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The Herald has published an obituary of Heriot Currie, who passed away in April at the age of 68. "A commanding figure in court, he could pick out the salient points in an argument and then comprehensively deliver the highlights to the jury. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of case law and was a ma
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A senior detective told a witness that a fraud probe into Rangers FC was predicated on the findings of a BBC documentary, a court has heard. Philip Duffy, 54, a special adviser at Duff & Phelps, whose services were employed when the Ibrox club fell into administration, said he had been giving a
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A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has rejected a defence pled by the Crown in response to an action for damages for wrongful and malicious prosecution brought by a man who was unsuccessfully prosecuted for fraud for his role in the acquisition of Rangers FC by Craig Whyte
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The Court of Session has awarded an interim payment of £600,000 to two Rangers FC administrators after the Crown admitted a "malicious" prosecution. David Whitehouse and Paul Clark were appointed as administrators of Rangers in February 2012 and the club was liquidated in October 2012, sh
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Staff at Just Employment Law are walking four million steps this month to raise much-needed awareness and funds for Pancreatic Cancer Scotland.
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The next phase of funding for the CashBack for Communities scheme will take total investment in the programme to almost £110 million since it began in 2008. The scheme reinvests criminal assets into community projects which support young people into positive destinations, diverting some a
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Music star Shakira is facing prosecution in Spain for allegedly avoiding €14.5 million in taxes between 2012 and 2014. The singer – made famous in Europe by her record-breaking hit Hips Don't Lie - allegedly used 14 shell companies to hide income while a Spanish resident.
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Dr Stuart Waiton Dr Stuart Waiton, a senior lecturer in criminology at Abertay University, gives his thoughts on the Goodwillie case.
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Jamie Duff Jamie Duff, a dispute resolution solicitor in Harper Macleod’s Inverness office, is getting ready to play a starring role in a special kind of football match.
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Adam Wagner The website RightsInfo has produced a series on the 50 most important human rights cases translated into “plain-English short stories”.
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A football team which was disqualified from a tournament because it fielded a player who was serving a disciplinary suspension at the time has lost its appeal.
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The recent allegations of extensive sexual abuse filed against former owner of Fulham Football Club Mohamed Al Fayed have raised questions around the liability of sports organisations for the actions of individuals who act on their behalf, writes Áine Coll. In recent years, many cases of hist
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A judge in the Outer House of the Court of Session has refused to grant a six-month sist of an action raised against the Scottish ministers, the lord advocate, and the chief constable of Police Scotland arising from the death of a man in the custody of the Scottish Prison Service. The deceased, Alla
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Garden Stirling Burnet has opened an office in Leith.
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The High Court of Justiciary has found that the conduct of a Scottish League Cup final attendee who was charged with a breach of the peace by shouting the word “hun” at a police officer was not aggravated by religious prejudice but refused to alter the sentence given as a result. David D
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