Barristers are demanding a 15 per cent rise in pay to match settlements secured by other public sector workers. They also want the UK government to establish an independent pay review body to try and ...
The High Court of Justiciary has added three years to the sentence of a 27-year-old man convicted of four charges of rape against two former partners after a Crown appeal against his sentence. Respond ...
The number now sits at its highest since recording began, having increased by 28 per cent to 3,354 in the year to the end of March 2024. Such cases involve an alternative to court proceedings. Accused ...
Diversion from prosecution cases have risen sharply in Scotland. The number now sits at its highest since recording began, having increased by 28 per cent to 3,354 in the year to the end of March 2024 ...