Two Crown appeals against a sheriff’s decision to sustain defence pleas of oppression by two prisoners charged with possessing an unauthorised SIM card within prison have been allowed by the Sheriff Appeal Court. Respondents Brandon Douglas and John Pow both argued that it was oppressive of th
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Lawyers have reacted with dismay to plans to push ahead with a pilot of juryless trials in Scotland. The Scottish government announced the introduction of the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill to Holyrood yesterday.
British political parties must promise to better protect victims of forced migration and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in their general election manifestos, a coalition has said. The group has sent letters to the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens, the Scottish Nation
A prisoner who was imprisoned in 1996 for murdering a young man with a knife in Renfrew has successfully petitioned for a judicial review of a decision of the Parole Board for Scotland’s not to release him on licence. DD, the petitioner, was aged 16 when he was convicted in June 1996 and was s
Two Aberdeenshire men have been sentenced after admitting using dogs to hunt wild hares. Steven McDonald, 38, from Inverurie, and Richard Hanratty, 29, from Bridge of Don, had previously pled guilty to wildlife offences at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
The Competition and Markets Authority has welcomed legislation intended to enhance its ability to promote competition and protect consumers, including new powers for its Digital Markets Unit. The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill aims to promote growth in the UK economy by ensurin
A lamb discovered with £10,000 worth of illegal drugs has been recovered from a car by police in Glasgow. The car was stopped on the M74 on Saturday evening and searched by police with dogs, Police Scotland said.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Joanne Gallacher.
The Scottish Parliament will be invited to nominate Nicola Killean to His Majesty The King for appointment as the new commissioner for children and young people in Scotland. The commissioner’s general duty is to promote and safeguard the rights of children and young people in Scotland.
New research which will allow Scottish Parliament committees to keep up to date with EU legislative policy developments has been commissioned by Holyrood’s Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee. Following Brexit, the Scottish government committed to ‘keeping pace&r
The family of a man who died of mesothelioma that alleged his condition was caused by asbestos exposure have lost an Inner House appeal against a decision that his former employer was not responsible for his condition. Nicola Watt and other pursuers averred that Lend Lease Construction Ltd, which pr
A town has announced an unusual plan to reduce crime by planting 1,200 trees. Local officials in Alief, a suburb of Houston, Texas, will spend $2 million (around £1.6 million) to plant the trees along 17 miles of road by 2025.
The rape victim whose attacker was given community service has received an apology from Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC over failures to inform her of the consequences of the conviction. The victim, who is now 18, was raped by Sean Hogg in Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian, in 2018, when she was 13.
A court order which would have banned access to abortion pills across the United States has been stayed by the country's Supreme Court pending further appeals. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, a conservative judge in Texas, had this month ordered the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to revoke its long-
An Arbroath man who fell down an unlit communal staircase in his building at night has lost an appeal against a sheriff’s decision that the local authority responsible for the maintenance of the stairwell was not liable for the accident. Craig Hill argued in his case before the Sheriff Appeal
