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A man caught on CCTV brutally assaulting and abusing a woman he met for a date has been jailed for nine years. Michael Harvey, from Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, was found guilty of attempted murder after footage from Glasgow city centre cameras captured him viciously attacking the woman. 

A doctor and her husband have been imprisoned for a total of 20 months after selling stolen hospital personal protective equipment (PPE) on eBay during the pandemic. Attiya Sheikh, 46, and her husband Omer, 48, both of Glasgow, used four accounts on the website to sell the items between May and Octo

Irwin Mitchell has welcomed associate Claire Paterson to its medical negligence team in Scotland. Ms Paterson – who is recognised in Chambers & Partners for her “forward thinking and innovative approach” to litigation – has a proven track record in helping families with c

A group of people smugglers who hid migrants in lorries have been jailed. The organised crime group – consisting of Azize Benaniba, 41; Mahmoud Haidous, 53; Mohamed Bechkit, 36; Abed Karrouz, 40; Amor Ghabbari, 32; Mohamed Abdelhadi, 50; and Mohamed Bouriche, 43 – would arrange to meet m

The first new textbook on Scottish criminal justice in a decade has been published. Criminal Justice in Scotland, by Jamie Buchan, Sarah Anderson and Katrina Morrison, encompasses many significant developments across Scottish criminal justice and beyond. It combines careful attention to procedural a

Glasgow University rector Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawfully banned from speaking at a pro-Palestinian conference in Germany, a court in Berlin has ruled. A chamber of three judges in Berlin's administrative court this week ruled that the ban on political activity imposed by Berlin's immigration o

Journalists are set to begin attending and reporting from family court hearings in Northern Ireland this October under a planned pilot scheme. Greater transparency in the family courts was one of the issues to be examined by a judicial working group established by the lady chief justice in September

A bumbling group of drug dealers who allegedly plotted to deliberately get arrested in order to benefit from bail conditions have been foiled. Singaporean police believe that the group of five Chinese nationals deliberately got caught offering bribes to officials in order to prolong their stay in th

A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. UN-backed team focusing on human rights in Palestinian areas announce resignations

Ayrshire-based Dales Solicitors has opened a new Stirling office.

The average price of a property in Scotland in May was £192,000, an increase of 6.4 per cent when compared to May 2024, according to Registers of Scotland's latest House Price Index. Compared to the previous month, house prices in Scotland were unchanged on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, whi

The Insolvency Service has announced plans to play a more prominent role in the fight against economic crime and be recognised as the UK’s leading authority in enforcing corporate and insolvency standards. Its new strategy commits the agency to broadening its remit, taking "robust" action agai

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission has referred the case of Ly Quang Huynh to the High Court of Justiciary for determination. In March 2023, the applicant pled guilty to two charges of concern in the supply of class A drugs. The court imposed a cumulo sentence of six years and three month

The UK Supreme Court and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council have laid their annual report and accounts before Parliament. The ARA is a statutory requirement and reviews the activities of both the court and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), providing highlights of their work an

The General Court of the European Union has upheld a decision by the European Parliament to seek to recover more than €300,000 from the late Jean-Marie Le Pen. Mr Le Pen, a former MEP who founded and led France's far-right Front National until 2011, brought the legal proceedings in 2024, seekin