2 minutes
Karl Andree The children of a 74-year-old Briton who is to be given 350 lashes in Saudi Arabia as punishment for having homemade wine have appealed to the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to save him.
1 minute
From left: Amy Zoltie, Alexandra Imrie, Joanne Cruickshank and Christine Butler
1 minute
Vicky Evans (left) and Kirsten Flood
2 minutes
Neil Stevenson The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission(SLCC) has responded to two Law Society of Scotland consultations on the future of regulation of the solicitor profession in Scotland.
1 minute
The Scottish Human Rights Commission is developing its Strategic Plan for 2016-2020. To help it set out its priorities and improve how it works, it would like to hear from people and organisations from across Scotland’s communities.
1 minute
Richard Monkhouse Magistrates are giving criminals lower sentences on purpose to avoid imposing controversial courts charges The Times reports.
5 minutes
The trial of a man accused of historical child sex offences has collapsed after prosecutors included charges on the indictment for which they had “no supporting evidence”. A judge at the High Court in Edinburgh deserted the indictment simplicter after ruling that the Crown had created “oppress
2 minutes
Jennifer Young Ledingham Chalmers has increased group turnover to £12.5 million, exceeding 2014’s record turnover by 0.76 per cent.
2 minutes
Lord Phillips Over 340 leading ex-judges and lawyers have criticised the UK government's response to Europe's refugee crisis in an open letter published in The Times.
3 minutes
Dame Elish Angiolini New laws on burials and cremations will mean another Mortonhall baby ashes scandal will never reoccur it has been claimed.
4 minutes
Mike Dailly Mike Dailly suggests an unequal relationship between tenants and landlords means many of the former are leading lives of misery.
3 minutes
Ewan MacLeod The Scottish government’s announcement that it would be putting in place a moratorium on granting planning permission for underground coal gasification (UGC) projects until the outcome of a potentially lengthy independent investigation could result in claims under the European Convent
SUBSCRIBE
