The Sheriff Appeal Court has quashed an order for the destruction of an XL Bully dog after finding that there was insufficient information to establish that the dog presented a risk to the public or that his owner, who received the dog from her son in unknown circumstances, was not a fit and proper
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What if the biggest threat to your firm’s profitability isn’t competition, but complacency? Across the legal sector in Scotland, many firms are still relying on legacy systems and manual processes simply because “that’s how it’s always been done.” But behind famil
Sexual crimes in Scotland were 10 per cent higher compared to the year ending December 2024, new figures from Scotland’s chief statistician show. In the year ending December 2025 the police in Scotland recorded 308,532 crimes. This was three per cent higher than the 298,306 crimes recorded in
A man who admitted smuggling drugs into Mexico has been given the benefit of the doubt after saying he didn't mean to bring them back to Canada. Daniel Jacob Cluett was charged with three counts of importing substances into Canada after border officials found cocaine and MDMA in his luggage.
The EU has said it is seeking clarity from the US on its policy intentions after the country's top court ruled many of Trump's flagship tariffs to be unlawful. The Supreme Court of the United States appeared to catch the president off-guard by ruling 6-3 that he cannot rely on the International Emer
A sheriff has refused a request for contact by the father of a 10-year-old boy whose mother separated from him following two instances of assault in 2018 after finding that it would not be in the child’s best interests for contact to resume. Pursuer G sought a residence order in respect of the
Severely injured people in Scotland remain at risk of being undercompensated due to a seven-year delay in bringing in new court rules, lawyers have warned. The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) says it is frustrated that the Scottish government has not yet introduced rules to allow court
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has pledged to separate the dual functions of the lord advocate, warning that the current system risks “corruption”. Ms Badenoch described the arrangement surrounding the lord advocate as an “absurd state of affairs”, amid mounting politic
The Sheriff Appeal Court has ordered the removal of a man convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour towards an 11-year-old boy from the sex offenders’ register after determining that his behaviour was motivated by racism, but refused a conjoined challenge to placement on the register by a
Scots law-trained Guernsey lawyer Steven Balmer found guilty of sexually assaulting two women in bar
A solicitor in Guernsey who studied law in Scotland has been convicted of sexually assaulting two women by touching them on the buttocks during a night out in St Peter Port. The Royal Court found Steven Balmer, 39, a senior associate at Carey Olsen, guilty of two counts of sexual assault arising fro
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has welcomed the Court of Appeal’s (CoA) ruling that it has succeeded in its appeal against the decision of the Upper Tribunal on DSG Retail Limited (DSG). In its judgment, published yesterday, the CoA supports the ICO’s grounds for appea
A lord ordinary has refused a petition by a company challenging a decision to select a site in Tobermory as the preferred site for a new educational establishment on the island of Mull after ruling that there was no procedural unfairness in the final vote approving the selection of the site. Mull Ca
