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Alison Di Rollo QC New research commissioned suggests that around half of the growth in all recorded sexual crimes between 2013-14 and 2016-17 has been due to growth in sexual cybercrime.

Moira Kelly The Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) has fallen short of its predicted contribution to the Scottish budget by more than 10 per cent, figures published today show.

A drug trafficker was caught after she put fake police lights on a drug-laden vehicle to speed through traffic on her way to court. Ebony Lerra Holland-Harris has been jailed for more than three years after her "substantial street level trafficking operation" was inadvertently exposed by the road tr

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Property organisations are among those facing the fallout from the collapse of Pagan Osborne, The Herald reports. Joint administrators of the firm Tom MacLennan and Iain Fraser of FRP Advisory said Pagans had 53 creditors who were owed about £185,000 in total when it collapsed.

Photo credit: Google Street View A solicitor who embezzled almost £270,000 from his aunt after she granted him power of attorney is facing jail, The Herald reports.

A ceremony next week will see new three new justices sworn in at the Supreme Court as Lady Hale becomes the UK's most senior judge. The swearings-in of Baroness Hale of Richmond as President, Lord Mance as Deputy President, and Lady Black of Derwent, Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lord Briggs of Westbourne as

Regulatory gaps have allowed a UK-based shell company to act as an intermediary in huge prospective arms deals to war-torn South Sudan and other countries, new research has found. Amnesty International said its latest report shows corporate regulation shortcomings are making the UK a hotspot for com

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A Chinese national seeking permission to remain in the United Kingdom on human rights grounds has successfully challenged a decision by the authorities to reject her application. The judge in the Court of Session ruled that the Home Secretary “fell into error” in reaching her decision that the p

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (Appellant) v Comic Enterprises Ltd (Respondent) The respondent operates a number of live entertainment venues in the UK used primarily for stand-up comedy, but also live and recorded music and nightclub and cabaret entertainment. It owns a UK-registered trade

Thirty new legal members and 19 ordinary members have been appointed by the Scottish ministers to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and assigned to the Housing and Property Chamber by the President of Scottish Tribunals, Lady Smith. The announcement follows a recruitment round by the Judicial App

A man has been arrested while allegedly trying to smuggle nearly a kilogram of gold onto a plane in his rectum. The 45-year-old man attracted attention because he was "walking with difficulty" and "appearing to be in pain", security said.