Coronavirus

The Scottish Covid-19 inquiry has today begun hearing evidence from individuals and groups adversely impacted by Scotland's pandemic response. The health and social care impact hearings mark ...

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, in consultation with the chief medical officer, Police Scotland and National Records Scotland, has issued updated guidance on the reporting of Covid-19 ...

The Scottish Human Rights Commission has welcomed the appointment of Lord Brailsford as chair of the Scottish Covid-19 inquiry. It also said it was pleased the terms ...

Four lawyers have stepped down from the Scottish Covid inquiry. The departures follow that of Lady Poole, the inquiry chair, who announced she was leaving the inquiry ...

Lady Poole is to resign as chair of the independent Scottish Covid-19 public inquiry. Deputy First Minister John Swinney confirmed in a letter to MSPs that Lady ...

The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry has now launched its application process for those who wish to be core participants in the Inquiry. Unlike the UK Inquiry which is ...

More than a quarter of fixed penalty notice issued for lockdown rules breaches were given to people in deprived areas, according to a new report. Such people ...

Scotland’s Covid inquiry chair has said she will not “shy away” from making adverse findings. In a video on the inquiry website, Lady Poole, who was appointed ...

Legislation proposing the permanent adoption or temporary extension of some measures enacted during the pandemic to support Scotland’s recovery from Covid has passed its first stage. MSPs ...

Families who lost loved ones to Covid are considering action “against those responsible for the preventable deaths”. The news follows a ruling of the High Court in ...

Holyrood's criminal justice committee has warned against setting in stone a presumption in favour of remote legal hearings. The committee has set out its views on the ...

The cross-party Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee has revealed “concerns” about Parliament’s lack of ability to scrutinise and amend emergency provisions in the Coronavirus Act over ...

An emerging international agreement to waive certain intellectual property rights in relation to Covid-19 vaccines has been criticised by civil society groups as a "half-measure". India and ...

Legal requirements to wear face coverings on public transport and most indoor public settings will continue until at least early April given the current spike in Covid ...

The Crown Office has been urged to consider a prosecution over the deaths of 11 people at a care home on Skye. Home Farm in Portree suffered ...