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Police referrals of vulnerable adults to protection agencies in Dundee has doubled – in two years. A report by Dundee City Council's Adult Support and Protection Committee indicated that between 2014 and 2016, police made 2,305 referrals, up from 1,161 in the two years before, The Courier reports.

Douglas Mill In his latest blog, Douglas Mill gives his opinion on the works of Richard Susskind.

A Glasgow man who boasted online about dodging his community service has been sent to jail by a judge who added: "As they say, LOL." David Newlands, 24, was sentenced to 150 hours community service for punching a vulnerable man, but refused to carry it out.

Police Scotland has created the most senior civilian role in its history in order to deliver a “sustainable operating model”. David Page is to become the single force’s new director of corporate services, strategy and change and will earn £173,010 a year.

Lord Neuberger The Supreme Court has published a quartet of lectures delivered by Lord Neuberger in Singapore.

A former Scots lawyer who left the law to start a business has found herself on the big screen alongside the likes of Harvey Keitel and Toni Collette. Shuiken Chan (pictured), 38, who also goes by Sue Cann, spent a month in Paris filming Madame after getting a breakthrough role.

Gordon Jackson QC (pictured), Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, has written an open letter to the new Lord Advocate, James Wolffe QC. Dear James

A veteran lawyer has said the families of the Glasgow bin lorry tragedy have every right to demand justice, The Daily Record reports. Ross Harper, 81, led Scotland’s first successful private prosecution for a woman who was raped and knifed 34 years ago.

The president of the Family Division in England and Wales, Sir James Munby (pictured), has said there are “serious lacunae” in the law on cross-border issues between Scotland and England. Sir James’ comments come in the wake of a hearing to determine if two teenagers from northwest England cou

A fan of Back to the Future was caught speeding at 88mph – the speed at which Marty McFly breaks the spacetime continuum and travels back in time in the 1985 hit film. Nigel Mills, 55, who bought his DeLorean for £22,000, denied he was attempting something similar when he hit 88mph on the A12 nea

Shaun Mackintosh Boyd Legal has secured the services of Shaun Mackintosh who joins its ranks fresh from a senior Aberdeen-based role.

Paralympian Samantha 'Sammi' Kinghorn, Scotland's leading wheelchair racer, has signed up as Harper Macleod's Athlete Ambassador for the fourth year in a row. The firm's relationship with Sammi began after the firm became legal advisers to the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and they supported the t

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon The Scottish government will publish the Independence Referendum Bill for consultation by next week, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

Police were forced to break up a brawl in a chicken shop after a customer was told he couldn't pay for chips with cigarette papers. Anthony McLean, 29, attempted to pay for a £1.40 portion of chips with Rizla cigarette papers - claiming they were worth 20p each.

A young woman accused of robbing a bank duped her dad into being her getaway driver by telling him she was going there for a job interview. Chelsea Wilson, 24, was arrested on Friday morning and later admitted robbing a TD Bank in Fort Lauderdale, Florida the previous afternoon.