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The latest book in Willie McIntyre's Best Defence series hits shelves this week. Judge Not is the 15th book in the series. Did the Rev. Eddie Dunlop avenge his murdered wife? Of course he did. Is he linked to a series of gangland killings? It certainly looks like it. Why is Robbie Munro defendi

The Scottish government must “wake up” to threats posed by online criminal activity, the Lib Dems said after new figures revealed that fraud and computer misuse account for over two-fifths of all crime in Scotland. The 2023/24 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey shows that:

A 29-year-old skipper has been fined for causing serious damage to a fishing boat when he fell asleep after drinking. Shaun MacInnes, from Eriskay, was in charge of the FV Annette when it ran aground on the Isle of Rum on 31 March 2022.

Plans to transform social care across Scotland will be progressed after the Scottish Parliament approved the Care Reform (Scotland) Bill. Thousands of people with experience of accessing, delivering and receiving social care, social work and community health services have helped co-design the legisl

A leading defamation lawyer has the world's biggest tech companies in his crosshairs over AI chatbots spreading misinformation. Belfast solicitor Paul Tweed, founder of WP Tweed & Co, told our sister publication Irish Legal News that his firm already has "a broad range of clients who have consul

A senior corporate lawyer has come forward to claim a mysterious pile of cash seemingly abandoned near rubbish bins. Thai lawyer Thaweewat Sengkaew turned up at a police station to claim ownership of the 12 million baht in cash (around £272,300).

Property and violent crime combined and the likelihood of being a victim of these crimes has increased since 2021/22, Scotland's flagship justice survey shows. However, the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) shows no change as compared with the pre-pandemic year of 2019/20, and both measures a

Scullion LAW has welcomed Darren Fleming to its road traffic and criminal law team. ​Kris Buchanan, head of the team said: “Darren brings to the team a wealth of knowledge and experience from the High Court, having acted as junior counsel to some of the country’s leading KCs, and in so

Legislation has been amended to ensure veterans who receive a payment from the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme do not lose out on council tax support.   More than 1,200 people in Scotland who served under and suffered from the ban on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) personne

Fearless, the youth service of independent charity Crimestoppers, has launched a new Scotland-wide education resource, aimed at helping young people better understand, recognise and respond to sextortion.  The launch at Meldrum Academy in Aberdeenshire marks a key milestone in Fearless’ s

Plans for the dead to be ‘cremated’ in boiling water before being flushed down the drain could soon be approved. A review by the Law Commission of England and Wales could clear the way for new funeral practices such as alkaline hydrolysis – sometimes dubbed "water cremation" &ndash

Girls and young women who escaped Boko Haram captivity in north-east Nigeria are still being neglected by the country’s authorities, one year after Amnesty International’s report and launch of the #EmpowerOurGirls campaign. In June 2024, Amnesty International published 'Help us build our

The University and College Union has successfully defended claims made against it in the Employment Tribunal by two UCU members who argued they had been discriminated against and harassed by the union because of their gender critical beliefs. The case relates to UCU's Edinburgh University branch opp

Harper Macleod is now part of a new initiative: the next phase of the UK Space Agency Accelerator. The programme is designed to support space entrepreneurs across the UK, helping them grow their businesses and strengthen the wider space sector.

Public inquiries are imposing an "escalating and unsustainable burden" on Police Scotland, the Scottish Police Federation (SPF) has claimed, citing a growing financial and operational crisis exacerbated by six major inquiries currently under way. In evidence submitted to Holyrood’s Finance and