The Law Commission of England and Wales has announced recommendations to reform hate crime legislation to ensure that disabled and LGBT+ victims receive the same protections as victims with other protected characteristics. The commission is also making a number of recommendations to protect women an
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Nominations are now open for solicitors hoping to join the Law Society of Scotland’s decision-making body, representing the Greenock, Kilmarnock and Paisley constituency. The previous Council member, Waqqas Ashraf, resigned his seat after setting up his own practice in the Glasgow constituency
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the sentence in a drink driving case to the High Court of Justiciary. On 25 October 2020, Anita Frame pled guilty to a contravention of section 5(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
The UK government has proposed a bill that would function as a vehicle for changing the law around judicial reviews when it dislikes the findings of judges. The Interpretation Bill, devised by Attorney General Suella Braverman QC and Justice Secretary Dominic Raab, is preferred by Downing Street and
Middle-class drug users could lose their passports or driving licences as part of a new UK government strategy on drugs. The news comes as it was reported that traces of cocaine were found in 11 bathrooms in Parliament.
The cases of sub-postmasters in Scotland who may have been wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office over its faulty computer system have been referred for review by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC). The SCCRC announced last year that it was investigating the issue in Scotland. It h
The payout to the family of Lamara Bell has taken place — at long last. David Nellaney, the solicitor for the family, with proper professional restraint, described the delay on the part of Police Scotland as ”unfortunate". Rather the whole thing, to me, is a disgrace. The deaths of Lamar
Nine US lawyers who failed in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election result in favour of Donald Trump have been ordered to pay $175,000. Sidney Powell, Lin Wood and seven others were sanctioned in August after a federal judge ruled that their lawsuit in Michigan “represents a historic and pr
Police Scotland has given the family of a woman who was left to die in a crashed car £1 million in compensation. A road traffic incident on the M9 on 5 July 2015 led to the deaths of Lamara Bell and John Yuill. The couple were found on 8 July following a 999 call by a member of the public. Mr
Aberdeen solicitor Gerald Cunningham, who received an award from the Pope, has passed away aged 86. "One of three sons for John and Mary Cunningham of Garthdee, the family shared a devout faith.
Hungary and Poland have been dealt a blow in their legal challenge to EU rules cutting funding for member states that fail to protect the rule of law after an advocate-general sided with the European Parliament and Council. The two member states had brought actions before the Court of Justice of the
The total debt owed by individuals to local authorities that charged for temporary homeless accommodation in Scotland is in excess of £33 million, new figures have revealed amid suggestions that the practice could be unlawful. The data has been published in a new report by the Legal
Tougher action on the sale and use of fireworks and tackling the misuse of pyrotechnics has been backed in a new consultation. The public consultation, which attracted a total of 1,739 responses, asked for views on the Scottish government’s Fireworks and Pyrotechnics Bill.
Domestic abuse cases accounted for 34 per cent of Sheriff summary trials called and 43 per cent of Sheriff summary trials in which evidence was led between July and September, new figures show. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service quarterly statistical bulletin contains figures on activity in a
The Council of Europe has told Turkey it is going to refer the case of imprisoned philanthropist and activist Osman Kavala to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Mr Kavala has been in jail in Turkey since November 2017, having been arrested, acquitted and re-arrested a number of times.
