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A tram company has been fined £240,000 following the tragic death of a 53-year-old pedestrian. Edinburgh Trams Limited, which operates the tramway system on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council, pled guilty to a breach of health and safety legislation at Edinburgh Sheriff Court yesterday.

A sheriff of the Upper Tribunal for Scotland has rejected an appeal by a local authority in which it sought to challenge a First-tier Tribunal decision that it could not issue a Penalty Charge Notice to a vehicle parked on private land owned by a church accessed by crossing pavement. The City of Edi

Hearings in the Sheku Bayoh Inquiry resume at 10am on Monday, 28 August, and are due to run until Friday, 1 September. They will take place at Capital House in Edinburgh and will be live-streamed here. Videos, transcripts and evidence will be published on the site as soon as possible after a hearing

Two new entries on child marriage have been published on the Edinburgh Private Law Blog. They are both written by Katy Macfarlane, senior lecturer in child and family law. She writes: "The minimum age at which a person can marry in Scotland is 16. This is set out in section 1 of the Marriage (Scotla

Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk and Attorney General Victoria Prentis have ordered an independent inquiry into the circumstances and handling of Andrew Malkinson’s case after his conviction for rape was quashed by the Court of Appeal last month. The inquiry will investigate the handling and the rol

The concept of command, as a way to decide on strategies to achieve objectives, or as an assertion of authority, has been essential to military action and leadership. Sir Lawrence Freedman pursues that proposition and shows how it is also deeply political.

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. House where Hitler was born to become police station and human rights training centre, Austria says

Indigenous women who were forcibly sterilised under Canada's eugenics programme have been granted permission to bring a first-of-its-kind class-action lawsuit in the province of Quebec. Justice Lukasz Granosik, of the Superior Court of Quebec, this week ruled that litigants UT and MX can bring the s

Police investigating an unexpected blackout affecting thousands of people have pointed the finger at a fish dropped by a bird. Sayreville Police Department in New Jersey shared a photo on Facebook of the fish which had apparently landed on a local transformer, dubbing him 'Gilligan'.

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) has been accused of violating a Scottish government agreement that prohibits the use of zero-hours contracts, which are often exploitative. In a report viewed by The Herald for 2021/22, 26 staff members at SCTS were found to be on zero-hours contracts

The office manager of an Edinburgh property firm who embarked on a luxury lifestyle after obtaining more than £900,000 through embezzlement and fraud has been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. Emma Hunt, 37, spent thousands on parties, hospitality at sporting events, hotel stays, a

Hastings Legal has recently expanded with several new staff members, including the appointment of director Tim Taylor.

The Scottish Sentencing Council has finalised its first ever offence guideline, covering the statutory offences of causing death by driving. The guideline aims to bring greater consistency in sentencing and assist public understanding of how these highly complex and sensitive cases are dealt with by

China is "dismantling" the principle of 'one country, two systems' and eroding Hong Kong's autonomy, democratic principles and fundamental freedoms, the EU has said in a new report. The European Commission and the high representative have adopted the 25th annual report to the European Parliament and

A Lord Ordinary has ordered a tribunal to rehear the application of a 50-year-old man whose claim for criminal injuries compensation in respect of sexual assaults committed against him in the 1980s was refused. Petitioner DM argued that the First-tier Tribunal’s Social Entitlement Chamber had