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Most rape trials in France will take place without juries under a widely-opposed cost-saving reform that undoes a change instituted by the 1789 revolution. All cases involving crimes with maximum sentences of between 15 and 20 years will be tried by courts of five judges rather than three judges and
A man who was convicted of stabbing another man at a bus stop outside a high-rise block in Glasgow and sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment as a result has lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence in the High Court of Justiciary. Richard Gordon was convicted of the attempted murder of
Solicitors in Aberdeen have warned that there are too few of them to cover additional trial courts that are to run in an effort to address the case backlog. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has announced that additional sheriff and jury trials courts are to run in Aberdeen, Peterhead
Criminals in the north east are escaping conviction due to lengthy delays in holding trials, according to one lawyer. Ian Woodward-Nutt claimed the problem is worse at Aberdeen Sheriff Court than elsewhere in Scotland and warned the criminal justice system is verging on “collapse”.
A complaint against a sheriff who held shares in Rangers FC and who granted more than 20 warrants as part of a failed police inquiry into the club's takeover has been withdrawn due to the complainer's lack of confidence in the judiciary's ability to deal with the complaint properly. David Grier, 61,
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that dozens of drivers with 12 points or more on their record are still behind the wheel on Scotland’s roads as they called for an examination of whether persistent offenders are being properly dealt with. A freedom of information request submitted
A mother was denied entry to a Christmas event in New York after facial recognition technology identified her as an employee of a law firm in a legal dispute with the owner of the venue. Kelly Conlon was chaperoning a group of Girl Scouts to see the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular at the Radio City
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The legislation aims to improve the system by which transgender people can apply for legal recognition through a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC).
One of the parties charged with, but later acquitted of, fraud in connection with an allegedly fraudulent scheme to acquire Rangers Football Club in 2011 has lost a reclaiming motion challenging the decision of the Lord Ordinary to refuse claims for damages against the Lord Advocate and the Chief Co
The UK scheme to settle millions of EU citizens is unlawful, the High Court has ruled.
A former Argentinian police officer who tortured and killed a left-wing student during Argentina's military dictatorship in the 1970s has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. Mario Sandoval, 69, was convicted by a court in Buenos Aires of involvement in the 1976 kidnapping and killing of Hern&a
The failure to make full use of Scotland's only open prison has been criticised in a new report. HMP Castle Huntly, in Longforgan near Dundee, is able to house 285 inmates – but had only 100 at its last inspection.
A solicitor who embezzled £7,000 from his firm by misappropriating professional fees has been jailed for ten months. Leo McGarvey, 54, embezzled the sum from RGM Solicitors in Grangemouth between 2011 and 2017.
Three former solicitors are among five men convicted of money laundering, The Times reports. Former lawyers Iain Robertson, 69, David Lyons, 71 and Alistair Blackwood, 68, were convicted alongside Mohammed Aziz, 61, and Robert Ferguson, 67, following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
