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This Friday's memorial Burns Supper organised by Dundee solicitors in memory of the late Billy Boyle has sold out. The event, to be held in the historic rooms of Dundee Burns Club in 37 Union St, Dundee, will begin at 7.30pm.

With Scotland’s prisoner numbers approaching a record high, Lucy Adams investigates the impact of overcrowding, drugs and suicides on inmates and staff, and asks whether Scotland’s crumbling prison estate can cope much longer in Disclosure: Prisons on the Brink. She meets families g

The University of Dundee will welcome the “thinkers and change-makers of the future” as part of a new, multi-million pound initiative. The university has been awarded £2.15 million that will support 24 postgraduate researchers to achieve their PhDs. Each candidate will have four or

Vaunted legislation incorporating UNCRC into Scots law falls short of expectations, writes Professor Elaine E Sutherland. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 is something of a disappointment in the light of the ambitious plans that preceded it

A pastor who admitted pocketing more than $1 million from his followers says the Lord told him to. Colorado pastor Eli Regalado and his wife Kaitlyn are facing civil fraud charges in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud scheme which raised nearly $3.2m (£2.5m) from 300 people.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into the death of Gregor Deakin. Mr Deakin, 48, died on 6 October 2021 after an accident where a JCB being driven by him fell off the pier at Ardeonaig Hotel, Killin and landed in Loch Tay.

A new survey conducted by Shoosmiths has revealed that litigation cases are on the rise, with over 25 per cent of in-house legal teams expecting that they will be dealing with claims in Scotland in 2024. The major trends report, that surveyed the views of 360 general counsel / senior-in-house lawyer

Post Office lawyers feared a public relations disaster if the Crown Office halted prosecutions, the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal has heard. In a witness statement, Kenneth Donnelly, deputy crown agent for specialist casework said that the Crown Office was approached in 2013 after provisio

Majority verdicts were introduced in part to dilute the influence of ethnic minority and working class jurors, according to new research. Undertaken by miscarriage of justice charity Appeal, the study found that the rationale for the introduction of majority verdicts in 1967, as opposed to unanimous

The Law Society of Scotland has welcomed nine new solicitor advocates yesterday, joining the 16 who were introduced last week.

A family law expert at Lindsays is among the first in Scotland to qualify in child inclusive mediation. Children in Scotland whose parents are separating are being given greater voice in legal discussions over their future.

Five political prisoners will have their ‘godparenthood’ taken over by Scottish government ministers as part of an initiative to "amplify the voices" of those suffering human rights abuses in Belarus. The #WeStandBYyou campaign, organised by the human rights group Libereco, advocates for

A new two-part documentary series, Murder Trial: The Killing of Dr Brenda Page, focuses on the trial of one of Scotland’s most prolific unsolved murders and a family’s quest for justice. In July 1978, Dr Brenda Page, a 32-year-old leading scientist at Aberdeen University was brutally mur

Kirk Dailly has been appointed as head of the business services group at Blackadders LLP. As a partner at the firm and the existing head of Blackadders’ corporate and commercial team, he has extensive experience in the sector. He takes over from Campbell Clark, who continues as a partner and a

Dear Editor, All power to Alistair Bonnington’s elbow in suing TV Licensing. It would not surprise me if their argument was that there had been some unfortunate mistake, thus suggesting that Alistair’s experience is an exception.