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Prime Minister Boris Johnson's appointment of 16 new peers runs contrary to his predecessors' promises to limit numbers in the House of Lords, Conservative peer Lord Fowler has said. Membership in the house now stands at 830, a move that the Lord Speaker said runs "smack against" the recommendations

A judge will hear evidence over whether a bus company failed to provide Glasgow City Council with an accurate reference for the driver of a lorry whose collapse at the wheel resulted in six deaths. Lord Ericht in the Outer House arranged for a new four-day hearing to take place next month.

Terra Firma Chambers’ licensing expert Scott Blair stars in the latest instalment of Lockdown Licensing: The Interview Series, a programme of webinars hosted by Scottish Licensing Law and Practice (SLLP) focusing on the challenges faced by the licensing trade during lockdown.

The leader of a drugs gang that supplied heroin and cocaine in the central belt has been told he must pay back the profit of his crimes. In October last year, Anthony O’Hare was jailed for eight years after pleading guilty to supplying drugs, directing others to commit serious crimes and money

A court in Germany has fined a University of Warwick historian €4,000 (£3,700) after she breached an injunction regarding claims that a concentration camp prisoner had had a lesbian affair with an SS guard. In April, Frankfurt regional court ruled that Dr Anna Hájková, assoc

A new bill which would allow children to take public bodies to court for breaches of their rights by incorporating the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law should be extended to include private sector and voluntary organisations who deliver public services, acc

The Law Society of Scotland has said that small, high street law firms should not be hit with an economic crime levy. The Law Society is strongly opposed to the legal profession paying such a levy as solicitors are subject to stringent anti-money laundering requirements, but has stated that if it is

There have been unacceptable delays in sexual crime cases, HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland has warned. The head of the prosecution watchdog said the backlog of almost 30,000 cases is continuing to grow during the pandemic.

Proposed powers that would let HMRC force financial institutions to provide information regarding people's assets without their approval are "flawed", a House of Lords committee has said. In a new report, the Economics Affairs Committee criticised a proposal in the Finance Bill, which will beco

A legal action by more than 100 Scottish businesses against Clydesdale Bank over loans that were allegedly mis-sold will be heard in the English High Court, with Scots law applied to claims from businesses based in Scotland. The action, which involves some 500 businesses, is being brought against th

The death of a sheep farmer has led to calls for safety helmets to be worn when riding quad bikes. Iain MacNicol, 76, was involved in an accident in 2018 on his family farm when he was rounding up sheep.

A woman who spent £1 million a year at Harrods will have to give up her £15m home unless she reveals the source of her cash following the UK's first "dirty money" investigation. Zamira Hajiyeva, wife of the former head of the Azerbaijani state bank, who was jailed for fraud, has been ref

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is to continue to pursue the prosecution of Harry Dunn's alleged killer, despite failing in the High Court. The parents of Mr Dunn last month lost their court battle against the Foreign Office over whether the alleged killer of their son enjoyed diplomatic immunit

The Justice Sub-Committee on Policing has issued a call for views on the report by Dame Elish Angiolini on police complaints handling.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) assessment of changes in the legal services sector since its market study has found some positive developments – but concludes that more progress is needed. The review follows recommendations made in 2016 after the CMA conducted a market study of the