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Scotland had a prisoner suicide far above the European average in 2022, the Council of Europe annual penal statistics show. In 2022 Scotland reported a suicide rate of 18.9 per 10,000 inmates; this compares to 9.3 suicides per 10,000 inmates in England & Wales and a European median rate of 5.3 &

The Scottish Child Law Centre has been awarded £25,000 in funding thanks to players of People’s Postcode Lottery. The award is timely given the increased demand for the centre’s services and a growing complexity of cases. Last year, a pilot community clinic in Govanhill identified

Pupils from Dalziel High School in Motherwell have been crowned the winners of this year’s Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) schools public speaking competition.

Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has opened applications for its business accelerator programme, AG Elevate, providing ambitious tech companies with the opportunity to secure a package of tailored legal advice to help them grow at scale. The ten-month programme will provide selected growth-stage businesses wi

The British ambassador to Mexico was sacked after being filmed jokingly pointing an assault rifle at a colleague. Jon Benjamin, for reasons unknown, picked up the weapon while sitting in a parked vehicle during an official trip to Durango and Sinaloa, states notorious for cartel activity.

An award-winning Chelsea Flower Show garden, visited by King Charles and Queen Camilla, is now inspiring homeless youths 400 miles away in Scotland.

Legislation to create a new national qualifications body and an independent inspectorate of schools in Scotland has been published. The Education (Scotland) Bill includes provisions to replace the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) with a new national qualifications body, Qualifications Scotlan

A defendant who pinned down and punched a judge at Milton Keynes County Court last year has been jailed for three years. His Honour Judge Patrick Perusko was attacked last November by a 41-year-old man who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC has apologised for the poor quality of Scotland's fatal accident inquiry (FAI) system. Speaking at Holyrood, Ms Charteris suggested there could be “legitimate reasons” for delays, some of which have taken as long as a decade.

TC Young associate Evelyn Wallace has been accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a family law mediator. Such accreditation is granted once a solicitor has undertaken and completed the required training and has been assessed by a panel of mediation experts. This accreditation follows Ms Wallac

Edinburgh Law School has become the first university in Scotland to run a master's course on LGBT rights. On 21 May, Edinburgh Law School’s Dr Paul Behrens gave a presentation about the LGBT Rights: A Legal Perspective course to the Cross-Party Group on LGBTI+ of the Scottish Parliament.

XL Bully dog owners are being reminded to apply for an exemption certificate before the deadline on 31 July so they can continue to legally own their dogs. From 1 August 2024, it will be a criminal offence to own an XL Bully without an exemption certificate or to have applied for one by that date.

A man who abducted a woman before subjecting her to a prolonged and violent assault lasting more than 21 hours has been jailed. Leslie Jackson left his victim with 54 separate injuries after attacking her at a property in Aberdeen on July 30, 2022.

The sale of an Edinburgh hotel highlights strong investor appetite to acquire quality properties in the Scottish market, an expert believes.

Aberdein Considine has strengthened its employment law team in Glasgow through the appointment of a new senior associate Laurie Anderson. He brings more than 15 years’ experience in the field and is accredited as a specialist in employment law by the Law Society of Scotland.