Legislation to help reduce the high prison population has been passed by the Scottish Parliament. The Prisoners (Early ...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been excoriated as "incompetent at best, dishonest at worst" in a new report from ...

An online system to assist trainees and junior solicitors in drafting legal correspondence has won the Law Society of ...

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has reported challenges with accessing human rights to health, housing, and food across ...

The father of a 14-year old child who was sentenced to an order for lifelong restriction for offences against the child’s mother has successfully petitioned the Court of Session for review of a decisi ...

The Scottish Prison Service's waiting list for sexual offending rehabilitation programmes would take 14 years to clear, according to new figures. The SPS was urged by Emma Jardine, policy and public ...

The lack of criminal court sitting days has piled pressure on the justice system, Lady Chief Justice Dame Sue Carr has told MPs. She said that a decision to prevent crown courts from operating at full ...

Animal welfare charity OneKind and conservation charity Scottish Badgers and 11 MSPs gathered outside the Scottish Parliament ...

Hunter & Robertson Solicitors won the Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce 2024 Award for Outstanding Performing Business (5-25 ...

The FCA has fined Barclays £40 million in total for its failure to disclose certain arrangements with Qatari entities in 2008 ...

A two-kilogram garden gnome made entirely out of MDMA has been seized by police in the Netherlands. The fairy creature, with ...

There was a one per cent increase in crime in the year to September 2024, new figures from Scotland’s chief statistician show ...