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The death has been announced of Muir Russell QC, who served as a sheriff at Aberdeen for 20 years. He was 92. Albert Muir Galloway Russell, son of a judge, Lord Russell, was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1951, after serving as a lieutenant in the Scots Guards. He took silk in 1965 and was

Jeremy Wright QC The UK government cannot rely on a blanket ban, on grounds of national security, to deny requests for information about drone strikes against British jihadis, a tribunal has ruled.

A programme to deliver science training to prisoners will be rolled out across Scotland after it received £150,000 in funding. Cell Block Science, led by researchers at the University of St Andrews is a public engagement research partnership to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering and mat

Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC Police forces in England and Wales have been accused of breaching human rights standards by continuing to fail to meet the needs of menstruating women detained in police custody.

The head of the Polish judiciary has published an open letter accusing the government of launching a “coup d'etat” against judges. Malgorzata Gersdorf, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, made her comments after the ruling conservative government passed reforms critics said would threaten the ru

The Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (PIRC) is investigating allegations of misconduct and gross misconduct about a senior officer in Police Scotland. A number of anonymous allegations, some of which were criminal, about police officers including the senior officer, were sent to the c

Sir Brendan Barber Employment tribunal claims increased sharply in the months following the Supreme Court's ruling that fees were unlawful, it has emerged.

A child abuse victim who is suing a victim support charity over its handling of his claim for criminal injuries compensation has been granted a proof before answer in his £100,000 damages action. A sheriff ruled that the charity owed the victim a “duty to exercise reasonable skill and care” in

Perthshire property bosses are reflecting on a ‘stable’ year in the market, with predictions of a similar year to come.

The Court of Session has confirmed legal action can go ahead determining whether the UK can unilaterally halt the Brexit process if voters deem the final deal unacceptable. The UK government has 21 days to respond to the petition, served on it by a group of MPs, MEPs and MSPs from four parties, excl

Professor Dame Sue Black Expert witnesses could be discouraged from giving evidence if plans to televise trials go ahead, according to a leading forensic scientist.

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has upheld a court ruling that a 96-year-old man is fit to serve a four-year jail sentence for his role in the murder of 300,000 people at Auschwitz. Oskar Gröning, known as the "Bookkeeper of Auschwitz", was an accountant at the death camp, where he sorted an

Tech giant Apple is facing criminal prosecution in France over allegations that its phones, by slowing down as they get older, fall foul of France's "planned obsolescence" laws. In 2015, France became the first country in the world to introduce legislation criminalising "planned obsolescence" - wher

Drones have been flown into Scottish prisons 22 times in the past two years, figures obtained under a freedom of information request show. On five of those occasions, the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were found to contain drugs and mobile phones upon interception, The Scotsman reports.

Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC Drivers are to be offered courses on the dangers of speeding instead of license points in a bid to curb the number of speeders.