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Two women were promptly arrested after complaining to police that a hitman they hired had ripped them off. The 52-year-old woman and her 20-year-old daughter allegedly plotted with the daughter's 29-year-old boyfriend to find and kill the older woman's ex-partner.

An Indian man whose application for leave to remain in the UK based on his marriage to a British woman was refused has successfully challenged the decision. A judge in the Court of Session reduced the decision by the Home Office after ruling that officials failed to take into consideration

A Glasgow MP has presented a bill to the UK Parliament this week to protect asylum seekers from eviction. Private housing provider Serco had issued a series lock-change orders to more than 300 people refused asylum in the UK, although the action has been temporarily stalled by a series of interim in

Back in March, my colleague Tom Stocker discussed the findings of a House of Lords select committee which reviewed the 2010 Bribery Act, and specifically how businesses self-report suspected cases of bribery and corruption. While describing the act as “international gold standard” with l

On 15 July, the Lord Chancellor announced that the discount rate for England and Wales would be increased from -0.75 per cent to -0.25 per cent. This is a lower increase than had been predicted and a disappointment for the insurance industry, who do not believe it will allow for an appropriate asses

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have warned that Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf “cannot just throw up his hands and pass the buck” after the Scottish Prison Service announced that all of its throughcare support officers (TSOs) were being reassigned into general prison officer roles to dea

A new forum is being created to oversee and scrutinise railway policing in Scotland. The Scottish Railways Policing Committee, agreed by the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) and the British Transport Police Authority (BTPA), aims to improve accountability and facilitate a stronger role for the SPA in

Complaints of sexual harassment by solicitors in England and Wales rose sharply in 2017/18 in the wake of the #MeToo movement, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said. The regulator's Upholding Professional Standards 2017/18 report reveals that it received 70 complaints about sexual haras

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A new short story collection aims to raise public awareness of the bleak future of work we could face: not just in terms of replacing workers with robots, but the multiple ways in which new tech could transform society and work.

Via @UKSupremeCourt: "The Supreme Court’s historic first sitting in Wales is now complete. It has been a wonderful week, particularly as so many people were able to come and observe the court in action. We’re off back to London now but thank you for all the hospitality Cardiff. Until ne

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UK: Priti Patel's record on human rights prompts 'extreme concern' | The Guardian

A defendant had his mouth taped shut on a judge's orders after repeatedly interrupting his sentencing hearing. The tape was only removed after the man's lawyer suggested he could simply be removed from the courtroom instead.

Penalties imposed by Revenue Scotland (RS) over the late filing of a land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) return have been quashed after the tax agency failed to produce evidence that it had taken a decision to impose the penalties, as required by legislation. The Upper Tribunal

Profits in Scotland’s legal sector have fallen by over a quarter in the last 10 years, according to French Duncan. The accountants compared the most recent Law Society of Scotland Financial Benchmarking report for 2018 with the society’s 2008 Benchmarks and Costs of Time survey.