The proprietors of a country house and estate near Stirling have lost an appeal against a decision to amend a core path through a Scottish national park to allow the public access through land surrounding their estate. The petitioners, a charity which owned Gartmore House and the surrounding Gartmor
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Aligning legislation, introducing a two-tier system of application costs and greater mental health support form the substance of a report by MPs on firearms licensing. The Scottish Affairs committee has today set out a number of areas that can potentially save costs, streamline rules and mitigate me
A brothel keeper known as Madam Moneybags died owing the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service more than £780,000. Margaret Paterson, an Edinburgh pimp, had only repaid £219,559 of the sum owed when she died at the age of 66 in September 2019.
Addleshaw Goddard has added a new partner to its dispute resolution team in Scotland with the recruitment of Douglas Blyth. The highly experienced litigator and solicitor advocate joins from Dentons where he headed up the firm's dispute resolution practice in Scotland and was joint lead of the UK li
A pensioner has been jailed for multiple sexual offences spanning the course of 56 years. John Wilson, 81, of Midlothian, was found guilty of groping and harassing two schoolgirls as well as sexually assaulting three teenage boys.
The class action case against Celtic FC brought by alleged victims of sexual abuse has been delayed until next year. More than 20 former players of Celtic Boys Club have joined the action, The Times reports.
A law student who alleged that her human rights had been breached as a result of her university’s handling of a complaint made against her has had her case dismissed by a sheriff in Dundee Sheriff Court. Lisa Keogh, who had a behavioural complaint made against her in March 2021 which was ultim
Customs authorities at one of Europe's busiest ports have hailed a "white Christmas" after seizing nearly nine tonnes of cocaine. Officials in Antwerp seized 3.9 tonnes of cocaine last Monday and a further 4.8 tonnes last Wednesday, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.
Dr Alessandra Asteriti gives her opinion on a UN expert's advice to a Holyrood committee on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. On 13 December 2022, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, the UN Independent Expert on Protection Against Violence and Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation an
A petition by a British citizen who was raised in France challenging a decision to refuse a request that he be transferred from a Scottish prison to a French prison where he would serve a shorter custodial sentence has been refused by a Lord Ordinary. Thomas Wainwright had been sentenced to 12 years
The UK government's plan to deport migrants to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has ruled. The court ruled yesterday that the scheme did not fall foul of the UN's Refugee Convention on human rights laws.
Stun guns bought online and imported from abroad are classed as prohibited firearms, High Court prosecutors have warned. The warning came as a 35-year-old man was jailed for five years at the High Court in Edinburgh after being convicted of discharging a taser in a children’s skatepark.
"Do you want to keep your brain engaged over the festive season?", asks the Supreme Court (presumably instead of eating your weight in chocolate and letting lingering resentments with siblings boil over). Then you may want to enrol in a free course offered by the court, in which participants will ge
Lawyer Catherine Barile has been appointed as a member of the Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland. The committee was set up under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 to advise Scottish ministers on the barriers and challenges for disabled people in relation to transport.
The Crown Office has received reports from Police Scotland following the arrest of former sheriff Alistair Duff in connection with alleged communications offences. Concerns had been raised earlier this year over the fact no information had been made available following the arrest of Mr Duff, former
