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The average length of criminal trials in the High Court is set to skyrocket to more than two-and-a-half years by 2030 without significant additional funding, a report has warned. The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) last month set out projected criminal business levels across the High Co

The Sheku Bayoh inquiry's legal team has resigned en masse in the wake of Lord Bracadale's shock decision to step down as its chairperson. Angela Grahame KC, Laura Thomson KC and Jason Beer KC, as well as junior counsel Rachel Barrett and Sarah Loosemore, were reported on Friday to have resigned fro

Lord Richards is to retire from the UK Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in June next year. His retirement brings to an end a 52-year career in law spanning company law and corporate insolvency, as well as time spent as a judge at both the High Court and Court of Appeal i

Roisin Higgins KC has been appointed to the Scottish Law Commission for a five-year term. Ms Higgins was called to the Scottish bar in 2000 and took silk in 2015. Her practice has focused on commercial, property, intellectual property and construction law disputes, with many years' experience leadin

The Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) is gathering views to shape the development of efficient and effective court procedures on group proceedings. The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) Scotland Act 2018 allowed rules of court to be introduced to provide for group proceedings in

There are more than 10,000 arrest warrants outstanding across Scotland, new figures show. Data published by Police Scotland reveal that as of 3 September 2025, there were 10,064 outstanding arrest warrants, including seven for murder, five for attempted murder and 40 for rape.

The Scottish Sentencing Council has made "significant progress" towards the finalisation of sentencing guidelines on rape offences, according to its annual report. The council recently came in for severe criticism, being described as a "monument to inertia" and "functionally irrelevant".

Apple has lost a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit in the UK in a case concerning the "excessive and unfair" charges imposed on app developers. The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) yesterday handed down judgment in Dr Rachael Kent v Apple Inc. and Apple Distribution International Ltd [2025] CA

A man detained after trailing US troops with a speaker playing Darth Vader's iconic theme tune has filed a lawsuit over his treatment. Washington DC man Sam O'Hara staged the creative process after President Trump controversially deployed the National Guard to the city.

TLT has welcomed licensing lawyer Chloe Crawford as an associate solicitor in Glasgow. Ms Crawford joins TLT from Miller Samuel Hill Brown where she was a senior solicitor.

A judge has acquitted 'Soldier F', the former British soldier accused of murder and attempted murder in connection with the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre. Soldier F was prosecuted for the murder of James Wray and William McKinney and for the attempted murders of Joseph Friel, Michael Quinn, Joe Mahon,

Israel is obliged to allow aid to flow into the Gaza Strip, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled. The UN's top court has handed down a detailed advisory opinion on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories (OPT) following a request from the UN General Assembly.

Lord Sales has been appointed as the next deputy president of the Supreme Court. He will succeed Lord Hodge, who is retiring at the end of December, and will take the post up in January 2026.

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A teenage boy whose sex was mistakenly recorded on his birth certificate as female has been told he can only join girls' sports teams at his US school. The Laker family in Mesa, Arizona told ABC15 that their 14-year-old son was misidentified as female on his birth certificate as a result of a "cleri