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A serial rapist who terrorised six women in a long campaign of violent and sexual offending has be made subject to an order for lifelong restriction and will spend at least 10 years in prison. Unemployed Kevin Vivers, from Bathgate, West Lothian, was found guilty of 27 charges including nine rapes a

Queen’s University Belfast has won this year's UK Student Mediation Competition. The competition, hosted this year by Edinburgh Law School, was held on 26 and 27 January 2024 and involved 15 UK universities.

Glasgow City Council's chief executive Annemarie O'Donnell is to leave the local authority later this year. Ms O'Donnell has told council leader Susan Aitken that she will step down in May, after almost a decade in post and more than 30 years in local government in Glasgow.

A doctor who had the suspension of his registration extended while awaiting trial for offences under anti-terrorism legislation has lost an appeal against a lord ordinary’s decision to approve that extension. Reclaimer IB, who was said to be facing criminal proceedings that would likely not co

A woman charged with drug offences after being stopped on the A9 with drugs in her car has lost a preliminary appeal under section 74(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 arguing that she had been unlawfully detained. Carol McCrone sought to argue that the uniformed officers who pulled h

Thorntons has posted profits of £9.2 million and turnover of £37.8m, for the financial year ending 31 May 2023. Profits are 9.1 per cent (£0.9m) down from last year, after a seven-figure IT investment and staff benchmarking exercise. Turnover is up 8.2 per cent (£2.86m)

Holmes Mackillop is expanding its reach in Ayrshire with a move to a new office in Westburn Business Centre in Prestwick. The opening of an office adjacent to Glasgow Prestwick Airport by the firm was fuelled by the decision to create Prestwick Spaceport.

A breeder who illegally sold peregrine falcons for thousands of pounds has been fined £2,100. Gary MacFarlane, 62, was also ordered to forfeit £5,220 in cash seized from his home address after he pled guilty at Livingston Sheriff Court to a number of offences under wildlife legislation c

A toddler who crawled into a claw machine and cheerfully lounged on the prize toys had to be removed by police. The three-year-old became stuck in the Hello Kitty-themed machine in a shopping centre in Queensland, Australia on Sunday, The Guardian reports.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Hong Kong’s plan to extend detention period of suspects in national security cases sparks concerns among rights experts | South China Morning Post

Now that the dust has not settled on the Horizon scandal in Scotland as it relates to convictions of sub-postmasters, it is useful to recall what the lord advocate said in the Scottish Parliament on 16 January, writes former sheriff Douglas J. Cusine. “In September 2020, supported by Crown Off

The centenary this year of the first Labour government will doubtless see the publication of a number of new books analysing a game-changing event. Robert Shiels reviews one of the first, by Scottish journalist David Torrance. In 1923 the immediate consequences of an inconclusive general election su

A new law clinic has opened in Dundee offering free legal advice to members of the public, with a senior judge as its patron.

Brandon Malone has been admitted to the panel of Arbitrators of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, the MENA region’s largest alternative dispute resolution centre. Mr Malone has a strong interest in Dubai and has rights of audience before the DIFC Courts, where Lord Glennie, his succe