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There will be no criminal action taken over an alleged rape at Police Scotland's training campus. The single force launched an investigation last October after it was given a report of a serious sexual offence at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan.

COP28 hosts the United Arab Emirates has ignored calls from international civil society to demonstrate its respect for human rights as it refused to release imprisoned dissidents, Amnesty International said. The Emirati government’s legislation and practices impose severe restrictions on the r

There is nothing quite as dull as dishwater but when said dishwater is within a private rented property and it might contain lead, it becomes a lot worse than dull and can become considerably more costly for a Scottish landlord, writes Sophie Noble. Private rented properties are, as we all know

Plans to amend the law on glorifying terrorism in the wake of the pro-Palestine marches should not be implemented as doing so would not help the police, MI5 or the probation service, the UK government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has said. In a 15-page report submitted to th

A union representing a group of London-based Deliveroo riders have lost a Supreme Court appeal against a decision that it could not compel the company to engage with it for the purposes of collective bargaining. The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain, which included among its members a numbe

A £5 billion claim against Sony PlayStation has been permitted to proceed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). The claim, brought by consumer rights expert Alex Neill on behalf of 8.9 million PlayStation customers, was first filed in the CAT in August 2022 and is an opt-out group leg

Blackadders LLP has bolstered its business services team in Glasgow with the appointment of John Elder as a commercial property partner. Mr Elder has joined the firm from Shepherd and Wedderburn and has more than 25 years’ experience in commercial real estate. He specialises in cross-border tr

Deliveroo riders have no right to collective negotiations in respect of pay and conditions, the Supreme Court has ruled. Lady Rose said that riders had no "employment relationship" with the food company and were not entitled to compulsory collective bargaining.

A January 6 rioter representing himself at trial who produced sovereign citizen arguments that a federal judge described as "bullshit" and "gobbledygook" has been found guilty of various charges. Taylor James Johnatakis of Washington state was arrested in February 2021. His trial began last week. A

A recent survey from the Trade Union Congress has found that in a poll of 1,000 women, 3 in 5 women say they have experienced harassment at work – rising to almost 2 in 3 women aged 25 to 34, writes Laura Salmond. The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Bill, received royal

A state-of-the-art forensic laboratory which plays a vital role in toxicology testing has been formally opened. The purpose-built Moorepark laboratory was established with almost £6 million of Scottish government funding. It carries out toxicology tests for a wide range of substances, includin

A family judge in the Court of Session has ruled that a Latvian mother and her two children aged two and four should not relocate from Aberdeen, where the mother held permanent employment, to Glasgow so that the children could be closer to their father. Both the pursuer, M, and the defender, A, held

The police in Scotland recorded 297,425 crimes in the year ending September 2023. This was three per cent higher than the 287,374 crimes recorded in the year ending September 2022, but three per cent lower than the 307,938 crimes recorded in the year ending September 2019. The recording of crime for

Police were called to a former seafood market and restaurant where they arrested a man who allegedly stole over $1,200 in air fresheners. Police in University City, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, were called to an abandoned building that is now used for storage.

A lawyer who began his career in Argentina has joined Lindsays. Juan Casal has been appointed as an associate in the corporate and commercial department in Edinburgh.