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Lord Advocate (representing the Taiwanese Judicial Authorities and another) (Appellants) v Dean (Respondent) On appeal from the High Court of Justiciary (Scotland)

Eric McQueen The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has updated its plans to deliver Scotland’s first purpose-built Justice Centre in Inverness.

A motorist who claimed more than £180,000 in damages following a relatively minor collision in which a car reversed into his vehicle while parked at a petrol station has been awarded just a fraction of that amount. Grant Grubb raised a personal injury action seeking £182,880 after John Finlay admi

The High Court in London has ruled that the application of the benefit cap to lone parents with children under two is unlawful because of its discriminatory impact upon children. The challenge was brought by four lone parent families for whom the reduced benefit cap has had, or will have, severe eff

Pictured: Lord Patel, Chancellor of the University of Dundee (left) and Professor Reid

Carol Ewart The Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland today warned that the independent inquiry into Scottish government’s handling of FoI requests, agreed by all parties in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, must be comprehensive, take evidence from requesters across society, and be ful

Artist Isobel Williams, whose book, The Supreme Court: A Guide for Bears was featured in SLN yesterday has also recorded scenes from the court's historic Edinburgh sitting in the illustrations below.

Mike Polson Ashurst is to expand its Glasgow support centre by bringing in lawyers to work on a freelance basis, expanding the current north-shoring model, The Herald reports.

Shelagh McCall QC The convener of the Faculty of Advocates’ Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee, Shelagh McCall QC, has been appointed chair of JUSTICE Scotland.

Advocate General Sharpston has clarified the criteria for determining an "emanation of the state" for the purposes of establishing the bodies against which an individual may bring a claim based on rights under an EU directive which has not been transposed correctly into national law. The concept of

Kate Allen Amnesty International has called for improved training for police into how to deal with hate crime and for a review of the hate crime legal framework as it publishes a new briefing Against Hate: Tackling hate crime in the UK.

Lord Uist The Crown has been told to “get its act together” by a judge after inappropriately marking cases for the Sheriff Court, The Herald reports.

Rangers Football Club were not required to pay the costs of a former chief executive’s defence to criminal proceedings brought against him, appeal judges ruled. The Inner House of the Court of Session upheld a decision of the Lord Ordinary, who ruled that Rangers International Football Club plc we

The Queen has been reported to police by one of her subjects for not wearing a seatbelt. An astute TV viewer called the cops as the Queen travelled in a private car to the State Opening of Parliament.

A mafioso has been released from an American federal prison, at the age of 100. John “Sonny” Franzese, an under boss to the Colombo crime family, the youngest of the “five families”, was convicted in 1967 of bank robbery.