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Animal welfare charity OneKind and conservation charity Scottish Badgers and 11 MSPs gathered outside the Scottish Parliament yesterday to celebrate Scotland’s snaring ban that has come into force.

Simone Callaghan won the Rising Star Award at the Scottish Paralegal Christmas Dinner Dance on Saturday. Ms Callaghan is an accredited paralegal in debt recovery at TC Young.

Orkney solicitor Serena Sutherland has been nominated as president-elect 2026-27 of the Law Society of Scotland. Ms Sutherland was elected to the society's Council in July 2018, representing solicitors in Dingwall, Dornoch, Elgin, Inverness, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Lochmaddy, Portree, Stornoway, Tain and

Plans for a new European convention protecting the profession of lawyer have been approved in draft. The European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) last week approved the draft text prepared by the Committee of Experts on the Protection of Lawyers (CJ-AV), which was established for that purpose

There are "serious concerns" about overcrowding in Scottish prisons after a new report found that the prison population remains too high. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland (HMCIPS) found that inmates are sharing cells not designed to be shared.

A new head of skills academy has been appointed at Cyber and Fraud Centre - Scotland. Katie O’Neill brings extensive experience in cybercrime training, having worked with Police Scotland in her previous role as cyber and digital forensics training lead, where she delivered advanced training pr

Kennedys has set out a science-backed plan to achieve net zero by 2040. The firm is committed to reducing its global Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 90 per cent from the 2040 fiscal year, using the 2020 fiscal year as a baseline.

More than 27,000 young people have benefited from education and awareness-raising sessions on tackling gender-based violence over six months, according to a new report. The latest Delivering Equally Safe impact report, published by Inspiring Scotland, shows that the number of young people accessing

A man has been convicted of a criminal offence after deliberately gaining weight to avoid compulsory military service. The 26-year-old was sentenced last week by a court in South Korea, where all able-bodied men are required to service in the military for at least 18 months.

The Crown Office has lodged a first notice to begin the court process for a fatal accident inquiry into the death of Darrin Callander. Mr Callander, 48, was found dead in his cell within HMP Shotts in the early evening of Saturday 18 September 2021.

The Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizens’ Rights Agreements (IMA) has secured a new practice note in Scotland which will come into force on 1 December 2024. The IMA has been established to protect the rights of EU and EEA EFTA citizens and their family members in the UK and Gibral

A drugs trafficker has been jailed for five years after police found cocaine worth almost £2.5 million in his car following a high-speed chase. Dylan Nicol, 24, drove at speeds up to 120mph to evade arrest during the pursuit along the A90 and Kingsway West in Dundee in February this year.

The wholesale reform of the criminal justice sector required to tackle increasing financial pressures has been too slow, according to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee. The findings are part of the committee’s scrutiny ahead the Scottish government’s budget for 2025/26.

A new booklet celebrates the women of Strathclyde Law School as it celebrates its diamond jubilee this year. It states: "The idea for the booklet dates to 2022 when Claire McDiarmid and Rebecca Zahn decided to embark on a project to collate the memories that women academics have of their time in the

Australia is to ban under-16s from social media platforms in a bid to protect young people from online harms. The Australian government yesterday introduced the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024, which will require social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent