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Claire Sugden Northern Ireland's Justice Minister Claire Sugden has announced court closures planned by her predecessor will no longer go ahead, our sister publication Irish Legal News reports.

Judges have issued their reasons for setting aside the acquittal of a man accused of the 1998 murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar in Overtown, Lanarkshire. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court granted an application by the Lord Advocate to bring a new prosecution against Ronnie Coulter after ruling

Hannah Starritt Hannah Starritt, solicitor at Turcan Connell, explains the purpose of the Government's new Brexit department.

A worker at the Royal Canadian Mint accused of smuggling $180,000 worth of gold, in his rectum, has appeared before a judge – named Justice Doody. Leston Lawrence, 35, was alleged to have taken nugget-sized pieces of gold, known as “pucks” to a gold buyer in Ottawa on multiple occasions, the O

A drug dealer sentenced to seven years in prison was caught after sharing brazen photos of his ill-gotten gains on Instagram. Levi Watson, 29, shared pictures of him posing with cash, jewellery and sports cars, despite telling police he had no regular income.

David Mundell The Scottish Parliament today takes on new powers which will allow it to adapt the existing UK welfare system more closely to Scotland’s needs.

Police Scotland has created the most senior civilian role in its history in order to deliver a “sustainable operating model”. David Page is to become the single force’s new director of corporate services, strategy and change and will earn £173,010 a year.

Pictured (L-R): Owen Wilton, Michaela Guthrie, Jonny Gilmour and Ross Forrest

Inverness Sheriff Court has paid tribute to Golspie procurator fiscal Alasdair MacDonald, who has passed away at the age of 60, The Northern Timesreports. Mr MacDonald passed away after a brief battle with cancer, his funeral was held at the Fountain Road Church Hall, Golspie last week.

Alan McIntosh Alan McIntosh of Govan Law Centre writes about the different ways PPI claims and protected trust deeds are dealt with in court.

Mike Ashley has been ordered to pay the expenses of the Scottish Football Association and Dave King after his petition for judicial review of a decision of football’s governing body to approve the Rangers chairman as a “fit and proper person” to hold the position of director of Rangers Interna

The Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the appeal of an unfairly dismissed fingerprint officer involved in the McKie scandal, finding that the original Employment Tribunal’s (ET) interpretation of the relevant legislation leading to a reinstatement order was sound. Lord Hodge, with whom Lady Ha

The Scottish Episcopal Church is set to become the first church in the UK to allow its clergy to conduct same-sex church weddings, The Times reports. Scotland's third-largest church will take a vote on its position on Thursday 9 June.

Sir Tom Hunter The Hunter Foundation has teamed up with some of the UK’s leading European scholars to produce a free ebook to answer voters’ questions before the EU referendum on 23 June.

The Hillsborough inquest, the longest in British legal history, has concluded that 96 football fans who were crushed to death in 1989 were unlawfully killed. The jury answered 14 questions about how people died at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.