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David Strang Too many prisoners at HMP Edinburgh face activity and regime restrictions which prevent them from making constructive use of their time, according to a new report.

A 35-year-old man has tried and failed to get out of jail using a famous Monopoly card. The suspect, who was held on drug charges, presented cops with a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card - but it did not have the stated effect.

Plans to prevent the cross-examination of children by unrepresented parties in children’s hearings proofs have been supported by the Faculty of Advocates. The Scottish Children’s Reporter Administration (SCRA) is looking at ways of protecting children and other vulnerable witnesses from being qu

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The Crown has successfully challenged a judge’s decision to acquit two men accused of assault and robbery charges after appeal judges held that there was sufficient proof of identification on one charge and that the evidence relating to the similarities between the separate offences would entitle

Douglas Mill Yes, I know it is Winter, but the profession is not short of troublesome issues and it does give me an excuse to share with you the best advert I ever saw. The outdoor centre beside the Donoghue v Stevenson bench in Paisley (my wonderfully cultured home town) had a sign up a good few ye

Sheenagh Adams Today Registers of Scotland (RoS) mark 400 years of the General Register of Sasines, the oldest national land register in the world, as a specially commissioned poem by Scotland’s Makar, Jackie Kay, was read to the public for the first time.

Melanie Schwindt (left) and Sarah Gilzean

Law students at the University of Strathclyde gained their law degrees this week, celebrating below with university mascot Strathosaurus.

Pictured (L-R): Jack Gardiner, Peter Littlefield, Stuart Gibb, and Noel Ferry

A consultant engineer who was seriously injured after he slipped and fell on a patch of black ice in a car park has had a £125,000 damages claim against a Scottish local authority dismissed. Alan Cairns suffered “life-changing” injuries as a result of the accident on Saturday 1 December 2012 in

Scotland’s judiciary is under pressure again to publish a register of financial interest and investments so they can be “seen to be beyond reproach” ahead of a committee meeting at Holyrood to consider the issue this week. Former Judicial complaints reviewer Moi Ali has called on the courts to

Liam McArthur MSP The Scottish Liberal Democrats have said the creation of a new expert group to make changes to the police’s use of biometrics was long overdue, coming 18 months after an HMICS report vindicated the party’s concerns and recommended an overhaul.

Google has been handed a record-breaking €2.4 billion fine by European regulators after it abused its dominant market position in the online shopping sector. The European Commission said the search giant has 90 days to bring an end to its misconduct or face penalty payments of as much as five per

Eurodevils 2017 with Charles Mullin of ELA (second left) and Peter Sellar, co-ordinator (fourth from right)