An investigation into police conduct during the failed takeover of Rangers FC has still not begun, more than a decade after what were later found to be malicious prosecutions, The Times reports. Following the club’s collapse in 2012, David Grier, David Whitehouse and Paul Clark of Duff & P
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An actress who provided the face of Albania's AI government minister is suing over the alleged misuse of her image. Albania made global headlines last year after unveiling an AI chatbot called "Diella" which it said had joined the government as minister of state for artificial intelligence.
The forensic science system in England and Wales is on the brink of collapse. This stark assessment, expressed by Professor Angela Gallop, has been reinforced today by the House of Lord Science and Technology Committee in a report that found “little to contradict it”. The committee&rsquo
An Edinburgh sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a lorry driver has concluded that his death was a result of inadequate risk assessment and training by his employer in relation to load stability and recommended that more be done to improve compliance with safety requirement
Human rights campaigners have rallied behind the UN's top expert on Palestine, Francesca Albanese, following calls for her resignation based on a misreported speech. Ms Albanese has served since May 2022 as the UN's special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occ
An accelerated review of legal aid reform will take place in Northern Ireland following a breakthrough in talks between justice minister Naomi Long and striking criminal barristers. The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) began a withdrawal of services from all legally-aided Crown Court cases at the star
A legal academic has urged Scotland’s sentencing body to apologise to rape victims over the time taken to produce new guidelines, describing the seven-year process as a “national disgrace”. Dr Graeme Brown, of the University of Aberdeen, said the development of Scotland’s fir
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of WX to the High Court of Justiciary. In 2010, the applicant pled guilty to a charge of breach of the peace. The applicant received a fine of £300. The sentencing sheriff concluded that there was a "significant sexual aspect"
The death of a lorry driver could have been avoided if a number of precautions had been taken, a fatal accident inquiry has found, James Murray, 54, died on 23 August 2022 when his lorry overturned near junction 1 of the M8, close to the Hermiston Gait roundabout in Edinburgh, after the load in his
The Scottish Sentencing Council has published a new report on public understanding and perceptions of sentencing in Scotland following a wide-ranging national survey. The survey, conducted by Ipsos Scotland on behalf of the council, asked residents in Scotland about their views on different aspects
A pre-trial appeal in a domestic abuse case based on a judge’s refusal of a plea of no jurisdiction owing to some of the alleged conduct taking place in England has been refused by the High Court of Justiciary after it held that the common law on cross-border jurisdiction allowed for such a ca
A couple who stockpiled lethal weapons, manufactured ammunition and discussed preparing for a “race war” have been jailed at Kingston Crown Court, alongside two associates who purchased firearms from them. Thomas McKenna, 60, and Tina Smith, 55, were convicted after trial of multiple fir
The sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastic in Scotland will be banned from 11 August 2027 under regulations published today. Wet wipes containing plastic are a common and persistent source of marine litter and can break down into microplastics over time, harming the natural environment.
