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The challenges in sentencing people with mental health and related issues are outlined in two new reports, published today by the Scottish Sentencing Council. An issues paper, Judicial perspectives of mental health and sentencing presents the findings of research undertaken by the council in late 20

Hundreds of official Harry Potter replica swords have been recalled in Japan after they were discovered to be illegal weapons. Over 350 swords have been sold at the Warner Bros Studio Tour Tokyo, billed as "the largest indoor Harry Potter attraction in the world", since it opened in May 2023.

A long-awaited review of Northern Ireland's criminal legal aid system has recommended an immediate 16 per cent increase in legal aid fees. Judge Tom Burgess was appointed last year to carry out a fundamental review of the criminal legal aid system and presented his findings to the Department of Just

Terra Firma Chambers has won the award for Stable of the Year at the Legal 500 Scotland Awards 2024. Kenneth Young made it a double celebration for TFC by picking up the award for Junior of the Year.

Applicants for rights over land under the Electronic Communications Code should investigate who occupies the land before raising proceedings, otherwise they risk causing unnecessary expense by directing the proceedings against the wrong party, the Lands Tribunal for Scotland held on 20 November in N

The Pope's surgeon has been charged with fraud in connection with allegedly fake records of operations he never performed. Sergio Alfieri, who successfully operated on Pope Francis twice, in 2021 and 2023, lied about performing surgeries 29 times, prosecutors claim.

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced record turnover and increased profits in its latest set of figures lodged at Companies House. Turnover amounted to £19.575 million (an increase of 6.9 per cent), with profits of £6.371m, representing a 16.9 per cent uplift on the 2022/2023 result.

The Scottish government has called for the UK government to consider a pilot proposal in Scotland which would give people seeking asylum the right to work in some parts of Scotland. The Scottish Right to Work Pilot Proposal proposes a number of changes to current UK policy, including enabling the ri

A tennis coach who applied for a tennis co-ordinator position with a Scottish university but did not accept an offer made to him for the post has had an Employment Tribunal claim against the university struck out on the ground that he had no reasonable prospect of success. Claimant Raymond Joseph in

There was a one per cent increase in crime in the year to September 2024, new figures from Scotland’s chief statistician show. The police recorded 300,134 crimes in the year ending September 2024. This was one per cent higher than the 297,425 crimes recorded in the year ending September 2023,

More than 27,000 young people have benefited from education and awareness-raising sessions on tackling gender-based violence over six months, according to a new report. The latest Delivering Equally Safe impact report, published by Inspiring Scotland, shows that the number of young people accessing

A man has been convicted of a criminal offence after deliberately gaining weight to avoid compulsory military service. The 26-year-old was sentenced last week by a court in South Korea, where all able-bodied men are required to service in the military for at least 18 months.

Ahmed Khogali gives an overview of Daly v HM Advocate. Criminal appeals to the UK Supreme Court are rare due to the High Court of Justiciary’s status as the final court of appeal in Scots criminal law. Under the Scotland Act 1998, such appeals are only permitted to the Supreme Court where devo

The enforcement of farmed animal welfare laws has not improved since the pandemic, according to a report from the Animal Law Foundation. Only 2.5 per cent of UK farms are inspected on average annually and fewer than one per cent of cases of non-compliance with animal welfare law are being prosecuted

New facilities providing healthcare for people who have experienced sexual assault or rape, and a service for children and young people who have experienced harm and abuse, have been opened. The Sycamore Sexual Assault Response Coordination Service (SARCS) for adults in NHS Lothian was officially op