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Five years on from the last general election, a major assessment by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies of criminal justice reforms has found that policy across the United Kingdom’s nations and regions is more divergent than ever. The report – The coalition years: Criminal justice in the Un

Speaking before a Holyrood committee, the lord advocate, Frank Mulholland QC and James Wolffe QC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates gave opposing views on the creation of a statutory defence for trafficking victims who commit crimes. Mr Mulholland told the Scottish parliament’s justice committee a

The Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates have responded to theHome Office's consultation on on an updated draft code of practice for the interception of communications, in particular to the protections afforded to the communications between lawyers and their clients. Communications b

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Edinburgh Sheriff Court A man who posed as a woman on Facebook has been jailed for a year following his attempt to extort money from someone who sent him naked photos.

The European Court of Human Rights(ECtHR) has refused the “naked rambler” permission to appeal to the Grand Chamber. Stephen Gough, 55, who insists on living his life naked, has argued his repeated imprisonment for being naked in public has breached his human rights.

Linda Urquhart OBE Linda Urquhart OBE, chairman of Morton Fraser was named Action for Children Scotland's "Woman of Influence 2015" at an awards ceremony held on Sunday.

From left: Lynne Hopkins, Malcolm Farquhar, Cat McCann, Grant Johnson, Nick Barclay, John Milne and Lynda Sword

Efforts to boost educational outcomes are to be bolstered in law through the Education (Scotland) Bill. Details of the bill were unveiled by education secretary Angela Constance (pictured) during a visit to St Mary’s RC Primary School in Leith.

A Scots lawyer who accepted instructions to act in a series of “obviously suspicious” property transactions has been found guilty of “professional misconduct”. Conveyancing solicitor James McCusker was fined £2,500 by the Scottish Solicitors’ Discipline Tribunal (SSDT) after he was found

A parliamentary report has warned proposals for additional powers to be transferred to Scotland were rushed through without sufficient consultation or consideration for their effect on the rest of the UK. The House of Lords constitution committee said in its report that the leaders of all major poli

The lord advocate has said the UK should be doing more to help refugees who face persecution in their home countries. Frank Mulholland QC (pictured) made the comments while visiting a group of asylum seekers in Glasgow, The Evening Times reports.

The number of cash sales on houses worth over half a million pounds was up 19.6 per cent in 2014, according to figures from Registers of Scotland(RoS). A total of 599 homes that were sold for upwards of £500,000 were paid for in cash last year, compared to 501 in 2013.

A hundred more police officers are being trained to combat increasing levels of wildlife crime across Scotland. About 250 wildlife crimes occurred between April 2014 and last month.

A report setting out the progress made throughout 2014 to implement the UK government's counter-terrorism strategy has been published by the home secretary Theresa May. It outlines the current threat to the country from terrorism and how the government is responding using the four-strand structure o