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John Scott QC Five new senators have been appointed to the College of Justice.

A police department has said it is "embarrassed" after a volunteer officer was caught using police vehicles to sell drugs. Sheriff Grady Judd, head of the police department in Polk County, Florida, said the incident "makes me so crazy I want to pluck my eyeballs out one at a time", FOX 13 reports.

Scottish businesses have positive expectations for activity levels, employment and turnover according to the latest Addleshaw Goddard Scottish Business Monitor report, but also say that inflationary pressure and supply chain issues pose challenges in the year ahead. The report, which surveyed 500 fi

Burness Paull has appointed a new partner to its dedicated English real estate team as it seeks to take advantage of recovery in the commercial property market.

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has launched an investigation into the leaking of a draft opinion overturning the landmark 1973 case of Roe v Wade, which is expected to significantly narrow access to abortion in the United States. The court yesterday confirmed that the document

KPMG Law, part of the professional services firm KPMG, is set to double in size over the next three years as it commits to invest in growing its legal services offering. KPMG Law will look to take on a further 220 lawyers by the end of 2024. The new hires will comprise 45 partners and directors and

Police Scotland is facing a shortage of senior officers after a spike in people applying to leave the single force. Retirement rates for this year are already 70 per cent higher than normal, according to the Scottish Police Federation, while litigation in England over pensions could prompt a surge i

A sheriff has slammed Police Scotland for their “tardiness” in supplying CCTV evidence to the courts. Sheriff Timothy Nivensmith at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court said the practice was “underselling the criminal justice system to victims of crime” after he heard in a case that neith

An Edinburgh sheriff has refused a motion for the discharge of an arrest warrant issued for a man wanted in the US state of Georgia to face trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and launder money.  The requested person, Robert Barr, had his extradition request certified by the Scottish Mini

The fatal accident inquiry (FAI) into a fire that resulted in the deaths of two hotel guests will begin on 15 August at Paisley Sheriff Court. Richard Dyson, 38, and Simon Midgley, 32, lost their lives in the blaze at Cameron House Hotel in December 2017.

The eminent legal philosopher Joseph Raz passed away on Monday at the age of 83. "Joseph Raz was born in 1939 in Mandate Palestine. Encouraged in his youthful intellectual pursuits by his father, an electrician, he grew up in a house with no books except his own. Raz studied law at the Hebrew Univer

Brodies LLP has announced the appointment of seven new partners and the relocation of its Highlands office to Inverness. Aberdeen and Highlands-based family lawyers Susie Mountain and Sarah Lilley step up to partner level, while Ryan Bowie and Stuart Murray become the firm's newest Glasgow-based par

Canadians will no longer be allowed to commit crimes on the surface of the moon under a legislative change slipped into the country's latest budget bill. The move comes in anticipation of Canada's involvement in the Lunar Gateway project to create the first-ever space station in lunar orbit.

Lawyers are to run the distance from Edinburgh to Kyiv this month in aid of Ukraine. David Duncan and Douglas McConnell from Duncan & McConnell Solicitors are among a team running 2698 km between 1 May and 31 May, which equates to 208km/130miles each.

FIFA has launched a new online platform through which proceedings before the FIFA Football Tribunal and FIFA judicial bodies will be conducted. The FIFA Legal Portal, which went live on Sunday, enables football stakeholders – such as clubs, players, associations, intermediaries, law firms with