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The joint fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of Leo Lamont, Ellie McCormick, and Mira-belle Bosch has commenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The purpose of an FAI includes determining the cause of death, the circumstances in which the death occurred, and to establish what reasonable precautions cou

Australia has made it a criminal offence to perform a Nazi salute or publicly display Nazi hate symbols, punishable with up to a year's imprisonment. The Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Prohibited Hate Symbols and Other Measures) Act 2023, which came into force yesterday, also criminalises

A man who tried to escape justice after killing a relative has been jailed for six years and four months. Dean Ferguson, 30, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow after pleading guilty to the culpable homicide of a man described as a childhood friend and his second cousin.

Miller Samuel Hill Brown has announced the promotion of Ruth Medlock to senior solicitor in the employment team. Ms Medlock holds an LLB from the University of Strathclyde, which she completed in June 2018. Following this, she undertook the diploma in professional legal practice at the University of

Burges Salmon has advised LIND Limited, a pioneer in alternative battery storage systems, on the £900,000 seed investment it secured from Green Angel Ventures, Scottish Enterprise and the University of Strathclyde. The funding will help drive LIND’s innovation efforts and support the com

A grisly horror movie and a violent video game are among the first new projects featuring Mickey Mouse following the expiration of US copyright protections. Mickey's first cartoon, Steamboat Willie – a roughly eight-minute black-and-white cartoon released in 1928 – entered the publi

Thorntons has appointed a third partner to its new Inverness office. Private client partner, Magnus Mackay, joins Thorntons following its recent recruitment of 10 new Inverness team members from Wright, Johnston and Mackenzie (WJM).

Harper Macleod has reported profit before members’ remuneration and profit shares of £11.95 million for the year to March 31, 2023 – a slight drop on the £12.8m recorded for the previous period. Turnover at the firm rose to £33.05m from £31.4m.

Irish legal academic Professor Laurent Pech considers the future of the rule of law in the EU. The history of the rule of law in EU law has been one of gradual process of formal Treaty enshrinement followed by the swift development of the EU’s “rule of law toolbox” in response to u

Esin Örücü, professor emerita of comparative law and honorary senior research fellow, University of Glasgow, has passed away at the age of 83. Born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1940, Esin attended the English High School for Girls and the American College for Girls, before going on to study

A story of sex and betrayal from Scotland’s criminal past has provided inspiration for a new take on the country’s history – in the form of a comic book. Experts from the University of Dundee have produced The Persecution of Jean Lands, charting the conviction of Daniel Nicholson a

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that the longest outstanding waits for fatal accident inquiries (FAI) in Scotland now run to almost a decade. A Scottish Liberal Democrat freedom of information investigation uncovered that:

A public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal has amassed enough evidence for police to open a criminal investigation into senior staff at the Post Office, lawyers for the wrongfully convicted postmasters have said. More than 700 sub-postmasters in the UK were falsely prosecuted between 2000 and 2014

Legal battles over wills have soared by more than 34 per cent in five years, new figures show. Data from the Ministry of Justice show that 195 inheritance disputes went to court last year – as compared with 145 in 2017.