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Plans for a women's custody unit in Dundee have been submitted by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). If approved, the community custody unit (CCU) will open in late 2020 on Nelson Street in the Hilltown area of the city.

The Herald has published an obituary of Donald Sage Mackay, Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, who passed away last week at the age of 72. His earliest legal work saw him assisting women who had been subject to domestic violence, which he did on a pro bono basis. He was admitted to the bar in 1976 and took s

The government of Ukraine has lodged a new application with the European Court of Human Rights against Russia. The case concerns the detention and prosecution of Ukrainian nationals on various criminal charges. There are now four Ukraine v Russia inter-state applications pending before the cour

A strongly-criticised element of Scottish land law should be replaced, but it will be a very difficult task, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested.

The case of a former prosecutor who is suing the Lord Advocate for £1.3 million over claims she suffered stress may proceed to a full hearing, a temporary judge has ruled. Laura Malone, 52, is suing the Lord Advocate on the basis that he failed to prevent her suffering caused by overwork.

Leading sports lawyer Alan Grosset has passed away at the age of 76, the Edinburgh Evening News reports. Mr Grosset was a former president of the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association and a member of Sportscotland from 1984 to 1992, serving for the last eight years of that period as vice chairman.

A toy manufacturer has been fined for producing Peppa Pig kitchen sets for kids, in a landmark ruling for intellectual property rights in China. Jiale Toys Industrial, a company based in Shantou, had been authorised to make Peppa Pig products but a court has now ruled that the firm produced the toys

An American lawyer has admitted his role in uploading porn to file-sharing websites in order to sue people who downloaded it in a $3 million scam. Minnesota lawyer Paul Hansmeier has pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering in exchange for a sentence of no more than 150

Monsanto now faces 8,000 lawsuits over its weedkiller product, which is alleged to cause cancer. Werner Baumann, the chief executive of Bayer, which acquired Monsanto earlier this year, confirmed the rise in plaintiffs, up from 5,200.

Lord Mackay of Drumadoon, a former judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland and Lord Advocate under Prime Minister John Major, has passed away at the age of 72. A graduate of the University of Edinburgh, he qualified as a solicitor in 1971 and practised for five years before being admitted to the Fac

A speech by a transgender judge reflecting on law and identity has been published online. Master Victoria McCloud, a Master of the Senior Courts in the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court in London, delivered the speech in Belfast this month.

Family law in Scotland will become less certain and probably more expensive after Brexit, the Faculty of Advocates believes. Replying to questions posed by the Scottish government, the Faculty said that current provisions in family law depended on reciprocity, which would be lost when the UK le

The prisons watchdog has criticised Police Scotland over bringing prisoners to court dressed only in their underwear or pyjamas, saying it stripped them of “human dignity”. In a new report, HM Inspectorate of Prisons in Scotland (HMIPS) said the practice came to light during a routine vi

A number of human rights organisations have welcomed the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office's (IPCO) plans to launch a public consultation on the UK’s policy against involvement in torture, the ‘Consolidated Guidance’. The organisations welcomed this change in approac

Members of Faculty and staff are cycling, walking and trekking in aid of various good causes next month. Advocate Neil Mackenzie is cycling from Land’s End to John O’ Groats to help Shelter.