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The report details the 'disastrous' human impact of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal. Picture: PA

Post Office Horizon IT scandal a 'damning indictment'

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Edinburgh Airport fined after death of pensioner who fell from lift

Andrew Bowman is confronted and attacks two Environment Agency water bailiffs whilst fishing at Poole Hall Fisheries near Alveley - assisted by his dad Sidney Bowman.

Anglers turn violent after being caught fishing with no licence

The Scottish Institute moved to a new campus in Livingston last year.

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The pilot scheme was hailed by the Scottish Government as a way of helping victims of rape and serious sexual assault with their recovery. Picture: PA

Exclusive Rape survivors condemn 'shoddy' transcript pilot scheme

Mariah Carey’s signature Christmas song was the subject of a copyright infringement case brought to courts in 2022

Mariah Carey copyright lawsuit over Christmas hit dropped

Concern raised over new figures showing low number of convictions in livestock worrying cases over the last year.

Livestock worrying convictions in Scotland 'appallingly low'

A car dealer must pay more than £9,000 in fines and costs after a visitor to his premises was seriously injured when he fell down an unprotected drop.

Man falls down 6ft drop and gets 'seriously' injured at car dealership

Police have called for Scottish courts to sit through the night to clear a backlog of cases

Exclusive Demands for 'night courts' to clear Scotland's justice backlog

The High Court in Glasgow

Civil servants 'working until midnight' due to court backlogs

The former employee was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh

Analysis The greatest danger from court backlogs - and the elephant in the room

The Scottish Solicitors Bar Association has expressed concern about defence lawyer numebrs. Picture: Duncan McGlynn

Exclusive 'Dire' shortage of defence lawyers impeding justice recovery

Kevin Lang, executive director of external relations at the Law Society of Scotland

Justice Denied: System 'cannot continue' with level of backlog

Yvonne Taylor, operational director for Scottish Courts and Tribunals, shows social distance measures in courtroom five at Glasgow Sheriff Court during the Covid-19 pandemic

'Not sustainable' trial delays not just linked to Covid-19 - ex chief

Court cases should not be dropped because the justice system runs out of time (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

Justice cannot continue to turn blind eye to scores of alleged crimes Scotsman comment

The Scotsman has a week-long focus on Scotland's justice system

Exclusive Justice Denied: Crown Office faces 'biggest challenge' in years

The Scotsman has a week-long focus on Scotland's jusrtice system

Exclusive The 9,000 criminal cases dropped due to delays in legal 'scandal'

The Scotsman's week-long series is scrutinising pressures in the criminal justice system.

Exclusive Demands for action on court delays as victims wait years for justice

Malcolm Graham, chief executive officer of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service. Picture: Stewart Atwood

Progress made on court delays but outlook is challenging Malcolm Graham

'Brazen' shoplifter hides stolen goods in a pushchair

CCTV: Brazen shoplifter crams pushchair with stolen goods in Poundland

Authorities in the UK have intensified efforts to tackle illegal streaming devices such as modified Fire TV sticks and IPTV services

Dodgy streaming mastermind caught by police

Lord Carloway

Scotland's senior judges reveal fears over dwindling lawyers number

Tommy Sheridan, pictured at a rally in 2013

Exclusive Tommy Sheridan pursuing legal action against Glasgow City Council

Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg leaves Selkirk Sheriff Court last week. He was sentenced to a community payback order with one year of supervision and a five-year non-harassment order after he admitted abusing his estranged wife over the course of five years (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Domestic abuse in the spotlight after rugby star Stuart Hogg's case

Five men have been found guilty of a conspiracy to rob a cannabis farm that led to the murder of Kevin Pokuta - and innocent and unrelated 19-year-old dad-of-two who was fatally shot by Jake Brown, of Horninglow Road, in a tragic case of mistaken identity.

Gunman opens fire at dad-of-two in 'mistaken identity' revenge killing

Sandy Brindley of Rape Crisis Scotland said it would be “tragedy” if the change makes it harder to obtain a conviction after trial

Rape victim groups' 'significant concerns' over government jury plans

Trans documents viewed 'the same as adoption papers', says lawyer

For Women Scotland protesting outside the Scottish Parliament.

