investment plan from next week. ERCS and the Go

Tight safeguards on XL Bully dogs are to be introduced in Scotland to make it a criminal offence to own the breed without an exemption certificate. The legislation will mirror what has been introduced by the UK government in England and Wales, and prevent Scotland from becoming a ‘dumping grou

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