A private hire taxi driver who raped a teenage passenger after picking her up from a night out in Edinburgh has been jailed. Abdul Nabizada was found guilty of rape at the High Court in Edinburgh on 7 ...

Australian police have ended a homicide investigation after what appeared to be human remains found in a suitcase on the side of a remote road were thankfully revealed to merely be a lifelike doll.

A former European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judge who was removed as Hungary’s Supreme Court president after criticising Viktor Orbán’s government has been appointed the country’s president.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reprimanded ACRO Criminal Records Office after cyber security failings left the personal information of up to ten thousand people, including some ...

The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has declined to make a determination in favour of two complainers who alleged that the installation of surveillance devices at the home of their next-door neighbours ...

The Financial Conduct Authority is introducing new measures to streamline the Financial Ombudsman complaints process and allow them to focus on the cases they were set up to resolve as a quick and ...

A solicitor advocate has warned that complaints from people covertly filmed using smart glasses are likely to increase, and called on Holyrood to consider creating a standalone right to privacy. Paul ...

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), working alongside European Athletics and a number of leading female athletes, has published guidance aimed at encouraging more respectful coverage of women’s ...

Vitalii Diakov is taking part in the Dundee Kiltwalk on 16 August to raise funds for the Scottish Refugee Council. Mr Diakov, is a member of the National Bar Association of Ukraine, and has been ...

Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has appointed new legal directors Ainsley Reid and Keith Bishop to its Edinburgh office. Ainsley ...

A man who sexually assaulted two young women as they walked home in Falkirk has been sentenced. Muhammad Sheikhi targeted both women within hours of each other on 30 November 2025 in the Kerse Lane ...

The Royal Bank of Scotland and Harper Macleod have announced a new partnership to offer legal advice to Scotland’s ...