Reported crime on Scotland’s rail network has risen by one-third since before the pandemic, with increases in violence, antisocial behaviour, and sex crimes described as “deeply worrying”. Figures from British Transport Police (BTP) show that total reported crimes increased fr
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Macdonald Henderson has again topped the legal adviser rankings in Scotland with 44 deals, the latest Experian M&A report shows.
Magic circle firm Linklaters is testing artificial intelligence by giving it law exams to determine whether it can reliably perform legal tasks. The firm has created the LinksAI English law benchmark, designed to “test the ability of large language models to answer legal questions.” The
New moveable property reforms are due to come into force in Scotland in April, brought about in response to widespread concerns that the current legal framework was outdated and inhibited economic growth, writes Ahsan Mustafa. The Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 was enacted on 13 June
Thousands of criminal cases in Scotland have been abandoned over the past five years due to statutory time-bar limits and delays by police and reporting agencies, The Scotsman reports. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) took no action in over 9,000 cases affected by such delays.
Professor Gillian Black has been reappointed as a commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission. Professor Black has held a ministerial appointment as commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission since 22 April 2020.
A pharmacist who abused a position of trust to sexually abuse two women during medical examinations has been jailed. Tauqeer Azam was found guilty of two charges on 16 January following a trial before a jury at Glasgow Sheriff Court. The 41-year-old, from Glasgow, was working in the Boots Pharmacy a
There has been poor judicial continuity in child contact cases, according to Shared Parenting Scotland (SPS). In a survey conducted last year by SPS, respondents were asked how many different sheriffs had heard their child contact court case. Forty-one per cent reported that four or more sheriffs ha
Employment law claims in the UK are on the rise, and both organisations and tribunals are finding it challenging to cope with the growing volume of cases, write Elouisa Crichton and Amy Ross-Sercombe. Ministry of Justice figures show that whistleblowing claims – where individuals say they were
The number of times councils in Scotland have breached their legal duty to provide accommodation for vulnerable people has quadrupled in a year, as the shortage of affordable housing worsens. Figures show 7,545 breaches were recorded last year, a sharp rise from 2,000 in the six-month period between
A Scottish local authority has been granted decree of absolvitor in an action by an asylum seeker who sought to establish that he had been aged under 18 when first accommodated by the authority. Abdraman Ali Ahmat raised an action against Aberdeenshire Council seeking declarator that his date of bir
Cocaine is as harmless as whiskey and only illegal "because it is made in Latin America", the president of Colombia has said. Gustavo Petro, who presides over the world's largest producer of cocaine, claimed that scientists had analysed the drug and come to that conclusion, CBS News reports.
A man whose dog chased, attacked and injured a deer while the dog was being used to hunt hares has become the first person in Scotland to be convicted and sentenced under new hunting legislation. Nickolas Chenier, 56, admitted to using his golden Lurcher for hare coursing on land near a cemetery in
A judge who was excused from jury duty because he said he thinks all defendants are guilty has been forced to resign from the bench. Judge Richard T. Snyder, of Petersburgh Town Court in New York, was referred to the judicial watchdog after making the remarks.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have called on the Scottish government to reduce the use of remand as new figures revealed that the cost of a prison place has risen by more than £10,000 per year since 2017. A freedom of information request to the Scottish Prison Service has revealed that the av
