Sex offence rates in Glasgow have declined by 22.5 per cent in the nine months to December 31, 2019, according to police figures. The number of such crimes recorded in the division dropped from 837 to 648 as compared with the same period in the preceding year.
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A building warrant has been lodged to demolish the fire-ravaged building that housed the office of Lefevre Litigation in Aberdeen. The blaze on December 23 last year caused “significant structural damage” to the building on Carden Place that also housed restaurant Valentino&rsq
A new review has been launched into claims by two businessmen that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) nearly drove them to bankruptcy. The allegations, which have been staunchly denied by RBS focus on the bank's now-inoperative Global Restructuring Group (GRG), which was found to have mistreated thous
HMRC is homing in on inheritance tax avoidance by wealthy families through the creation of a secret unit which will investigate the ways in which investment companies are used to reduce bills. HMRC established a team in April last year, to investigate the use of family investment companies (FICs) am
A 52 year-old man from Glasgow has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for causing the death of a 45 year-old man after attacking him in a bar. Thomas Allan, of Govan, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh after he pled guilty to causing the death of Jason Haig. He struck Mr Haig with
The Employment Tribunal office in Glasgow may introduce evening sittings to deal with the high volume of cases. The abolition of Employment Tribunal fees has led to an increase in cases across the country.
As the consultation for the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill draws to a close, equality practitioners could be forgiven for deciding not to comment on what has become a fraught debate. The government appears to consider there will be no impact on sex-based rights, a curious position when st
Prospective lawyers getting ready to apply to study the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice can now browse all the providers in one web visit at the Law Society of Scotland’s Virtual Diploma Fair 2020. Each of the diploma providers have different modules, timetables and study options availa
Sentencing should take account of compelling evidence that the brain does not fully mature until at least the age of 25, according to a review of research undertaken on behalf of the Scottish Sentencing Council. In order to inform its development of a guideline on sentencing young people, the counci
A major seminar to put the spotlight on Scotland’s place in Europe following Brexit has been announced by the Faculty of Advocates. Expert speakers from politics, the law and academia are lined up for the full-day event in Parliament Hall, which aims to inform the public about the realistic pr
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Sacked Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC has said ministers should not “clip the wings” of judges and should protect them from political attacks. Mr Cox's comments come amid reports that the UK government intends to stem so-called judicial overreach. Boris Johnson is believed to be frustr
Developing a contingency plan for HMP Barlinnie in the event that it fails must be of the highest priority for the Scottish Prison Service, Holyrood’s Public Audit Committee has said. Given the condition of Scotland’s prisons in general, the Scottish government and the SPS must
Issues have been identified by the Faculty of Advocates in a planned new system to allow complainers in sexual offence cases to refer themselves for forensic examination. The Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Bill transfers responsibility for examination and rete
The International Bar Association (IBA) has published a model statute aimed at helping citizens launch legal challenges against governments for failing to take action over climate change. The Model Statute for Proceedings Challenging Government Failure to Act on Climate Change was launched in London
