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Japan is introducing new laws to deal with go-kart drivers who have been hitting the streets of Tokyo dressed as Mario characters. A recent fad has seen tourists invited to drive around the Japanese capital dressed as characters from the hit racing game Mario Kart.

A human rights group has condemned Russian authorities’ blocking of five websites run by the Open Russia movement founded by the former Russian prisoner of conscience and Kremlin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Amnesty International’s deputy director for Europe and Central Asia, Denis Krivosheev, s

Neil Benyon (left) and Sheriff Macfarlane

Hazel Coutts Hazel Coutts looks at a case in which the Court of Session refused a motion for interim interdict, leaving an employee free to pursue business in competition with his former employer despite the existence of restrictive covenants.

A man convicted of murder and embezzlement has been made the subject of a confiscation order after a High Court judge ruled that he had made almost £120,000 as a result of his “criminal lifestyle”. Colin Coates, who was sentenced to life imprisonment with a punishment part of 33 years after bei

Ahead of this week’s Scottish budget tomorrow, the Law Society of Scotland has called for further reforms to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) and has commented on the impact of the Scottish Rate of Income Tax introduced last year. In its comment paper the Law Society has said some of

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The Scottish government will press ahead with preparations for a ‘Continuity Bill’ if significant changes are not made to UK Brexit legislation, Brexit minister Michael Russell has said. Speaking after the Joint Ministerial Committee in London yesterday, Mr Russell set out the need for a “cast

A man was removed from court after her called the judge “mate”. Antony Dickinson was sent to the cells at Hull Crown Court during the trial of Benjamin Bowden, accused of causing the deaths of two people, including Dickinson’s sister, by careless driving.

Lord Pentland Today the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) publishes its report recommending reform of defamation law in Scotland. The report includes draft legislation designed to modernise the law for the age of the internet and social media. The draft bill is the most substantial proposed reform of de

Michael Matheson Scotland’s policing capability will be highlighted at an international conference in Edinburgh today.

Leon Breakey (pictured right) and Graham Horn look at recently issued shrieval guidance on the role of the court reporter in a liquidation.

The death has been announced of Ian Simpson QC, who served 18 years as a sheriff and was also a temporary judge before he retired. He was 68. Sheriff Simpson was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1974, and took silk in 2005.

A “prominent figure” in the pipe band world who was found guilty of “sexting” a drumming student has had an appeal against his conviction refused. John Moneagle, 59, was convicted of “behaving in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm”