An appeal by an Iranian asylum seeker against a council’s decision that he was over the age of 18 has been allowed by the Inner House of the Court of Session to the extent of determining that the petition had not been academic, however the petition was nonetheless refused on the basis that ade
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A house master found guilty of sexually abusing and assaulting vulnerable children at a residential school has been sentenced. William Brydson committed the offences while employed as Head of Care at Monken Hadley, latterly known as Woodlands School, in Newton Stewart.
Pizza Hut has threatened legal action against an allegedly fake outlet following its grand opening by a Pakistani government minister. Pakistan's defence minister, Khawaja Asif, was filmed cutting the ribbon to mark the opening of the new restaurant at a military base near Sialkot.
A City solicitor who falsely claimed he needed cancer treatment and submitted a forged medical letter to his employer has been struck off. Soham Panchamiya, who had previously been treated for cancer, told his manager at Reed Smith that the illness had returned and that he needed to take a week off
Argentine judge María Jimena Monsalve, a national criminal enforcement judge, recently met with the Scottish Sentencing Council while on a knowledge exchange programme in the UK. In this article she explores therapeutic justice. The approach of therapeutic justice focusses on the effects of t
The High Court of Justiciary has refused a Crown appeal against a nine-year prison sentence imposed on a man who deceived elderly victims into letting him into their homes and then stole from them after determining that the sole charge of assault of which he was found guilty did not merit an order f
New regulations to protect tenants from damp and mould will be laid at Holyrood. The Investigation and Commencement of Repair (Scotland) Regulations 2026 will introduce new duties on landlords to investigate reports of damp and mould and start any repairs needed within a set timescale if approved by
The judge in the Sandie Peggie Employment Tribunal case has laid blame on a “judicial colleague” for the numerous errors in his ruling. Judge Sandy Kemp insisted that he did not us AI to help him write his 312-page judgment in the case, which has now been corrected a number of times.
The Scottish government has issued a call for evidence as part of a review of building standards and guidance relating to fire safety, and including work on the compliance plan approach, to help ensure the safety of people in and around Scotland's buildings. The consultation covers three main areas:
Two rival administrations are both claiming to be in charge of a city as a result of a long-running, unresolved and extremely boring legal dispute. Voters in Nelsonville, a small city in south-eastern Ohio, backed sweeping changes to local government in a referendum in November 2024.
Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the SNP, is to appear at the High Court next month after having been charged with embezzlement. Mr Murrell, the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon, was charged in April 2024 after a police investigation into the party's finances.
For Time to Talk Day on February 5, the "nation's biggest mental health conversation", LawCare is running a webinar on from 12 to 1pm. This one-hour panel webinar will explore: what anxiety looks and feels like in the legal sector and practical ways to cope.
A sheriff conducting a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths of a climbing instructor and two climbers in Glencoe has made no recommendations in terms of the Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016 after he found that they died after a slip or fall and there was no precaution tha
