A man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 13-and-a-half years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman in her home in Walsall. John Ashby, 32, of no fixed address, was sentenced on Friday at Birmingham Crown Court. He pleaded guilty on the second day of his trial,
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A petition by a Palestinian mother and son asserting that the Foreign Secretary had unlawfully delayed issuing a decision on their request for consular assistance to leave Gaza to travel to Jordan as part of a process to join family in the UK has been refused by the Outer House of the Court of Sessi
The number of personal injury claims made following road traffic collisions is in sharp decline, writes Thomas Mitchell. Data from the government’s Compensation Recovery Unit (CRU) revealed that only 63,833 claims were registered with the CRU in the fourth quarter of 2025. This is down 24 per
Addleshaw Goddard has announced the promotion of Ryan Openshaw to partner as part of the firm's 2026 round of promotions. Mr Openshaw, a lawyer in the firm’s commercial disputes team who is based in the firm's Aberdeen office at Prime Four Business Park, is part of a 17-strong cohort promoted
The average price of a property in Scotland reached £187,000 in February 2026, an increase of 2.3 per cent when compared to 12 months prior, the latest House Price Index (HPI) has revealed.
Listing activity on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in the first quarter of 2026 was muted, with just two listings, according to EY-Parthenon’s latest IPO analysis. One listing raised £8.8 million on the main market, with the other raising £4m on the Alternative Investment Market (
A lord ordinary has concluded that the actions and standard operating procedures of the Scottish Prison Service in opening and reading a serving prisoner’s letters and delaying in providing him with those letters did not constitute an interference with his human rights. William Beggs, currentl
The Dementia Trust is celebrating a successful first year of its ‘Planning Ahead’ campaign, which encourages Scottish families to have early conversations around power of attorney. The 2026 pilot of ‘POA Month’ in Edinburgh delivered a measurable impact with participating fir
New members have been appointed to the Scottish Legal Aid Board. David Fisken and Amy Hunter have been appointed as legal members to the board, while Alexandra Walker has been appointed as a member with court experience.
Laurence Greg Cunningham of Westwater Advocates has succeeded in a constructive dismissal claim which took over two years to conclude. James Marshall v McPherson Limited ended on 20 December 2023. Mr Marshall made a claim to the Employment Tribunal and presented his case as a party litigant at the h
Hundreds of illicit items have been confiscated at Ayrshire’s courthouses over the past three years, despite both sheriff courts operating for extended periods without consistent security cover. Figures obtained through a freedom of information request by Ayrshire Weekly Press show that almost
Edinburgh’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the least confident of Scotland’s major cities as business viability concerns remain high nationwide, according to new research from Aberdein Considine LLP. Capturing the views of Scottish SMEs in the run-up to the Holyrood
A dramatic police chase ended in embarrassment after officers realised they intercepted one of their own bomb squad teams. The Indiana State Police bomb squad vehicle was responding to an emergency call when local police officers in the small town of Austin, Indiana blew its tyres and detained its d
A teenager made subject to an Order for Lifelong Restricting after assaulting a 15-year-old boy on his 17th birthday, having previously been convicted of other acts of violence, has lost an appeal against the order before the High Court of Justiciary, although it was noted by the court that the inab
The UK government faces mounting pressure to fulfil its pledge to regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures (NSCPs) – including “Brazilian butt lifts”, Botox and dermal fillers – that have left people maimed, injured and requiring hospital treatment, write Jacqueline Harris a
