A documentary investigating the torture and murder of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchyna in Russian captivity is to be screened at the University of Edinburgh tomorrow. Prior to the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Roshchyna reported for Ukrainian outlets on issues inclu
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A programme funded from the seized assets of criminals delivered £6.2 million funding to support over 15,000 young people during 2024-25. The money has been used by Cashback for Communities to support 29 organisations delivering projects that divert young people away from anti-social beh
Sheriff Principal Anwar has been appointed as an advisor to the Scottish Sentencing Council. Appointed as sheriff principal of South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway in April 2020, she later took on the role of sheriff principal of Glasgow and Strathkelvin in May 2023 and became president of the S
Holyrood’s Criminal Justice Committee has called for urgent clarification after it emerged Police Scotland withheld a damning report that warned of a “boys’ club” culture in the force. The Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Human Rights Independent Review Group (IRG) was set
Seven men who murdered a father in Greenock by shooting him on the doorstep of his home have been jailed for life. Neil Canney, or Wilson, was left seriously injured following the early morning attack on Nairn Road on 28 February 2023.
The UK’s gender pay gap reporting has helped improve transparency around workplace pay disparities, with many organisations demonstrating measurable progress in narrowing the gap - but the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) will compel large employers to go further by publishing targeted gender pay
A sheriff has ruled that a company acting as trustee for the benefit of a members’ club for Scots who had time shares in a Tenerife resort had not agreed to resign as trustee in a video call in October 2023 and refused to grant specific implement ordering it to honour the alleged contract. Clu
The pressures of modern life, economic uncertainties, and the lingering effects of the pandemic are among key factors which have contributed to Scotland’s significant increase in mental health issues, including anxiety, depression and stress, in recent years, write Seonaid Sandham. As mo
Baroness Harman KC has warned that LinkedIn is being used as a “dating app” by predatory barristers. The former Labour deputy leader and ex-chair of the party conducted an independent review into bullying, harassment and sexual harassment at the English bar, commissioned by the Bar Counc
Burges Salmon has reported a 9.2 per cent increase in turnover, rising from £163 million to £178m for the financial year ending 30 April 2025. Net profit increased by 25 per cent from £50.5m to £63m, while profit per equity partner (PEP) remained at £660,000.
Successful silk applications have dropped to 39 per cent under the new Lord Justice General, Lord Pentland after years of very high rates under his predecessor. Twenty-eight applications for appointment to King's Counsel were made in the latest round: 23 from advocates and five from solicitor advoca
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has announced an expansion of a corporate self-reporting and civil settlement programme to cover a range of offences under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and other failure to prevent offences concerning bribery and facili
Stronachs LLP has appointed five new trainee solicitors and retained four newly qualified solicitors. Each of the new trainees will have the opportunity to work across different departments over the two-year programme, supported by partners and senior lawyers throughout.
A sheriff has made a joint residence order in respect of a four-year-old child due to start primary school contrary to the views of a child welfare reporter and the child herself after finding that the reporter’s conclusions failed to give adequate weight to the position of the pursuer. Pursue
Scotland remains the drug death capital of Europe despite the fact the number of deaths caused by drug misuse fell by 13 per cent to 1,017 last year – the lowest level registered since 2017. According to statistics published by National Records of Scotland today, there were 155 fewer deaths in
