A sheriff has ruled that a shop worker who attempted to sue his employer for right ear deafness he claimed was sustained when a ball was thrown at him by a colleague had not acted unreasonably in bringing a personal injury action and thus was not liable for expenses under the Qualified One-Way Cost
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The joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick, and Mira-belle Bosch has commenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The purpose of an FAI includes determining the cause of death, the circumstances in which the death occurred, and to establish what reasonable precautions cou
Australia has made it a criminal offence to perform a Nazi salute or publicly display Nazi hate symbols, punishable with up to a year's imprisonment. The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Act 2023, which came into force yesterday, also criminalises
A man who tried to escape justice after killing a relative has been jailed for six years and four months. Dean Ferguson, 30, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to the culpable homicide of a man described as a childhood friend and his second cousin.
A grisly horror movie and a violent video game are among the first new projects featuring Mickey Mouse following the expiration of US copyright protections. Mickey's first cartoon, Steamboat Willie – a roughly eight-minute black-and-white cartoon released in 1928 – entered the publi
Esin Örücü, professor emerita of comparative law and honorary senior research fellow, University of Glasgow, has passed away at the age of 83. Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1940, Esin attended the English High School for Girls and the American College for Girls, before going on to study
A story of sex and betrayal from Scotland’s criminal past has provided inspiration for a new take on the country’s history – in the form of a comic book. Experts from the University of Dundee have produced The Persecution of Jean Lands, charting the conviction of Daniel Nicholson a
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that the longest outstanding waits for fatal accident inquiries (FAI) in Scotland now run to almost a decade. A Scottish Liberal Democrat freedom of information investigation uncovered that:
Legal battles over wills have soared by more than 34 per cent in five years, new figures show. Data from the Ministry of Justice show that 195 inheritance disputes went to court last year – as compared with 145 in 2017.
A Lanarkshire woman who was imprisoned for 12 months for injuring a mother and her children by driving through a red light at a pedestrian crossing has lost an appeal against sentence before the High Court of Justiciary. Counsel for appellant Melanie Grierson argued that a non-custodial sentence wou
Professor Joseph Bristow’s impressive new study, which deserves close attention, shows that the civil libel suit and the criminal trials involving Oscar Wilde were understood to be within the legal procedures of the time. The significantly wider importance of his book may be that the detailed
Our popular "and finally" section, with the most absurd, offbeat, strange or funny legal stories, has kept lawyers entertained over the past year. In this roundup, we share the 10 most popular stories of 2023.
Sheriffs Christopher Shead, Derek O’Carroll, Gregor Murray and Philip Mann have been appointed as appeal sheriffs by the Lord President, Lord Carloway. These appointments are effective from 15 January 2024.
The First Division of the Inner House has quashed the decision of a reporter which had allowed an appeal by the operators of a motocross track against an enforcement notice on the basis that it was served out of time. James Findlay KC and Kenneth Young of Terra Firma Chambers, instructed by Brodies
