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An appeal by a man refused compensation following the lifting of an account freezing order over two of his bank accounts under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session after it confirmed that no exceptional circumstances applied that were sufficient

Police Scotland has confirmed it will continue recording non-criminal “hate incidents”, even as the practice is set to be abandoned in England and Wales. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said police south of the border should stop logging non-crime hate incidents (NCHIs) and focus inst

Carole Ewart, director of the Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland, comments on recent developments in Scotland's FOI regime and the need for reform. It’s been 21 years since the legal right to access information became enforceable under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act and

Contractor GEOAmey is to be replaced as Scotland’s prisoner escort provider next year following numerous serious failings, among them the escape of a violent rapist from custody. The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) confirmed on Tuesday that Mitie has been awarded the new contract, just weeks aft

Scotland’s prostitution laws breach human rights laws, an academic has warned. Dr Claire Methven O’Brien said that current laws in Scotland allow “tacit permission or encouragement to perpetrate acts of gender-based violence against women”. 

A solicitor jailed for money-laundering offences amassed £1.7 million from a criminal enterprise operated through his legal practice, a court has heard. David Lyons, 74, generated the proceeds while working at Robertson & Ross in Paisley, Renfrewshire. However, prosecutors have agreed that

The English Court of Appeal’s decision on 5 January 2026 in Afan Valley Ltd v Lupton Fawcett LLP [2026] EWCA Civ 2 is a major reaffirmation of conventional principles governing loss and scope of duty in professional negligence claims. While under the law of England and Wales, it may well provi

Amnesty International has condemned the Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, which comes into effect today. The agreement is a legally binding international treaty adopted more than a decade ago by 196 parties aimed at combating climate change by pursuing efforts to limit glob

The introduction of juryless trials, with which Scotland has long been threatened, is now being proposed south of the border. Tony Lenehan KC warns against the move. Juryless trials are back in the news, after a UK government proposal to cut back on using juries in certain matters in courts in Engla

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) has welcomed Sir Anthony Smellie to London to take part in a week of hearing cases at the JCPC. Sir Anthony is the retired chief justice of the Cayman Islands, and currently sits on the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal. He was appointed to the Privy C

Lawyers acting for the wife of the captain of a Venezuela-linked oil tanker seized by US forces are seeking judicial review of his detention, arguing he is being held without legal authority. The Marinera, a Russian-flagged vessel, has been anchored in the Moray Firth in recent days. The tanker was

A Crown appeal against the length of a sentence imposed on a man who assaulted his partner by repeatedly dropping her, causing her to require two operations on her skull and severely reducing her quality of life, has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary after it found that the sentence impos