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The number of homicides in Scotland remains at its lowest level in 40 years, according to new statistics. There were 60 cases in 2018/19, the third lowest number of recorded homicide cases for a single 12-month period since 1976, after 59 cases were recorded in 2015/16 and 17/18.

Danielle Stevenson, senior solicitor at Jones Whyte Law, looks at the collaborative approach to divorce. Often when couples are facing separation and divorce, the immediate thought is the rush to court, opposing sides and a battle. However, the reality is more often than not far from that, particula

A woman has been charged with falsely reporting her own murder after she posed as her husband and told his alleged mistress that he had shot her. The wife - from the city of Bluffdale in Utah - was arguing with her husband about him talking to the other woman, police said.

A man who was ordered not to contact his former partner after being convicted of a statutory breach of the peace following a drunken rant at police officers has had an appeal against the bail condition imposed dismissed. The Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary ruled that the speci

The decision to jail the Catalan leaders has caused widespread outrage. Is the outrage justified? When regional nationalist leaders openly defy the law, what is the proper response of central government? These are questions with which the Spanish Supreme Court has had to grapple. They may yet come t

Pinsent Masons has advised Tesco on a significant project to source electricity directly from Scottish renewables projects – the biggest of its type ever completed by a retailer in the UK. As a member of the RE100 group of companies, Tesco has made a commitment to source 100 per cent of electr

Josef Strand has been appointed an associate at Dentons in Glasgow. Mr Strand, who joins the firm's real estate department, obtained an LLB from Edinburgh University and trained with Sneddons in West Lothian.

The Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen of Elie QC, has been cleared of professional misconduct by a tribunal following a conviction for a firearms offence. Richard Keen appeared at a Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service (BTAS) hearing over allegations he had brought the profession into disre

Social media giants Google, Facebook and Twitter must take "serious further steps" to tackle disinformation on their platforms by the end of the year, the European Commission has warned. If the platforms fail to improve their record by year-end, the Commission has said it may introduce "regulatory o

It took "far too long" for a notice of a fatal accident inquiry to be lodged in relation to the Clutha helicopter disaster, a sheriff has said. Sheriff Principal Craig Turnbull has made his determination into the incident which saw 10 people die when a helicopter, then carrying out duties on behalf

Facebook has reached an agreement with the Information Commissioner's Office to pay a £500,000 fine in connection with the Cambridge Analytica scandal with no admission of liability. The fine was issued to the social media giant just over a year ago after the watchdog identified suspected fail

A funeral ended on a high note after mourners unknowingly ingested hash cake. Police are investigating the culinary mix-up that led to the cannabis-infused confection being served at the restaurant hosting a funeral party after a burial.

Homes in Glasgow and Edinburgh sell twice as quickly as the average UK city property, according to Zoopla's UK Cities House Price Index for September. The index has revealed that UK housing market conditions are strongest in Scotland, despite Aberdeen having performed the worst in the UK.

Two former administrators of Rangers Football Club Plc who are suing the Chief Constable of Police Scotland and the Lord Advocate for £14 million in damages over their alleged “wrongful arrest, detention and prosecution” have successfully challenged a decision t

Johan Findlay JP OBE looks at the history of women on the JP bench. It is 100 years since the death of Sir Hugh Munro, the Scottish mountaineer best known for listing and climbing mountains in Scotland over 3,000 feet, known now as Munros.