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The administrators of Rangers FC who were maliciously prosecuted have been paid more than £20 million, The National reports. The newspaper claims that £21m in total has been paid to the two men and a further £3m has been given to them for legal expenses.

Scotland has officially recorded only one high-profile fraud case for the entire period of 2020 as Covid-19 continues to pose profound logistical challenges for the country’s justice system.  The latest data from KPMG’s Fraud Barometer report reveals a single case of alleged fraud,

Reports of female-perpetrated child sexual abuse rose by 84 per cent between 2015 and 2019, the BBC reports. Victims of such abuse face "enormous stigma and shame", according to police and charities.

Baktosch Gillan spoke to Rosalind McInnes, BBC Scotland legal director, about her career with the broadcaster and coping with lockdown. In more than two decades as an in-house solicitor with BBC Scotland, Rosalind McInnes has been a source of advice and support to not only the journalists employed a

Martyn Evans has been appointed chair of the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) board. He will begin the role on February 1, replacing David Crichton who has been serving as interim chair since December 2019.

A new award will honour the memory of a University of Aberdeen law student who killed herself after she was assaulted by her boyfriend. Law student Emily Drouet, 18, died in 2016 after she suffered abuse at the hands of Angus Milligan, who choked and slapped her.

A new academic paper arguing that the devolved nations should have greater access to the courts in order to settle conflicts between the different orders of government, has been published. It is among a number of new legal research papers from Edinburgh Law School that are now available.

A number of former police officers are campaigning for the legalisation of drugs in order to stem Scotland's high number of drug deaths, The Times reports. The officers, among them a retired chief inspector, argue that radical reform is needed to punish those who profit from the drug trade and to ad

Concerns for the prison population have been raised by the Scottish Human Rights Commission. Writing to the Justice Secretary, Humza Yousaf, the SHRC sought assurances that measures will be taken to deal with the rising prison population.

An alleged doughnut thief has been arrested for impersonating a police officer. A shopkeeper in Utah called police after a man wearing a "sheriff's deputy" jacket stole a doughnut and fled in a pickup truck.

The High Court of Justiciary has rejected a final posthumous appeal against conviction on behalf of the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi. Mr Megrahi was originally convicted of the murders of 270 people by a bench of three judges at a trial

The Scottish government's revised legal aid package has been welcomed by the Law Society of Scotland. Amanda Millar, president of the Law Society said: “This revised package is one we support as a positive step forward. £20 million of new money is a significant investment in a vital part

Thousands of UK businesses will receive payouts for coronavirus-related business interruption losses after the UK Supreme Court sided with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in a landmark test case. As many as 370,000 UK policyholders, holding 700 types of policies issued by 60 insurers, may be a

The Scotsman has published a full obituary of Robin MacCormick, who has passed away at the age of 80. "Robin spent his early years in Canada and attended Fettes College in Edinburgh, where he began a lifelong friendship with former MSP Dr Ian McKee.

MacRoberts has bolstered its employment team in Edinburgh with the appointment of senior associate Kenny Scott, who joins from Shoosmiths. Mr Scott is an experienced employment lawyer who advises both commercial clients and individuals on the full range of employment issues, including tribunal claim