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Independent advisers will be able to launch investigations into alleged breaches of the Ministerial Code under new powers being given to them by First Minister John Swinney. Currently, investigations can only begin following a referral from the first minister. But the Scottish Ministerial Code will

A rapist who subjected women to a campaign of controlling, violent and sexual abuse over the course of 23 years has been jailed. George McDonald was found guilty of 10 charges involving three women on 29 July following a trial at the High Court in Paisley.

John Sturrock KC will be in conversation with retired colonel, Dr Fred Clark Boli later this month about the remarkable series of meetings which took place in Edinburgh and Moscow at the height of the Cold War in the 1980s involving British, American and Soviet participants. The Conversations,

Eighty years have elapsed since the heady days of August 1944 when Paris, the City of Light – and to many, a beacon of light in the pre-war days – liberated itself from the ignominy, shame and cruelty of Nazi tyranny.

Benjamin Bestgen pours forth on law and wine. It is fair to say that the British enjoy wine. Not only is the UK the fifth largest wine consumer globally. It is also the home of internationally acclaimed wine education and industry organisations like the Wine and Spirits Education Trust and the Insti

Convicted fraudster Anna Delvey, whose $200,000 scam was dramatised by Netflix as Inventing Anna, is to be a celebrity contestant on a televised US dancing competition. Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, will wear an ankle monitor during her appearance on Dancing with the Stars, the US version

The Scottish Human Rights Commission said it is "deeply disappointed" that First Minister John Swinney has not delivered the new Human Rights Bill for Scotland in his Programme for Government. Professor Angela O’Hagan, chair of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, said: “The proposed Hu

The government is planning to banish the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords in the biggest parliamentary change in 25 years. The 92 hereditary peers will lose their right to sit in the Lords under proposals put forward today.

Morton Fraser MacRoberts (MFMac) has become the official legal partner of Scottish Women’s Football (SWF) for the next three years.

The Scottish government has proposed a range of positive justice sector reforms in its 2024-25 Programme for government, but has failed to recognise the urgent need for investment in access to justice and legal aid, according to the Law Society of Scotland. The programme, unveiled by First Minster J

Barristers in England and Wales will be required to "act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion" under a proposed revision to the profession's rules. The Bar Standards Board (BSB) is consulting on a proposed change to Core Duty 8, which currently says barristers "must not discrimin

Desmond Cheyne, Colin Edward and Scott McAlpine have been elevated to the rank and dignity of King’s Counsel. Mr Cheyne called to the bar in 1986. He has a wide-ranging practice but is best known for his expertise in financial provision on divorce, cases involving children and criminal cases i

The man convicted of the murder of Emma Caldwell in 2005 has lost an appeal to the High Court of Justiciary against the length of the punishment part of his life sentence given by the trial judge. Iain Packer was convicted of 33 charges, including sexual assaults on nine additional complainers, on 2

A rise in steroid drugs found in Scottish prisons has been uncovered in a study led by the University of Dundee. Researchers at the University’s Leverhulme Research Centre of Forensic Science (LRCFS), part of the School of Science and Engineering, made the discovery while working in collaborat