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The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to protect the justice budget and enhance community policing after new research found that less than half of violent assaults resulted in a criminal charge being reported to the Crown Office last year. Scottish Liberal Democrat re

A challenge to the legislative competence of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Scotland Act 2022 and its imposition of a rent cap and eviction moratorium on private residential tenancies has been refused by a Lord Ordinary in the Outer House of the Court of Session. It was argued by the Scottis

More than four out of five expert witnesses want judges to be willing to give them anonymity in criminal or controversial cases. The finding comes from the 2023 Expert Witness Survey, from the Law Society Gazette, and concerns cases in which experts are instructed to give evidence in emotionally dif

Thorntons’ Sports Challenge Dinner handed over an incredible £29,000 to two local charities following the sell-out event at the Apex City Quay Hotel earlier this year. The two charities, The Archie Foundation and Children’s Aid, will split the money evenly to be used for a range of

A life prisoner is seeking more than £50,000 in damages after prison guards allegedly stole pornographic magazines from his mail. The man, 57-year-old John Alexander, is serving a life sentence in Michigan's Kinross Correctional Facility for second-degree fleeing from police.

Robert Shiels reviews the latest book on the murders that terrified Glasgow in the sixties. After the early short study by Charles Stoddart, who passed away last week, Bible John: Search for a Sadist (1980), there have been at least four or more books, in the last 20 years, specifically on a we

The rent freeze introduced by the Scottish government is not unlawful, a senior judge has ruled after an appeal by private sector landlords. Landlords across Scotland had sought judicial review in the Court of Session. Their lawyers argued they had suffered discrimination as a result of “unlaw

Scotland's FOI watchdog has suggested it could take action against the Scottish government if WhatsApp messages sent during the pandemic have not been retained. Ministers have come under pressure after the UK Covid Inquiry found that they had failed to hand over any communications.

New research suggests that nearly two out of three Scottish legal professionals have experienced mental health issues in the past five years, underlining the importance of the Law Society of Scotland’s sector-wide focus on wellbeing. More than 3,000 legal professionals – including solici

An appeal against a Lord Ordinary’s decision that revised guidance on the meaning of the word “woman” as contained in the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 is lawful has been refused by the Inner House of the Court of Session. In a previous petition, For Wo

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Ukraine war: Russia intensifies bombing in worst attack of the year

A man who changed his surname as a joke has been refused a British passport until he changes it back. Kenny Fu-Kennard, previously known as Kenny Kennard, was refused a passport by the Home Office on three occasions this year, the Daily Mirror reports.

A Bairns’ Hoose pathfinder project will be taken forward in Tayside in partnership between Dundee City Council, Angus Council, Perth and Kinross Council, Police Scotland and NHS Tayside. Bairns’ Hoose pathfinders will provide coordinated child-centred and trauma-informed support from all

Legislation giving Scottish ministers powers to assess and remediate buildings within scope with unsafe cladding, where consent of the owners cannot be provided, has been published. Under proposals in the Housing (Cladding Remediation) Bill, the Scottish government would also create and maintain a C

Thursday 9 November 5.30pm Sir Charles Wilson Lecture Theatre This year’s lecture, on “Equity and Interpretation” will be delivered by Professor Timothy Endicott, Vinerian Professor of English Law at All Souls College, Oxford. In it, Professor Endicott will explore the judicial int