A Turkish national who was refused leave to remain in the UK despite claiming that he had established a family and private life has had a petition for judicial review of the decision dismissed by a judge in the Court of Session. Petitioner Halit Genc, 24, challenged the decision taken by the Upper T
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The organisation representing rank-and-file police officers has accused politicians of ignorance in relation to non-statutory stop and searches. The Scottish Police Federation (SPF) has attacked politicians as well as Police Scotland’s leadership over plans to remove the police’s right to search
A survey designed to give salaried members of the judiciary in Scotland the opportunity to provide feedback on their views and experiences of serving as a judge has found that almost all judges who have been in their post for at least 5 years (82 per cent) feel working conditions are worse now than
The chief constable of Police Scotland has admitted mistakenly recording “several hundred thousand” stop and searches per year. Sir Stephen House (pictured) said the numbers of routine encounters, such as taking alcohol from young people had distorted official statistics.
Joanna Cherry QC (pictured right) has been selected by the SNP as their candidate for Edinburgh South West in the general election. The seat been represented by a member of the Faculty of Advocates since 1974, with Malcolm Rifkind QC, Linda Clark QC and, currently, Alastair Darling, who is standing
The owner of an abandoned heard of pigs and flock of hens has failed in an appeal against a sheriff’s decision to allow a Scottish local authority to take the animals into care and sell them. Judges in the Inner House of the Court of Sessionrefused an appeal by Kevin Martin, who claimed that the s
Justice secretary Michael Matheson has announced a near £1 million funding package for three leading voluntary organisations working to reduce reoffending in Scotland. The funding will allow Apex Scotland, SACRO and Families Outside to continue to deliver a range of specialist services in 2015/16 f
Pressure is mounting on Scottish ministers to scrap a law meant to give patients a legal guarantee of speedy NHS treatment following news it has been flouted in a significant number of cases. The Treatment of Time Guarantee came into force in 2012 as part of the Patient Rights (Scotland) Act 2011, w
Pinsent Masons and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) have been recognised as two of the top three Scottish employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual staff. The organisations' commitment to workplace diversity has been acknowledged by Stonewall, which also placed Pinsent Masons nin
A Scottish local authority has been granted permanence orders in relation to three sibling children whose mother had a history of alcohol abuse, after a judge in the Court of Session ruled that it would be “better” for each of the three boys that an order be made than not. Lord Brailsford (pictu
The president of the UK Supreme Court, Lord Neuberger (pictured) has given the closing address at the Global Law Summit in London. Lord Neuberger spoke about the rule of law in his speech and said anyone with a legal claim must have an “effective way of having that claim considered” and that tha
From left: Bryan Burnett, Scottish television and radio presenter, Fraser Oliver, Digby Brown chief executive receiving the award, Jamie Cumming, commercial director, Hillington Park
A bill to create a duty to provide crisis grants for people on low incomes and to support independent living has been passed by the Scottish parliament. The passing of the Welfare Funds (Scotland) Bill will make the Scottish Welfare Fund a permanent, statutory scheme.
Solicitor Carol Fox, of Fox and Partners (pictured), has written about becoming a single mother through IVF treatment in the 1990s in her new book Memoirs of a Feminist Mother. Carol, 55, who recently won millions in equal pay for female workers from North and South Lanarkshire councils, relates how
The adequacy of the audit and accountability arrangements of those who will be delivering the proposed new devolved powers in future is the focus of a call for views launched today by the Public audit committee. Organisations such as the BBC, Department of Work and Pensions, British Transport Police