Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service has defended its decision to prosecute Army veteran Dennis Hutchings over a Troubles shooting. Mr Hutchings, 83, died in Belfast on Monday after contracting Covid.
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Poland is at loggerheads with the EU again as the rule of law dispute between Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the bloc deepens. At the European Parliament, Mr Morawiecki clashed with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen, accusing the EU of blackmail. The incident follows the ruling o
Commuters on the Moscow metro can now pay for their journeys by glancing at a camera in what has been described as an "Orwellian” surveillance tool. Face Pay lets users look into a camera at turnstiles in the capital's 241 metro stations instead of using a card.
The Nationality and Borders Bill threatens to create a two-tier asylum system which could result in more unsafe and perilous journeys, according to the Law Society of Scotland. As consideration of the Nationality and Borders bill at committee stage continues this week, the Law Society has also criti
An elderly man has succeeded in challenging the procedural fairness of a hearing in which he was subjected to an experience reminiscent of Franz Kafka's The Trial, his lawyer said. In 2019, Dr Denis Paling appeared at Ipswich Magistrates Court in a case concerning unpaid council tax relating to a le
Last month's sheriff solemn caseload was 102 per cent of the average pre-Covid level, new figures show. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service's figures on the throughput of criminal cases in September also show:
The Crown Office has paid out £35 million over its malicious prosecutions relating to Rangers FC, its accounts show. The 2020/21 accounts, laid before Holyrood last week, show that £40.5m of taxpayer money has so far been earmarked for Rangers-related cases.
The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has applied to Fife Council for permission to install 260 solar panels at Dunfermline Sheriff Court. A spokesperson for SCTS said the development would be part of their commitment to decarbonisation as well as the Carbon Trust Triple Standard accredit
The energy & natural resources team at Harper Macleod assisted Statkraft UK Limited on its sale of the operational Andershaw wind farm in South Lanarkshire to Greencoat UK Wind with the provision of project-side advice, vendor due diligence and the provision of a certificate of title. The deal f
The Crown Office should consider dropping low-level drugs cases, an American attorney who championed similar changes in the US has said. Marilyn Mosby, who oversaw a radical shift in prosecutors' approach to drugs in Baltimore, Maryland, called on ministers to ensure that plans to arrest those in po
Boudica was last night acquitted at the Supreme Court of committing terrorist acts involving the death of some 80,000 civilians and the sacking of three cities, The Times reports. A 50-strong jury, by a margin of 10 to one, accepted that the queen of the British Iceni tribe had acted in self-de
The US Supreme Court has introduced a new rule to prevent male justices from interrupting their female counterparts during oral arguments. Justice Sonia Sotomayor revealed the change at an event at New York University’s law school on Wednesday. Justices will now be allocated a time for uninter
Douglas Adams said “we live in strange times” and Plato added to his own comment about “strange times” the words: “and he who dares tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool/liar.”
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. India re-elected to UN Human Rights Council with overwhelming majority - India News
Being told to "grow up" does not amount to discrimination at work, a tribunal has ruled after a teenage hairdresser sued her employer. Jasmine Stunell, a hairdressing apprentice, was also told to “pull herself together”. She quit her job at the boutique salon and brought claims of discri
