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The head of the Scottish Prison Service has said inmates may need to be released early as jails are simply too full. Teresa Medhurst told BBC Disclosure that prisons were reaching a "tipping point" and that emergency powers could be needed to release inmates early.

There has been an increase in the number of lawyers reporting workplace bullying, according to legal mental health charity LawCare. Its 2023 report records that 92 people who contacted LawCare for mental health support said that workplace bullying, harassment, or discrimination was their primary rea

Congratulations are due to TC Young's Sarah Jamieson, who has been crowned Player of the Year at the Scottish Hockey Awards.

A team of 12 from Mackinnons Solicitors LLP are to walk ‘58 miles in February for Refuge’. They aim to achieve a total distance of 696 miles – greater than the distance between Lands End and John o' Groats.

Digital watermarks combined with AI will speed up the resolution of legal cases about copyright infringements, a new study says. The technology would enhance the assessment of data about potential breaches and make it easier for lawsuits to be be brought. It will also lead to more evidence being ava

The Scottish Information Commissioner has launched an Intervention into the Scottish ministers’ practices in relation to use and retention of WhatsApp and other informal communication messages. Scottish Information Commissioner David Hamilton said: “My office has launched an Intervention

The Royal Faculty of Procurators will host its Sheriff Principal's Mooting Competition in April and May following the success of last year's inaugural moot. The format is straightforward yet challenging: four teams of 1st and 2nd year law students from Glasgow University, Glasgow College, Strathclyd

A serial rapist who terrorised six women in a long campaign of violent and sexual offending has be made subject to an order for lifelong restriction and will spend at least 10 years in prison. Unemployed Kevin Vivers, from Bathgate, West Lothian, was found guilty of 27 charges including nine rapes a

Queen’s University Belfast has won this year's UK Student Mediation Competition. The competition, hosted this year by Edinburgh Law School, was held on 26 and 27 January 2024 and involved 15 UK universities.

Glasgow City Council's chief executive Annemarie O'Donnell is to leave the local authority later this year. Ms O'Donnell has told council leader Susan Aitken that she will step down in May, after almost a decade in post and more than 30 years in local government in Glasgow.

A doctor who had the suspension of his registration extended while awaiting trial for offences under anti-terrorism legislation has lost an appeal against a lord ordinary’s decision to approve that extension. Reclaimer IB, who was said to be facing criminal proceedings that would likely not co

A woman charged with drug offences after being stopped on the A9 with drugs in her car has lost a preliminary appeal under section 74(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 arguing that she had been unlawfully detained. Carol McCrone sought to argue that the uniformed officers who pulled h

Thorntons has posted profits of £9.2 million and turnover of £37.8m, for the financial year ending 31 May 2023. Profits are 9.1 per cent (£0.9m) down from last year, after a seven-figure IT investment and staff benchmarking exercise. Turnover is up 8.2 per cent (£2.86m)