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The number of times councils in Scotland have breached their legal duty to provide accommodation for vulnerable people has quadrupled in a year, as the shortage of affordable housing worsens. Figures show 7,545 breaches were recorded last year, a sharp rise from 2,000 in the six-month period between

The transformation of a former Glasgow pub could prove a benchmark for bringing other old bar buildings back to life, a property expert believes. Louise Norris has been advising Merrylee Road Developments Limited on its conversion of the Southside site on which The White Elephant pub once stood into

Dundee employment lawyer Ryan Russell has been appointed senior managing partner at MML Law, one of the city’s leading law firms. Mr Russell, 41, has built up a reputation nationally acting in many high-profile and ground-breaking employment cases in recent years while progressing through the

A bill that would allow all pupils in state and grant-aided schools to have at least four nights and five days of residential outdoor education during their school career has been supported by a Holyrood committee. Following a vote, members of the Education, Children and Young People Committee agree

Ed Sheeran was forced to end an impromptu performance on the streets of Bangalore after being shut down by police for illegal busking. A member of the public complained to police after the singer, one of the world's best-selling musicians, started performing in the southern Indian city over the week

A man who carried out a campaign of violence and control towards women while moving around the country has been jailed for 14 years. Chef David Robertson, 28, from Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire, was found guilty of two charges of attempted murder as well as two counts of rape involving women he k

A pilot granting access to free transcripts for complainers in High Court sexual offence cases has been extended for 12 months.  Justice Secretary Angela Constance confirmed the extension of the pilot to March 2025 in a letter to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee.

Members of the Scottish Human Rights Commission are travelling again to the Highlands and Island in February and March to deliver a series of community empowerment events. The purpose of these new engagements is to share findings and enable those working locally to use human rights to advocate for c

Scots lawyer Ken Swinton, editor of the Scottish Law Gazette, is to give a talk on his fascinating history of a street in Edinburgh's New Town at the Royal Scots Club on Monday February 17 at 7.00pm. During the pandemic, Mr Swinton assiduously researched the history and life stories of the residents

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has launched a free online tool to help organisations ensure their direct marketing activities comply with the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations (PECR) and the UK GDPR. By answering a few questions, the tool aims to bring the relevant guidan

Cocaine is as harmless as whiskey and only illegal "because it is made in Latin America", the president of Colombia has said. Gustavo Petro, who presides over the world's largest producer of cocaine, claimed that scientists had analysed the drug and come to that conclusion, CBS News reports.

The US is to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Donald Trump accused it of having "engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel". The court issued arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders in November 2024 – which Tr

A new SLCC board member has been appointed. 

Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court's main building at Whytecauseway Kirkcaldy, will remain closed today. All criminal business including trials will  call in the Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court Annex building, Brycedale Avenue, Kirkcaldy. Accused and witnesses should attend as normal at that building.

A man whose dog chased, attacked and injured a deer while the dog was being used to hunt hares has become the first person in Scotland to be convicted and sentenced under new hunting legislation. Nickolas Chenier, 56, admitted to using his golden Lurcher for hare coursing on land near a cemetery in