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Maya Foa Police Scotland provided training to senior officers from the Saudi and Bahraini police forces without carrying out any human rights checks, freedom of information requests by international human rights organisation Reprieve and BBC Scotland have revealed.
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Derek Mackay People are being urged to give their views on the Scottish government’s draft Referendum Bill before the consultation closes next week.
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Angela Constance Proposals that would see public bodies forced to have equal numbers of men and women on their boards would help to “shatter the glass ceiling once and for all”.
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A sheriff has called for defibrillators to be installed in police stations across Scotland after a man died of a heart attack in custody. The recommendations came following a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Kevin McGurty, 43, who died at Annan Police Station in Dumfries and Galloway i
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Paisley Sheriff Court (Photo credit: Google Street View) A man who jokingly asked his fellow jurors to convict the accused in a trial so they could get home for Christmas has been fined £400, The Herald reports.
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Stuart Murray Shoosmiths has advised on the sale of Shetland based seafood producer, SI Seafarms Limited.
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Forfar Sheriff Court (Photo credit: Google Street View) A new “problem solving” court has been introduced at Forfar Sheriff Court to deal with troubled offenders in Tayside.
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Convictions for domestic abuse were at their second highest level on record last year, while the number of people convicted for sexual crimes reached an all-time high. Official statistics for 2015-16 reveal that 12,374 people were convicted in Scotland’s courts for crimes and offences involving do
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Douglas Mill Was the clear winner in last month's challenge to find a title for the ongoing battle between LSS and SLCC. I actually laughed out loud when I read the e-mail. Brilliant-and written by a Paisley boy too. Gerry Rafferty if you are not the same vintage as me. So well done Fraser Oliver of
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A man found guilty of sexual assaulting a woman who claimed there was insufficient evidence to corroborate her account of lack of consent has failed in an appeal against conviction. The High Court of Justiciary Appeal Court refused the appeal by Craig Wilson after ruling that the evidence of distres
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Angela Grahame QC The Faculty of Advocates’ arbitration service, due to launch with two pilot cases in May, has received a mixed response from solicitors.
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Oral evidence should continue to be the norm at fatal accident inquires, although there is scope for witness statements, the Faculty of Advocates has suggested. In a consultation on draft rules for the Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016, the Scottish Civil Just
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Angela Grahame As areas of traditional work are being closed down, the Faculty of Advocates is, to paraphrase the Star Trek prologue, looking to explore strange new areas of business, to seek new clients, discover new disputes to resolve, to boldly go where no advocates have gone before.
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Chris Mackay The Scottish government has issued “A Consultation on the Long Term Management of the Crown Estate in Scotland". In April 2017 Scottish Crown estates assets will be transferred to a new interim body. Chris Mackay looks at what this will mean for our ports and harbours.
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