'Certificated' sex described as a 'legal fiction' in Supreme Court

The UK Supreme Court in Parliament Square, central London. A legal challenge over whether trans women can be regarded as female for the purposes of the 2010 Equality Act begins at the court today. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Why the definition of a woman is being heard at UK Supreme Court

John MacKinnon was shot dead at his home on Skye

Wife of Skye murder accused tells court he attacked her with a knife

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Scottish Legal Review: Real legal life and artificial intelligence

Hugh Nelson has been jailed for 18 years. Photo: Greater Manchester Police

Jail for ‘depraved’ paedophile who used AI to make child abuse pics

Edinburgh Academy

Exclusive Police report 9 ex-staff over abuse allegations at Edinburgh Academy

HMP & YOI Stirling is Scotland's national facility for young and adult women who are either serving a prison sentence or on remand (Picture: Andrew Milligan)

We must stop sending more and more women to £50,000-a-year prison cell Karyn McCluskey

Real life Baby Reindeer emails sent to Richard Gadd revealed

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Members of Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz react after the European Court of Human Rights found that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on the responsibility of states to curb global warming (Picture: Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change ruling is historic - Douglas Blyth

A participant holds up a placard as members of the LGBTQ community and supporters raise awareness on marriage equality in Japan on Valentine's Day in Tokyo this year. Picture: AFP via Getty Images

Is Japan set to legalise same sex marriage?

Fawziyah Javed was murdered by her husband in 2021.

Explainer The Push reveals how Fawziyah Javed helped solve her own murder

Former subpostmaster Vijay Parekh was wrongly accused of stealing £78,000 from his branch

‘I lost 15 years of my life’ says former sub-postmaster
Former sub-postmaster Vijay Parekh spent time in jail - and now he wants those responsible for the miscarriage of justice that was the Post Office scandal to be...

Many journalists who have campaigned against Section 40 from the outset will welcome the commitment in the King's Speech to “protect public interest journalism,” by repealing Section 40 through the inclusion of the Media Bill.

Section 40 repeal: Press freedom was never more in the public interest Gary Shipton

Timothy Schofield was found guilty in April of 11 sexual offences involving a child between 2016 and 2019.

Phillip Schofield’s brother jailed after sexually abusing boy

Phillip Schofield. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Phillip Schofield’s brother Tim found guilty of sexually abusing boy

Gwyneth Paltrow wins legal battle over ski crash - awarded $1 damages

Gwyneth Paltrow took to the stand on March 24

Gwyneth Paltrow ski crash trial: Why actress is being sued & testimony

Disgraced former US lawyer Alex Murdaugh (centre) was convicted of the murder of his wife and son. (Photo: courtesy of Netflix)

Alex Murdaugh gets life without parole for wife and son murders

Cannibal Holocaust director Ruggero Deodato dies aged 83

Tam Courts has left Honved. (Photo by Ewan Bootman / SNS Group)

Tam Courts exits Hungarian side with mutual termination after 12 games

Killer drivers face life in jail under new law from this week

New Dundee United head coach Jack Ross is unveiled by sporting director Tony Asghar.

Dundee Utd chief: I've always had my eye on Ross

Jack Ross is the red-hot favourite to be the next Dundee United manager.

Ross likely to replace Courts at Dundee Utd as 'preferred candidate identified'

Dundee Utd unveil Thomas Courts as the club's new manager alongside Sporting Director Tony Asghar on June 09, 2021. (Photo by Mark Scates / SNS Group)

Dundee Utd supremo reflects on 'horrible summer' after Courts boss role

Dundee United fans throw a smoke bomb on the pitch during a cinch Premiership match against Ross County.

'Overzealous' Dundee Utd fans can be forgiven for pyro and pitch invasion

Dylan Levitt has been a huge hit with Dundee United. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

Why Dylan Levitt is a Dundee United 'priority'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

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Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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