A former employee of a Glasgow social club who was dismissed following a furlough period has lost a claim in the Employment Tribunal for unfair dismissal and unpaid wages for the period between the end of her furlough and her dismissal. Claimant Melissa Carrington was employed at the Corinthian Club
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A Highland gangland boss who hid drugs valued at thousands of pounds in secret woodland “stash sites” has been jailed for five years and eight months.
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. China’s growing influence threatens to undermine global human rights, new research finds
One of Scotland's central police control rooms used a fake system to manipulate response time targets – for eight years. Documents seen by the BBC show that thousands of calls to the Bilston Glen control room were allocated to a fake call sign known as DUMY.
The Law Society of Scotland has boosted its advisory body on legal technology, with new members and a new chairman to continue its work leading on innovation for the profession. Law Society president Murray Etherington will join the LawscotTech Advisory Board and step into the role of chairman when
Dear Editor, Each day we read about new aspects of the UK government’s Illegal Migration Bill presently going through Parliament. We are now told that “exempting children arriving in the UK on small boats from detention would create a 'pull factor' and would put minors at risk”. Th
The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal by the tenant of student accommodation in Edinburgh who sought to overturn a decree of absolvitor on the ground that the case was conducted unfairly. Appellant Mark Doran raised a Simple Procedure action against his landlord, SC Causewayside Ltd, seekin
Researchers have released a short film featuring testimonies from victims of domestic abuse and stalking. The animated short is informed by a Glasgow Caledonian University study of women's experiences of the Scottish criminal justice system after reporting stalking and coercive control.
The Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) has expressed deep concern over the UK's Illegal Migration Bill and its lack of compliance with core elements of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. GRETA stress
Brian McConnachie KC has been fined £8,000 following a professional misconduct ruling against him over phone messages he sent last year. The Discipline Tribunal of the Faculty of Advocates upheld an appeal against the decision of a Complaints Committee and held that Mr McConnachie was gui
The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has today laid its budget for 2023-24 at Holyrood. The organisation has confirmed that, following "two years of cuts, rebounding complaint numbers and rising energy, staffing, legal and court costs", the levy will rise by nine per cent to just below pr
The Law Society of Scotland has today launched the Profile of the Profession, its major census of the Scottish legal profession. Conducted approximately every five years, the survey offers an in-depth view of the make-up of the profession and the experiences of its members on a variety of important
William Hill Group has fined £19.2 million over social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failures, avoiding a ban after the regulator considered a licence suspension.
A company director convicted of neglect resulting in the death of an employee who was hit by a bus following a fall from height has lost an appeal by stated case against his conviction in the Sheriff Appeal Court. Kevin Bowie was convicted after an eight-day trial of an offence under the Health and
Who said judges were out of touch with everyday life? A member of the bench, among other things, has been fired after it was revealed he creates pornography on the adult website OnlyFans.
