A serving prisoner convicted of possession of an improvised bladed article in his prison cell at HMP Perth has lost an appeal against his conviction on the basis of prejudice and misdirection by the trial judge after she initially gave the jury a direction on another offence of possession of a weapo
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Lord Burrows has reflected on his experience as the first full-time academic appointed directly to the Supreme Court in a talk delivered at Oxford University. He described the shift from specialist scholarship to generalist judging, the court’s strong culture of collegiality – with
The Lands Tribunal for Scotland has refused an application by Murrayfield Curling Ltd to relax title conditions restricting summer use of its rink, holding that predictable control of shared access and event planning justified their retention. The ice rink was built at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, in the
The Court of Session ruled that a children’s hearing failed to consider the best interests of a sibling affected by its decision, as required by Article 3 of the UNCRC. The judgement confirms that hearings must treat the welfare of all impacted children as a primary consideration and clearly r
An English pub which was told selling pints for 25p would be illegal decided to give them away for free instead. Whitelocks, in Leeds, had intended to offer pints of a popular 1970s beer, which had been recently relaunched, at 1970s prices.
As AI enters complaints handling, gains in speed and insight must be balanced against fairness, transparency and the human touch, writes Vicky Crichton. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how organisations interact with the people they serve. That’s certainly true in the world of com
The Scottish Sentencing Council’s new sentencing guidelines on rape offences come into effect today. The two new guidelines, which cover offences of rape and rape of a young child under the age of 13, were developed following "extensive stakeholder engagement and research", culminating in a fu
A schizophrenic man imprisoned for 10 months and made subject to notification requirements under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 after he claimed to the father of an 11-year-old girl that she wanted him to molest her has had a Bill of Suspension seeking his removal from the sex offenders’ registe
Jacqui Taylor has been appointed permanent chamber president of the Local Taxation Chamber and Joy Hosie has been appointed permanent chamber president of the Social Security Chamber. Ms Taylor has been a legal member of the First-tier Tribunal (Housing and Property) Chamber since it was established
A cross-government group has been established by the Scottish government to consider the impacts of the ongoing conflict in Iran and the surrounding region for Scotland. The group’s priorities include ensuring close co-ordination with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) on
India's top court has banned a school textbook which made references to court backlogs and "corruption in the judiciary". The Supreme Court of India has imposed a "complete blanket ban... on any further publication, reprinting or digital dissemination" of the book, which was published last week by t
A care company that had its sponsor licence for skilled overseas workers revoked after a data breach left it without access to its HR systems has lost a judicial review challenge against the decision of the Home Office to remove them from the register of sponsors after a lord ordinary ruled that the
