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An undertaker who sexually assaulted two female colleagues while they attempted to arrange funeral services has been jailed for two years. James Jarvie, 63, from Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, was found guilty of subjecting the women to indecent remarks, inappropriate touching and groping. 

Scotland Yard has been left red-faced after being prosecuted and fined £1,000 for failing to respond to correspondence from another police force about a speeding offence. The Metropolitan Police was named as the defendant in a criminal case brought by Staffordshire Police after a Peugeot van r

Ministers are examining whether legislation banning smoking in public places should be amended to permit the smoking of crack cocaine within supervised drug consumption facilities in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Health officials say there has been a shift in recent years away from injecting heroin towards

A sheriff has ordered a proof in an action for damages raised by a boat builder against a haulage company contracted to transport a boat mould he alleged he owned and repelled a plea of no title to sue advanced by the defenders, having ruled that the pursuer had a possessory interest in the mould an

The family of a Romanian national employed in England as an HGV driver who died in a road accident in Scotland caused by yellow warning high winds have failed to establish that Scots law applied to their case against his employer, after a lord ordinary ruled that the basis of the case was founded on

The Scottish Arbitration Centre has launched a new mediation service to enhance its dispute resolution offering. Following the publication of its Mediation Rules in September, the centre has now launched the service. The service provides a new administered mediation scheme to support businesses and

Accounts for Digby Brown show that the personal injury firm's turnover increased from £46.7 million in 2023/24 to £53.8m in 2024/25 – a rise of more than 15 per cent. And profits increased from £21.9m to £26.5m showing year-on-year growth of 21 per cent.

The justice sector is facing serious and complex challenges and without increased funding of £400 million (13 per cent) in next year’s budget, the sector faces unacceptable cuts to services, according to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee. The committee has been gathering evidence as

The Law Society of Scotland has announced two senior executive appointments as it prepares to support a "rapidly changing" Scottish solicitor profession. The Law Society has appointed a new executive director of member experience and a new executive director of operations, both of whom will take up

UK government plans to appoint the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as sole regulator for anti-money laundering (AML) across the UK have been criticised as a backward step in tackling economic crime by the Law Society of Scotland. In its response to an HM Treasury consultation, the Law Society has

The parents of a Scottish teenager who died after being targeted by an Instagram sextortion gang have launched a wrongful death lawsuit against Meta in the US. Murray Dowey, 16, died at his family home in Dunblane in December 2023 after being deceived into sharing intimate images with an Instagram a

A man linked to serious organised crime has been jailed over a money laundering plot worth almost £12 million. Ronald Russell, 47, of Linwood, Renfrewshire, was sentenced to four years and six months in prison at the High Court in Glasgow after admitting his role in the scheme. Russell tried t

A woman who kept more than 20 dogs and puppies in squalid conditions inside stables and farm outhouses has been fined a total of £1,975 and banned from keeping dogs for three years. Several dogs belonging to Jamie-Lee Harper, 36, were matted and dirty and left to sleep on concrete floors in da