The number of significant cyber attacks doubled in the last year despite the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) receiving the same number of calls for support – which highlights the need for ...

A judge in Belgium has warned that the country is "evolving into a narco-state", with the government accused of failing to adequately support judges intimidated by drug traffickers. Belgium's court an ...

The trial of three alleged fake lawyers was abruptly halted after it emerged their lawyer was himself not qualified to practise. Peter Ngeri Ouma admitted not holding a valid practising certificate wh ...

The Scottish government’s plans to expand the prison estate will still leave the country short of space for its current inmate population, new analysis has found. The existing design capacity of ...

Tony Lenehan KC remains the top earner of legal aid fees, new figures from the Scottish Legal Aid Board detailing gross earnings show. In 2024-25, Mr Lenehan’s fees were £490,000, an increase of ...

A fatal accident inquiry could bring the stalled £50 million Sheku Bayoh probe to a conclusion within weeks, a police lawyer has said. Professor Peter Watson, who represented the Scottish Police ...

We are delighted to advise that registration is now open for our Annual Conference on Friday 21st November from 12:30pm until 5:30pm at the Balmoral Hotel. Under the Law Society of Scotland's ...

Latvia could become the first EU country to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on violence against women following a vote ...

An appeal by a doctor seeking reduction of a sheriff’s finding in a fatal accident inquiry into the death of a young child from a rare cancer that the death could have been avoided had she referred th ...

A man who murdered his wife on New Year’s Day has been jailed for life. Mompati Dodo Isaacs stabbed Keotshepile Naso Isaacs, known as Naso, to death at the family home in North Berwick on 1 January ...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is to move away from Microsoft software in favour of an open-source alternative in ...

Postmasters that suffered shortfalls as a result of the faulty Capture accounting software can now apply for redress as the ...