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Criminals who refuse to appear in court for their sentencing hearings could face up to two additional years in prison and stricter conditions behind bars, under new powers to be granted to judges across England and Wales. The measures – to be introduced in the UK government’s Victim

Lord Penrose, a former senator of the College of Justice, has passed away after a long illness. There will be a celebration of his life at a service at Cramond Kirk on Tuesday 13 May at 2:30pm, to which all are invited.

A consultation has been published on the potential for certain exemptions from rent controls or increases above the rent cap.

Haseltine Lake Kempner has announced that Dr Lauris Kemp has joined the firm as a partner in its chemistry and life sciences team in Glasgow. As an experienced UK and European patent attorney, she holds a degree in immunology and biochemistry and followed this with a PhD and postdoctoral position in

The Scottish government needs to be wary of workforce pressures that are hitting the police as new figures confirmed that there remain around 1,000 fewer officers today than when Police Scotland was formed, the Scottish Liberal Democrats said. New figures reveal there were 16,553 full-time equi

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has authorised the first law firm providing legal services through AI. While many firms are already using AI to support and deliver a range of back-office and public-facing services, Garfield.Law Ltd is the first purely AI-based firm authorised to provide regulate

The Glasgow Centre for International Law and Security is to host a lecture by Sally Langrish later this month. Ms Langrish was appointed foreign, commonwealth & development office legal adviser (director general, legal) in May 2022.

Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay over £1.4 million in legal costs following her defeat in the "Wagatha Christie" court case. Mrs Vardy unsuccessfully sued Coleen Rooney after she publicly accused her of leaking details about her personal life to The Sun.

Spanish prosecutors are for the first time investigating the deaths of thousands of Spaniards in Nazi concentration camps. Dolores Delgado, the Spanish prosecutor for human rights and democratic memory, yesterday announced the launch of the investigation, which will examine whether the Franco dictat

A manhunt for a convicted killer came to an embarrassing end after his jailers realised they had forgotten him at a courthouse for at least 12 hours. Officials at Clayton County jail in Jonesboro, Georgia ordered a lockdown and search after they could not find 70-year-old Julian Brooks Deloach.

Scotland's ban on industrial sandeel fishing does not breach the UK's obligations under the Brexit deal, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) has ruled. The European Union brought a legal challenge to the simultaneous closure of Scottish and English waters to sandeel fishing, claiming that it br

International legal and professional services firm gunnercooke has announced the addition of Ashley Cooke and Hayden Cooke, sons of founder Darryl Cooke, to its leadership team. Joining as chiefs of staff, the brothers' initial role will be to immerse themselves in the business and culture, driving

The Courier has published an obituary for Dundee solicitor Ian Rollo Steven, who passed away last month at the age of 90. Mr Steven was a long-time senior partner in Rollo, Steven and Bond (later RSB Macdonald and then Lindsays) and was dean of the Faculty of Solicitors and Procurator in Dundee.

Scullion LAW has promoted Stephanie Grieve from senior solicitor to associate director. Ms Grieve is a member of the firm's criminal defence team as well as a specialist in military law.

A charity has called for the urgent establishment of a civil legal assistance office and a university law clinic in the Forth Valley after concluding that people in Stirling, Falkirk and Clackmannanshire are living in a "legal aid desert". A new report from Stirling District Citizens Advice Bureau (