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People who are committing livestock offences are going unpunished, an MSP has claimed.  Between April 1, 2024, and January 31, 2025, the Crown Office received 57 charges of livestock worrying. Six cases were prosecuted and two convictions were obtained — representing four per cent of the

A hotly contested debate on the rise of online teaching has sent four schools from across Scotland to the final of this year’s Donald Dewar Memorial Debating Tournament. Pupils from Bearsden Academy, Broxburn Academy, Nairn Academy and Trinity High School saw off competitors in the penultimate

An East Kilbride sheriff has dismissed a streamlined eviction action by a housing association against a tenant convicted of a drug supply offence after finding it would be disproportionate to evict him. East Kilbride Housing Association raised the action against its tenant T, who resisted the evicti

Choices, choices, always choices. On February 25th it was between an event in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall marking the third anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, or a ‘Gray Day’ in Glasgow’s Oran Mohr marking the 90th anniversary of the birth of the Scotland&r

Kennedys has celebrated its 10th anniversary in Scotland with an event at the Citation, Glasgow for clients, staff and friends. Rory Jackson, managing partner of Kennedys in Scotland said: “We have been on quite a journey since we opened our doors in 2015. Today, Kennedys in Scotland is one of

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is taking action to tackle significant delays for people who are trying to access copies of their personal information held by local authorities across Scotland. Under data protection law, people have the right to ask an organisation if it holds thei

Reforms to legal aid have been set out to make the system simpler and easier for both solicitors and those who need legal assistance – along with longer-term proposals for funding and improving the delivery of services. Actions set out in a discussion paper aim to simplify the funding system a

Lawyers have requested a postponement of the trial of Abu Agila Mas’ud Al-Marimi, the suspect accused of building the bomb that downed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988. Mas’ud had been scheduled to appear in court on May 12, 2025, but US prosecutors and his defence team have join

Scotland’s legal sector has set a new record as more than 140 new solicitors were formally welcomed to the profession in central Edinburgh yesterday.

Thousands of criminal cases in Scotland have been abandoned over the past five years due to statutory time-bar limits and delays by police and reporting agencies, The Scotsman reports. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) took no action in over 9,000 cases affected by such delays.

There has been poor judicial continuity in child contact cases, according to Shared Parenting Scotland (SPS). In a survey conducted last year by SPS, respondents were asked how many different sheriffs had heard their child contact court case. Forty-one per cent reported that four or more sheriffs ha

A Falkirk sheriff has appointed for proof an action by a couple against their former solicitors who failed to inform them of a housing proposal for ground next to their new home after finding that they had a relevant case for professional negligence. Fraser and Vivian Allison instructed Russel &

The Home Office has overseen a sharp increase in immigration raids and arrests across Scotland as part of a UK-wide crackdown on illegal working since Labour came to power last summer, according to new figures. Last month, there were 39 immigration enforcement visits in Scotland – a 116 per ce

The number of times councils in Scotland have breached their legal duty to provide accommodation for vulnerable people has quadrupled in a year, as the shortage of affordable housing worsens. Figures show 7,545 breaches were recorded last year, a sharp rise from 2,000 in the six-month period between

A bill that would allow all pupils in state and grant-aided schools to have at least four nights and five days of residential outdoor education during their school career has been supported by a Holyrood committee. Following a vote, members of the Education, Children and Young People Committee agree