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The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Darrin Callander. Mr Callander, 48, was found dead in his cell within HMP Shotts in the early evening of Saturday 18 September 2021.

The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) has secured a new practice note in Scotland which will come into force on 1 December 2024. The IMA has been established to protect the rights of EU and EEA EFTA citizens and their family members in the UK and Gibral

A drugs trafficker has been jailed for five years after police found cocaine worth almost £2.5 million in his car following a high-speed chase. Dylan Nicol, 24, drove at speeds up to 120mph to evade arrest during the pursuit along the A90 and Kingsway West in Dundee in February this year.

The wholesale reform of the criminal justice sector required to tackle increasing financial pressures has been too slow, according to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee. The findings are part of the committee’s scrutiny ahead the Scottish government’s budget for 2025/26.

A new booklet celebrates the women of Strathclyde Law School as it celebrates its diamond jubilee this year. It states: "The idea for the booklet dates to 2022 when Claire McDiarmid and Rebecca Zahn decided to embark on a project to collate the memories that women academics have of their time in the

Australia is to ban under-16s from social media platforms in a bid to protect young people from online harms. The Australian government yesterday introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, which will require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent

Pop singer Katy Perry has won a 15-year-long trade mark dispute with a fashion designer called Katie Perry. The American pop star – whose real name is Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson – launched the legal action in 2009 after Australian woman Katie Jane Taylor, née Perry, registered "Kat

Diane McGiffen is to leave her role as chief executive of the Law Society of Scotland in April 2025. She joined the Law Society as chief executive in January 2022, leading its work to support a modern, thriving solicitor profession and act in the public interest.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant. In a significant decision, the court's Pre-Trial Chamber I said there were reasonable grounds to believe that the pair were responsible for war cr

The Glasgow team of Weightmans won Law Firm of the Year (wider UK HQ) at The Herald Law Awards.

A new initiative is launching "to ensure more people can benefit from the investments being made in natural capital" across Scotland.  Led by Community Land Scotland in partnership with the Scottish Land Commission, the project aims to help deliver government expectations that communities are i

Specialist collective redress law firm, KP Law, acting on behalf of Roger Kaye KC, is planning to launch a claim worth billions of pounds alleging that Google has abused its dominant position in online search advertising. The claim will give a route to redress for thousands of businesses and other c

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. Detained Palestinian rights lawyer wins press freedom award | The New Arab

Measures in the Housing (Scotland) Bill will allow a renter to make a request to keep a pet in their home and for that to not be unreasonably refused by their landlord.

Edinburgh-based lawyer and aid volunteer Andrea Fraser is raising funds for Gaza. Ms Fraser, who cycled solo from Ukraine to Edinburgh to raise money for maternity equipment for Ukraine in 2022, will now be swimming/dipping in cold water for 84 days to raise funds to buy a device that turns dirty se