The latest true crime podcast series from BBC Scotland/BBC Sounds delves into a conspiracy theory that shook the Scottish legal establishment to its core in the 1990s. It was claimed that gay judges and lawyers – who feared reputational damage if their homosexuality was revealed at the time &n
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CMS is staging an event later this week for food & drink sector businesses looking at advertising compliance, including in relation to greenwashing and HFSS foods, and product labelling. The free-to-attend webinar, being held on Thursday will be led by CMS experts who will discuss the potential
The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that no protected legal privilege issue arises from comparing an earlier version of a document with a later one, thus allowing a reader to infer the nature of any legal advice given between versions. The issue arose in an appeal raised by the Univers
More than £15 million has been awarded to a range of projects supporting people affected by problem substance use. These include residential rehabilitation services, support for those affected by addiction and homelessness and programmes working with children and families affected by a loved o
The many, and systematically horrible, events in the southern states of America over many years in the middle of the last century are described in Margaret Burnham’s new book By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow’s Legal Executioners. The phrase ‘Jim Crow’ is an American shorthand for
A care home that was fined £100,000 after being found criminally responsible for the death of a resident from hypothermia after she became locked out of the building has lost an appeal against its sentence. St David’s Care Forfar Ltd pled guilty to a contravention of sections 3(1) and 33
A drinks reception to celebrate the achievements of Dame Margaret Kidd KC, as well as those of all other female members of the Scottish bar, will be hosted by the Faculty of Advocates in Parliament Hall later this month. Margaret Kidd was the first woman to call as an advocate in Scotland, in 1923.
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. How EU leaders should deal with Chinese government repression
The number of cases concluded in 2022/23 rose by 15 per cent from 2021/22, according to the latest statistical bulletin from the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service.
Children and young people in the justice system will soon be able to benefit from "coordinated, comprehensive support under one roof" following a £6 million investment in setting up Bairns' Hoose test sites. The creation of Bairns’ Hoose test sites aims to ensure a range of trauma-inform
The High Court of Justiciary has allowed the consideration of a late application to raise matters excluded by the “rape shield” provisions of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 after finding it was in the interest of justice to allow it. Appellant Edward Doran was indicted to a p
A new national strategy to help cut violent crime further has been published. Backed by more than £2 million of Scottish government investment this year, the Violence Prevention Framework is the first co-ordinated strategy for Scotland to tackle the issue.
A Scottish Parliament committee wants to understand what impact the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill will have on legal regulators, service providers and consumers in Scotland. The bill will update the regulation of legal services in Scotland and provides for a modernised regulatory fram
White Oak, a lender, has announced a new partnership with the Law Society of Scotland. The new initiative will strengthen White Oak’s collaboration with the legal sector, providing the Law Society's 12,000 Scottish solicitors and their clients with access to flexible funding solutions to suppo
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay. Katie and William both died while in legal custody at Polmont HMYOI. An FAI is mandatory under Section 2(
