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US law firm Quinn Emanuel has raised NQ salaries to £180,000 as the war for talent in London continues. The new sum marks an increase of £30,000 as the firm seeks to tempt lawyers from its Magic Circle rivals.

Three members of a serious organised crime gang who trafficked a significant amount of Class A drugs into the Central Belt have been jailed for a total of 13 years and three months. Paul Martin, 43, who was extradited from Spain to stand trial, Peter Dickson, 34, and Grant Jaap, 30, all pled guilty

Police Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell has criticised the court system as she confirmed plans to reduce resources spent on 101 calls across Scotland. She said the "judicial system" was “very inefficient” compared to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) south of the border, with overti

An opportunity exists to build on the “continuity of the commitment and policy of Land Reform” that is shared by a majority of Scotland including a majority in the Scottish Parliament, Michael Russell, chair of the Scottish Land Commission has said. Mr Russell, who was appointed to

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Darren Hughes to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. On 3 February 2022, in the High Court at Glasgow, the applicant was convicted of assault and attempted murder.

The director of a Scottish company has been banned from running a business for eight years following the company's persistent and disruptive cold-calling practices.

A seminar organised by the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law will look on the role that the courts, and the Supreme Court in particular, have played in shaping Scotland’s devolution settlement. Paul Reid KC will discuss his experience in devolution litigation as first standing junior cou

An Aberdeen academic is part of a UK-wide research team which has received funding from Responsible AI UK (RAI UK) to investigate the future use of probabilistic AI in law enforcement. Entitled PROBabLE Futures – Probabilistic AI Systems in Law Enforcement Futures, the four year initiative is

Two elderly women convicted of cruel and unnatural treatment and assaults upon children while they worked at a care home from 1969 and 1981 have had their custodial sentences reduced to seven months’ imprisonment after an appeal in the High Court of Justiciary. Margaret Hughes, 77, and Eileen

The police have been accused of “institutional failures” over the death of an Aberdeen man as the longest-running fatal accident inquiry in Scottish legal history concluded. Warren Fenty, 20, died in a cell in Kittybrewster Police Station following a methadone overdose in 2014.

The partners of DAC Beachcroft’s Glasgow and Edinburgh offices have elected Louise Gallagher as the new location head for DAC Beachcroft in Scotland. Ms Gallagher, who joined DACB in 2019, takes over from long-standing location head John Maillie, who has been in the role since 2015. Her three-

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Human rights lawyer predicts international warrants in Rohingya genocide case | Voice of America

A judge has told a man running a sex club that he may continue organising group sex parties but should not refer to them as club activities. Calgary man Matthew Mills was ordered in 2019 to cease hosting sex parties with $30 CAD tickets (around €20 or £17.50) at his home following complai

Hamish Lean looks the tension between landlords' sporting rights and agricultural tenants' farming activities and new legislation aimed at balancing these interests and improving compensation for tenants affected by game-related damages. Most agricultural leases reserve the sporting rights over the