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Scottish prisons had the highest mortality rate in Europe last year as prison death rose by 60 per cent to reach a record 64, according to new research. An annual report from the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) examined the 244 people – equivalent to four a week –

The Law Society of Scotland is increasing its recommended minimum pay for trainee solicitors by five per cent in response to economy-wide wages growth and inflationary pressures. From 1 June 2025, the recommended rate for trainees in Scotland will be £24,840 for first-year trainees and £

Police are on the hunt for a drug dealer believed to have hidden drug-filled eggs across a city as part of an Easter scavenger hunt. Five plastic eggs containing around seven grams of cannabis were allegedly hidden in spots across Lufkin, Texas, with clues to their locations posted on Facebook.

The Trump administration has been accused of seeking to intimidate the judiciary after a sitting judge was arrested and charged with allegedly helping a defendant evade arrest by immigration enforcement officers. Judge Hannah Dugan of Milwaukee County Circuit in Wisconsin was arrested on Friday afte

The next edition of CLT Scotland’s popular Scots Law Series will be taking place live online during June with delegates able to choose from nine individual conferences. Roy Spiers, CLT Scotland’s director of programmes, said: “We are delighted to attract a panel of expert speakers

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published an interim update on the practical implications of the UK Supreme Court's landmark judgment on the meaning of "woman" in equality law.

Sean Austin and Katie Docherty have been reappointed as members of the Children’s Hearings Scotland (CHS) board. The pair have been appointed by Natalie Don-Innes, minister for children, young people and the Promise, for a further four-year term running from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2029.

A new statement of prosecution policy sets out the circumstances in which the use of diversion or referral are appropriate where a child has been accused of rape or other serious sexual offences. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said the new document recognises the seriousness

Ledingham Chalmers has promoted 11 legal professionals across its Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Inverness offices in one of its largest-ever promotion rounds. Five lawyers — Edinburgh-based litigation lawyers Laila Kennedy and Mitchell Bell, and Aberdeen-based commercial property lawyer Taylor Morri

The state of Scotland’s police estate has been revealed in new figures obtained by the Scottish Conservatives.  A freedom of information response received by the party details that 333 police stations require repairs.

Two men who plotted to ferry cannabis with a street value of up £1.5 million into Scotland from Europe hidden inside a lorry load of watermelons have been imprisoned for a total of 13 years and two months. Scott McSeveney, 37, masterminded the cross-border plan and enlisted HGV company owner S

The Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) has today laid its budget for 2025-26 at Holyrood after the SLCC Board approved its draft budget and operating plan following a statutory consultation. Commenting on the budget, SLCC chair, Jane Malcolm said: “We’re grateful to those organi

The demolition of a building known as "Britain's biggest man cave" has cost around £220,000 in taxpayers' money. 

US-based private equity house Lime Rock Partners has succeeded in its case against oil and gas businessman, Robert Kidd in what is understood to be the single biggest damages claim in Scottish legal history. In March 2024, after having heard weeks of evidence, the commercial judge (Lord Tyre) found

Jen McCormick has been appointed as a partner at Ashurst. One of 20 new partners, Ms McCormick, who is based in Glasgow, is the regional head of the firm's advance solutions practice for EMEA and the US. She is a finance lawyer by background with experience in banking, restructuring and insolvency.