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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged first notices with the sheriff court to begin the court process for a conjoined fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of David Donnelly and Robert Thomson. David Donnelly, aged 83, died at Hairmyres Hospital on 14 January 2019. Rober

A police force has told of its success in discouraging young people from partying at the beach by blasting classical music at the shore. The likes of Strauss' The Blue Danube, Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Schubert's Ave Maria have now been used by police in the Finnish city of Espoo to disperse end-of

Defence solicitors have begun their first week of industrial action over domestic abuse cases after a collapse in talks with the Scottish government over reform to legal aid. They will also decline to act where an accused has no solicitor and cannot represent themselves – and will not take par

The Lord President, Lord Carloway has written to His Majesty The King to inform him of his intention to retire in early 2025. He has also written to the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister John Swinney to notify them of his decision. Lord Carloway was appointed as lord president of the Cou

Govan Law Centre (GLC) has accepted instructions and raised proceedings for judicial review in the Court of Session on behalf of a client of the Renfrewshire Head Injury Service (RHIS). In February 2024, Renfrewshire Council (RC) and the Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (Renfrewshire

In 1787 Robert Burns met the woman who may have been the great love of his life. Her name was Agnes Maclehose and she was already married, though separated, ensuring that this liaison would be scandalous in all respects.

A judge in the High Court of England and Wales has dismissed an application by a transgender man seeking a decree of nullity in respect of his purported marriage to a woman in 2009, when he did not have a valid Gender Recognition Certificate, so that he could lawfully marry her again to resolve an i

A piece of land can be a ‘land-locked’ enclave, so as to have a right of way over a neighbour’s property on the basis of necessity, despite the enclave being on the coast and adjoining the foreshore and the sea. Such public rights as there may be over the foreshore and the sea do n

CMS is to host an event later this month to support Scotland’s food and drink sector to develop and safeguard their brand’s intellectual property (IP). Led by CMS partner and IP specialist Neeraj Thomas and fellow IP specialist Cara McGlynn, the free-to-attend seminar will be of interest

Blackadders LLP is to move to a new Dundee office in the heart of the city centre. The law firm and wealth management firm will move to DC Thomson’s Meadowside building, leasing the first floor and a section of the ground floor from the content, technology and investments business. Blackadders

New data from researchers at the University of Birmingham raises questions about whether the public in England and Wales see juries as fair and just, particularly to racial minorities. Experts surveyed 1,000 people and found that most (61 per cent) believe that more diverse juries are fairer, yet ju

A plane was turned back halfway through a three-and-a-half hour flight after a male passenger ran naked down the aisle. The Virgin Australia flight was forced to return to Perth just an hour-and-a-half into its journey to Melbourne because of what the airline described as a "disruptive passenger", N

A law student who wrote her dissertation on intellectual property rights and the music of Taylor Swift has been profiled by the BBC. Glasgow University student Regan Caie wrote her LLB dissertation on Ms Swift's re-recorded albums and copyright law.

A large percentage of law firms continue to ignore the complaints process and in doing so push up costs for everyone, writes Vicky Crichton.