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The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has called for “transformational change” as the Scottish government prepares to overhaul the publicly funded system. SLAB has set out its proposals in response to a government consultation on reform, amid concerns about the current system’s &ldqu

Thieves have stolen 30,000 bottles of wine worth €5m (£4.2m) from a prestigious Tuscan winery in what is believed to be Italy’s biggest heist of its kind. At least seven masked intruders disabled alarms and CCTV at Marchesi Antinori, a family business established in 1385, before usi

The Trump administration has imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), escalating its campaign against an institution it regards as a threat to American sovereignty. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the measures, which prohibit US entities from conducting transactio

The Ministry of Justice is piloting virtual courts in London and Sheffield to ease pressure on the criminal justice system south of the border, as the UK government prepares to abandon plans for juryless trials. The scheme will allow judges, defendants, lawyers, witnesses and court staff to particip

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Kenneth Divers. The 80-year-old, a prisoner within HMP Low Moss, diedat the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on 2 February 2025

A coalition of community groups and environmental organisations has been launched to campaign for tighter regulation of sewage discharges in Scotland and greater protection for rivers, lochs, seas and public health. The Clean Up Scotland’s Sewage Coalition said Scottish Water recorded 100,044

Scotland’s housing market is largely showing strong signs of underlying demand, despite a lower level of sales and listings in recent months, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market Survey.

A sheriff principal has ruled that the death of a man who plunged from a high-rise flat in Aberdeen might have been prevented if information about screams for help had been correctly recorded during a 999 call. Jamie Forbes, 37, was held captive and tortured for two days at Elphinstone Court in Janu

A Birmingham businessman who bought a three-bedroom house from the city council for £395,000 inadvertently acquired a primary school because of a paperwork error, The Daily Mail reports. Sukhjit Bains, 50, bought the property at auction in 2013, but his solicitor used a TR1 form that transferr

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European class action risk is intensifying, with the cumulative value of claims reaching record levels and filings rebounding after a one-year dip, according to CMS’s European Class Action Report 2026. The number of class actions filed across Europe increased to 107 in 2025, from 99 in 2024. A

While average property prices rose for the period July-September, a fall in sales and listings indicates caution across the market, according to the latest ESPC House Price Report. Looking back, the period of July-September 2025 was busy for the market, with many buyers and homeowners believing the

Scotland’s planned sexual offences court has neither a delivery timetable nor allocated funding, MSPs have been told, more than a year after legislation establishing it was passed. Malcolm Graham, chief executive of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS), told Holyrood’s Public

Frances McMenamin KC has secured three successive 'not guilty' verdicts in an interactive courtroom production revisiting a notorious 1927 Scottish murder trial. Ms McMenamin appeared as the defence advocate in You the Jury, an interactive courtroom production at Bloody Scotland, Scotland’s In

Burges Salmon has advised LRO Hospitality, a hospitality investment platform and joint venture between L+R and Dutch pension investor PGGM, on the acquisition of Courtyard by Marriott Edinburgh. The transaction sees LRO Hospitality add another hotel to its portfolio, aligning closely with its invest