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Former sheriff Douglas J Cusine is impressed by Gillian Mawdsley's new study of sudden deaths and FAIs in Scotland. For me, there are two very significant sentences in this impressive book: “The public should be able to understand the role of an FAI…” (para. 2.01) and “It is

A watered-down bill to protect children's rights has been passed by the Scottish Parliament more than two years after the original version was ruled by the Supreme Court to be beyond the devolved chamber's powers. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) Bill requires

People in Scotland are more likely to support human rights than not and are increasingly worried about having fewer human rights, according to new research. YouGov research published by the Scottish Human Rights Commission shows that almost half of people in Scotland support human rights. Support fo

A lord ordinary has ruled that the assignee of a property development company had a sufficiently relevant case for a proof in an action in which he alleged a fellow director had dishonestly acquired a development site for his own company, resulting in the administration of the company they were both

There is not much time left to support vulnerable families in Fife during the festive season this year through the Faculty Christmas Collection. The Faculty Christmas Collection is organised each year by Maria Maguire KC.

Victoria Young has been appointed as the new advocate member of the Scottish Sentencing Council. Ms Young practises mainly in criminal law and has acted in the High Court for both prosecution and defence since being admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1995.

A woman who admitted to assaulting a fast food worker has been sentenced to two months' work in a fast food restaurant. Rosemary Hayne, 39, threw a burrito bowl in the face of the manager of a Chipotle restaurant in Ohio in an assault which was captured on video and went viral on social media.

A farm labourer who acted as an illegal gangmaster has been fined £400. Dean Currie, 33, pleaded guilty at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court to receiving just over £6,000 for illegally supplying workers to pick potatoes at a number of farms in Fife.

A new approach aimed at reducing domestic abuse-related homicides and suicides has received backing. The proposals for a Domestic Homicide and Suicide Review Model would help identify what lessons can be learned and applied following the death of a partner, ex-partner, or child where abuse is suspec

A national strategy to prevent and address violence against women and girls has been renewed. Equally Safe, a joint strategy with COSLA, was first published in 2014, and is backed by the Delivering Equally Safe Fund that is providing £19 million per year to support 121 projects from 112 organi

An academic is looking for participants for her research on inequalities in knowledge production in criminology and learning in Scotland. Janine Ewen, an early career researcher based at the University of Aberdeen, is carrying out a qualitative ethnographic study via interviews.

The Junior Bar Association has reserved the Laigh Hall at the Court of Session for the International Christmas Court later this month.

Former prime minister Boris Johnson yesterday lost his temper in the hot seat at the public inquiry examining the UK government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, where he was grilled by lead counsel to the inquiry, Hugo Keith KC – but who is this distinguished barrister? The joint head of c