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The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed publication of the final report of the Criminal Justice Disability Project. The Criminal Justice Disability Project: Final Report makes 76 recommendations to promote and enable accessibility of service across the criminal justice sector in Scotland for p

A survey of over 10,000 judges has revealed concerns that the £1.2 billion courts modernisation programme in England and Wales is being "driven by austerity and the need to achieve savings". The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, and the Senior President

The UK's only court-based improv show, This Is Your Trial, returns to the Edinburgh Fringe for a sixth year from tomorrow, at Just The Tonic.

John Forsyth looks at the revival of the Notable British Trials series. The first Notable Scottish Trial, Trial of Madeleine Smith, was published in the autumn of 1905. It was published by William Hodge and Company whose intent that it would be the first of a series was clear from the plural Notable

A trio of thieves briefly succeeded in stealing a shark from an aquarium by disguising it as a baby in a pram. CCTV footage released by police shows two men and a woman lifting the horn shark from a public pool where visitors are allowed to stroke the fish.

Involving the UK’s devolved administrations on a formal basis should be part of post-Brexit trade negotiations according to the Law Society of Scotland. In its consultation response to the House of Commons International Trade Committee’s UK Trade Policy Transparency and Scrutiny inquiry,

The recent decision in ICI v Merit Merrell Technology is the latest in a series of decisions in the dispute – described by Mr Justice Fraser as ‘long-running, and bitterly fought’ – relating to steelworks to be carried out by MMT at a new paint manufacturing facilit

Inward migration is crucial to Scotland’s growth and prosperity. People who choose to make Scotland their home provide a vital contribution to our country’s economy, enhance our collective social and cultural well-being, and help to make Scotland the open and forward-looking nation that

A new exhibition by National Records of Scotland (NRS) brings together records of the suffragettes and the Scottish justice system for the first time. Protests and arrests, hunger strikes and force-feeding are revealed in historical government, court and prison records, as well as notes from prison

The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) has launched a consultation inviting stakeholders to give their views on proposed changes to the Criminal Quality Assurance Scheme and peer review criteria. All criminal solicitors who have registered with SLAB to provide criminal legal assistance are subject to p

The Legal Services Agency (LSA) has secured £180,000 from the Oak Foundation to provide a holistic legal service to homeless people, refugees, rough sleepers and people in unsatisfactory accommodation with complex needs. Nigel Scott, chief executive at the LSA said: “We are gra

UK truck owners and lessees could receive compensation totaling £14 billion without even having to sign up to a claim in one of the biggest class action suits in UK legal history. UK Trucks Claim Limited (UKTC) has issued proceedings on behalf of owners and lessees of over 600,000 trucks,

The UK should be more willing to strike bargains with countries whose leaders may have committed war crimes and who do not share our values, according to a report from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The study, based on 21 global conflicts, represents the British government's most thorough anal

It walks like a tablet, but talks like a laptop — the super slick Surface Pro is Microsoft’s answer to the latest iPad, and probably the one after that too.