Hundreds of drug driving prosecutions have been abandoned in recent years after becoming time-barred due to forensic testing backlogs, according to a new report. A total of 444 cases between October 2019 and the end of July 2022 were not able to progress to prosecution because of forensic testing an
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A legal claim has been brought against Sony PlayStation seeking up to £5 billion in damages for consumers in the UK.
Most shopworkers lack confidence that reporting assaults, threats or abuse will make a difference despite a new law coming in to the force one year ago. The Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021, promoted by Edinburgh Southern Labour MSP Daniel John
The case for abolishing juries in sexual offence trials in Scotland "has not yet been proven", The Times has said. In an editorial published today, the newspaper said the right to trial by jury "has for centuries been the foundation of Scotland's criminal justice system", but that consensus "is now
There are just 16 transgender prisoners across the entire Scottish prison estate and most are not held in prisons corresponding to their identity, new figures show. According to a report published by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) last week, there were 11 trans women and five trans men in Scottis
The Law Society of Scotland has raised serious concerns about a possible move to judge-only sexual offence trials in Scottish courts, and the creation of additional courts outside the existing judicial structure. The proposals are among a number contained in a Scottish government consultation paper
Fines will no longer be used as a penalty in the vast majority of cases of sexual misconduct, discrimination or any form of harassment by English and Welsh solicitors under proposals published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). A consultation launched yesterday on the SRA's fining regime
A wine seller who allegedly sold millions of bottles of cheap wine disguised with counterfeit labels from more prestigious regions will appear in court next month. Felipe Gimenez, owner of Tarragona wine company Reserva de la Tierra, has been summoned before a judge to answer charges of fraud, misle
Pakistan's ousted prime minister, Imran Khan, has been charged under terror laws for allegedly threatening a judge and police officers. The charges are said to relate to a speech he made in Islamabad on Saturday in which he said he would sue a magistrate and police officers, the BBC reports.
No prosecutions have been brought in relation to around 300,000 households who refused to complete Scotland's census despite repeated warnings. In June, census authorities wrote to all households who had refused to complete the census to "advise them that they are at risk of being referred for poten
Criminal barristers in England and Wales have voted overwhelmingly for an indefinite strike in a major escalation of their campaign for higher legal aid pay. After a two-week ballot by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) in which 2,273 people voted — significantly more than either of the two pr
A rapist who was extradited from France to stand trial in Scotland has been jailed nine years after he absconded whilst on bail. In November 2013, Remus Covaciu failed to appear at the High Court in Edinburgh to face charges including the rape of a young woman outside a nightclub.
New Scottish sentencing guidelines for indecent images offences should better distinguish between the characteristics and trajectories of those who only view indecent images of children (IIOC) and those who also commit contact offences against children. The Scottish Sentencing Council (SSC) has publ
Mexico's former attorney general, Jesús Murillo Karam, has become the most prominent figure arrested in connection with the 2014 disappearance and suspected massacre of dozens of student protesters. Mr Karam, who was attorney general from 2012 to 2015 and led a widely-criticised 2015 investig
Justice Michelle O'Bonsawin has become the first indigenous person to be nominated for appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada in its 147-year history. The judge, who has served on the Ontario Superior Court of Justice bench since 2017, is an Abenaki member of the Odanak First Nation.
