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A man who was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman in a takeaway kebab restaurant in Glasgow has had his conviction quashed on appeal by the Appeal Court of the High Court of Justiciary. Faryad Darbazi was found guilty of digitally penetrating a woman contrary to Section 2 of the&

Legislation for a second independence referendum will be published in the coming weeks, the Scottish government has confirmed. The draft bill will detail the timetable for another vote on Scottish independence.

Douglas J. Cusine asks, among other things, why Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has said nothing about the malicious prosecution scandal? In his statement to Parliament about the prosecution of Whitehouse and Clark, the Lord Advocate made three observations. One was that there should be a judicial in

Sir William Macpherson of Cluny and Blairgowrie, judge and author of a damning report into the Metropolitan Police published in the wake of the Stephen Lawrence murder, has passed away at the age of 94. Chief of clan Macpherson for more than half a century, Sir William was a judge at the E

More than 500 court staff in England and Wales are to be balloted for industrial action from today over safety concerns arising from Covid. The Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) is balloting members in HM Courts and Tribunals Service over management’s failure to act to address serious

​The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed the UK government’s announcement that it will make further funding available for removing dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings and called for a Scotland-wide assessment of high-rise buildings. The Society has said that new funding presents the S

Retail trade union Usdaw has won an interdict in the Court of Session preventing Tesco from forcing some of the staff at the Livingston distribution centre onto a new contract, which would result in the affected staff losing between £4,000 and £19,000 per year. The judgment, which a

Rachel Henry considers the importance of words and their meaning in insurance contracts. Words matter. The meaning of words and the way they are interpreted matter. The wording used in insurance contracts can be crucial to the outcome of legal cases, as we saw on 8 February 2021 when the United King

Trainee Lucy Campbell reflects on mental health in the LGBTQ+ community. Selisse Berry, executive director of the workplace equality organisation Out & Equal, once said: “I believe that no one should ever have to choose between a career we love and living our lives with authenticity a

A court in the Netherlands has refused to extradite a man to Poland due to concerns about his fair trial rights in a country facing a rule of law crisis. The decision, which has been condemned by the Polish government, comes amid international criticism of the erosion of judicial independence in the

A Māori politician who was ejected from New Zealand's parliament for refusing to wear a tie has won a battle to change the dress code. Male MPs will no longer be required to wear a tie – which Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has called a "colonial noose" – under the new rules.

The University of Glasgow has won this year's Lord Jones Moot Competition.

A law student in Edinburgh who was placed on the children’s list after being convicted of several sexual offences against schoolmates on Uist has had his appeal against the decision of the Scottish Ministers to list him refused.  DA was convicted of three statutory sexual o

In a rare development, Lord Mulholland has issued a statement through his solicitors in response to comments made at Holyrood over the malicious prosecution scandal. David McKie of Levy & McRae, solicitor for former Lord Advocate, Lord Mulholland, said: “In light of the unfounded personal

As a result of the continued high transmission levels of Covid-19 across Scotland, the Lord President has announced that the court restrictions currently in place until 28 February will be extended throughout March.  This means that the criminal courts will continue to focus on the most serious