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A fugitive who was extradited from Brazil has been jailed for nine years and ten months after pleading guilty to offences linked to serious organised crime James White, 46, was sentenced at the High Court in Stirling after admitting a charge of directing serious organised crime.

A number of new sheriffs have been appointed to serve Glasgow & Strathkelvin, Grampian, Highland and Islands, Lothian & Borders, North Strathclyde, South Strathclyde, Dumfries & Galloway and Tayside, Central & Fife Sheriffdoms. Louise Arrol KC, Owen Mullan, Craig Findlater, Neil Wils

Dundee Sheriff Court will host a memorial service for the late William Boyle on Friday 18 of August at 1pm. Scottish Legal News published an obituary for Mr Boyle last month.

Currently, companies which benefit from fraudulent acts by employees or contractors are rarely prosecuted, but that will almost certainly change when new laws come into force which make it far easier to prosecute and to hold companies criminally liable for failing to prevent fraud from which they be

A school district in Florida is limiting pupils' exposure to Shakespeare in response to the state's controversial "don't say gay" law. Hillsborough County's public high schools will now only permit students to read specific excerpts of Shakespeare that do not include suggestive or sexual content.

Kay Springham KC of Compass Chambers along with David Hay, advocate of Westwater Advocates have obtained permission on behalf of the Equality Network and Scottish Trans to intervene in the judicial review petition brought by Scottish ministers following the section 35 order issued by the Secretary o

CMS has announced 34 new promotions across its three Scottish offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. Edinburgh-based Joanna Waddell, the firm’s sustainability lead for Scotland, has been promoted to of counsel.

The show performed by the family of the acclaimed Scottish lawyer who prosecuted Nazi chiefs at Nuremberg returns to the Fringe this year. Dreams of Peace & Freedom tells the story of David Maxwell Fyfe in his own words and those of the songs and places that inspired him. It is the brainchi

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Iraq water crisis could have regional consequences, UN human rights chief warns

Joanna Cherry KC has revealed she was ready to pursue legal action against the SNP after some of her Westminster colleagues attempted to prevent her from addressing a gender-critical charity's conference. During a talk at the Fringe, the advocate and MP expressed her belief that First Minister Humza

A car collecting 360-degree imagery for Google Street View led police on a 100mph chase before crashing into a small stream of water. Police in Middletown, Indiana say the car, complete with Google livery and mounted cameras, was seen driving past a high school at more than 100mph, well in excess of

Every advance in the dissemination of human knowledge – from the printing press to newspapers, television and the internet – has initially been seen as much as a threat as an opportunity. But few new systems have been greeted with such suspicion as AI, writes Sinead Machin. Largely

Neil Stevenson welcomes the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill, but ignores or fails to notice that the Scottish government is proposing a legal services regulator to take control of the entire legal profession. That would include entry to it, standards of education, discipline within and

Scottish government proposals to regulate the legal profession are a threat to lawyers and judges, the senior judiciary has unanimously warned. In its response to a call for views on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill, the College of Justice said that the government proposes to:

Addleshaw Goddard has recorded an 18 per cent increase in both revenue and profit to £443 million and £184 million respectively. The firm said strong global performance contributed to its revenue growth. While its UK income grew by 14 per cent in the year ending 30 April 2023, income gro