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Solicitor General for Scotland, Ruth Charteris KC, has acknowledged the conclusion of a fatal accident inquiry into the deaths in custody of Katie Allan and William Lindsay following the publication of Sheriff Simon Collins KC's determination and detailed reforms to the FAI regime. Ms Charteris said

Justice Secretary Angela Constance has announced the reappointment of Pauline Aylesbury as a member of Community Justice Scotland (CJS). Ms Aylesbury is a senior civil servant who is the deputy director for marketing, insight, brand Scotland and Internal Communications in the Scottish government.&nb

Dr Mark Ellis, executive director of the International Bar Association (IBA), has written an opinion piece for legal publication JURIST news on the consequences of abandoning Ukraine. In the article he states the rules-based international legal order could suffer a devastating, and perhaps irreversi

Average house prices in Scotland increased by 2.2 per cent in the 12 months to November 2023, figures from Registers of Scotland show. This was up from 0.5 per cent in the 12 months to October 2023 and was faster than the average UK house price annual inflation of negative 2.1 per cent in the 12 mon

Mackinnons Solicitors LLP has announced recent promotions across the firm. Gillian Smith becomes a senior associate within the private client department while Cameron Milne is elevated to the role of senior solicitor within the commercial department.

Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon has announced three appointments to the Scottish Land Commission. Dr Lucy Beattie and Dr Calum MacLeod have been appointed as land commissioners and Robert Black as the tenant farming commissioner of the Scottish Land Commission.

Monkeys with discerning tastes have been accused of robbing a house of gold jewellery. The simians allegedly broke into the home in Talalla, in southern Sri Lanka, while the residents were working in the garden.

Scotland’s legal sector has made a strong start to 2025, with 103 new solicitors formally welcomed to the profession in central Edinburgh yesterday.

Gripping documentary series Murder Trial returns with two haunting new cases under the spotlight. As murder suspects go on trial, the victim’s families seek justice in Scotland’s High Court. The first two-parter, ‘Girl in the River’, follows one of the nation’s biggest

The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has appointed Lord Fairley to be president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. He succeeds Mrs Justice Eady with effect from 1 February 2025.

A bill to "further improve" police complaints and police conduct procedures has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Bill aims to ensure allegations of misconduct among police officers and staff are dealt with more transparently and effectively

A former surgeon has been jailed for more than five-and-a-half years after admitting offences including assault occasioning actual bodily harm and child cruelty during multiple male circumcision operations. Dr Mohammad Siddiqui, 58, from Birmingham pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court on 29 Octob

An online scammer tricked a woman out of more than €800,000 using AI-generated pictures of Brad Pitt. The 53-year-old French woman, named only as Anne, recently appeared on a French TV show to recount her story, saying that she was entirely convinced that the Hollywood star had fallen in love w

Macnabs LLP's Jane McNicol has achieved accreditation as a specialist in incapacity and mental disability law.  The firm said: "Highly regarded for her dedication to safeguarding the interests of vulnerable adults, Jane is regularly being appointed by courts to advocate for their well-being and

Slater and Gordon’s presence in Scotland is continuing to grow with the addition of a leading name in clinical negligence to its team. Derek Couper becomes the firm’s new head of medical negligence in Scotland, having built a reputation as a specialist in clinical negligence work through