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Calls to separate transgender inmates from other women prisoners over safety concerns have been rejected by prison chiefs, The Herald reports. Campaigners have claimed that current policy, which provides that male-bodied transgender prisoners should be housed in women's prisons, is putting peop

The body representing Scotland's most senior police officers has hit out at watchdogs over “lengthy and damaging” investigations into misconduct allegations. The Scottish Chief Police Officers Staff Association (SCPOSA) complained in a submission to MSPs that “disproportionate, len

Sir Douglas Flint CBE, former HSBC chairman, has been appointed non-executive chairman and director of IP Group plc. Sir Douglas will assume the role of chairman with effect from 1 November. Sir Douglas retired as group chairman of HSBC Holdings plc last September, having been appointed to that role

Police officers responding to reports of machine-gun fire and screams arrived to find a children's birthday party in the middle of a foam pellet gun battle. Oliver Green, who was celebrating his eighth birthday, told BBC News he "put my hands up and dropped my gun" when officers arrived at

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced that two of its associates have become solicitor advocates, bringing the total number in the firm to 21, and giving it the most of any firm in Scotland. Mark Hastings and Lewis Richardson, both associates at BTO, were admitted at a calling ceremony today at

Plans to merge British Transport Police with Police Scotland may never come to fruition, Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said. The merger was scheduled to take place in April next year but has been delayed, with Police Scotland now unable to give a “definitive date” for the merger, Mr

Gillespie Macandrew's chief executive officer has spoken to The Herald about his ambitions for the firm. Robert Graham-Campbell, who took over last year, said he is relishing the role.

An important proviso has been added by the Faculty of Advocates to its support for legislation which would keep child witnesses out of court in serious criminal cases. The Scottish government wants much greater use of pre-recorded testimony, but the Faculty said it was essential that the evidence of

Thorntons has announced the appointment of Bridget McGuire as a senior solicitor in its family law team. Ms McGuire, who has a wealth of experience, will be based in the firm's Cupar office. She is local to the East Neuk of Fife and is passionate about supporting the local community, schools and bus

Colin Hamilton, a partner at Gillespie Macandrew, has become a solicitor advocate able to represent both individuals and companies in the higher courts. He joins partner John Stirling in giving the firm’s clients access to solicitor advocate services.

The latest publication of Registers of Scotland's monthly UK House Price Index shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in July 2018 was £152,245 – an increase of 3.2 per cent on July in the previous year and an increase of 1.4 per cent when compared to the previous month.

An academic has suggested that juries be abolished in rape trials, leaving judges to decide cases, The Times reports. Dominic Willmott, a doctoral researcher at the University of Huddersfield, said that doing so would amount to “a massive break with ancient English legal tradition” but t

New research has uncovered incidents of men kissing cobras in a bid to use their venom as a substitute for opioids. The Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine has published a case study of two such men from the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.

The Scottish government's proposed Biometric Data Bill will be the subject of a discussion led by John Scott QC next week in Edinburgh. The government has said that the biometrics field is evolving rapidly and offers great potential in the identification and prevention of crime and the delivery of c