court

Edinburgh High Court sign

Exclusive Scottish Legal Aid Board demands 'transformational change' in overhaul

Peter Murrell was jailed for five years in June (PA)

Exclusive Murrell among fewer than 1% of claimants to have legal aid cancelled

The Lockerbie bombing claimed 270 lives. Picture: Bryn Colton/Getty

US Judge: Further delays to Lockerbie trial 'won't be tolerated'

The alleged offences took place on the night train between Glasgow and London

Exclusive Man accused of sex assaults on Caledonian Sleeper

Derek Sword was killed in the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York

Exclusive 9/11 legal action involving Scots family to come back before US court

Lord Advocate Ruth Charteris KC

Domestic abuse charges at 'crisis point' as cases reach 11-year high

Claire Kellerman (left) with her late aunt and adoptive mother, Sally. Picture: Getty Images

Fallout 'none of my business' says woman at centre of dog legal action

Paul Fraser leaving Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Edinburgh youth football coach stole £22,000 tournament funds

Justice Secretary Neil Gray

Neil Gray admits sexual offences court will be 'difficult to deliver'

December 1988: Some of the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 after it crashed onto the town of Lockerbie in Scotland, on December 21, 1988. (Photo by Bryn Colton/Getty Images)

Lockerbie bombing trial postponed in the US

Sally Kellerman (R) with her daughter Claire

Island groups face ruin after US woman raises legal claim over her dog

Q Manivannan MSP

We need a discussion about rape - just not the one Q Manivannan wants Rachel Amery

Minnie Merriman, 9, died following an incident in Arbroath, Angus, on August 3

Father of Minnie Merriman, 9, in court again on murder charge

Robert Greens

Da Vinci rapist could be monitored for life after latest convictions

Abdul Nabizada, 36, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh

Taxi driver from Afghanistan jailed after raping teenage passenger

Illustration: Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane

The Scotsman Christmas Story: Edward Kane and The Matter of Honour (Chapter Six)

Johanna Konta in action during her defeat by Marketa Vondrousova on Court Simonne-Mathieu, which was less than half full. Picture: AFP/Getty

Johanna Konta aims parting shot at French Open organisers

Dianne Paterson is a partner in Russel + Aitken LLP

Dianne Paterson: Make your resolution to put your affairs in order

duncan mcdiarmid obit (sat paper)

Obituary: Duncan McDiarmid, piper and farmer

One resolution you simply must keep

Lucinda Russell trained three Musselburgh winners. Picture: Jane Barlow

The Cobbler Swayne holds sway at Musselburgh

Jacqueline and Matthew McQuade, who lost their daughter Erin and Jacqueline's parents Jack and Lorraine Sweeney, at court. Picture: Hemedia

Comment: High emotion at Harry Clarke’s testimony

placeholder image

Presidential fun

Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, has been sentenced to death on charges of murder and genocide. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Colonel Gaddafi’s son sentenced to death

Hazel Irvine, widow of James Irvine, left, leaves court with son Alan, after testifying. Pictures: CSNA

Court told of boat ‘panic’ as diver went missing

Sophie Serrano, right, poses withdaughter Manon, who she unwittingly raised as her own. Picture: Lionel Cironneau

20-year-old baby mix-up costs French clinic £1.4m

Sophie Serrano, right, is kissed by her daughter Manon. Picture: AP

Compensation for French ‘baby switch’ families

A former RBS recruitment boss is accused of threatening chairman Sir Philip Hampton over money she claims she was owed. Picture: Getty

Court hears ex-RBS employee’s staff stab threat

Oscar Pistorius sits in the dock at a court in Pretoria, South Africa, the athlete broke down as he described the shock at realising he had killed his girlfriend Reeva. Picture: AP

Pistorius tells court “I cried over Reeva’s body”

placeholder image

Court hears of Michael Le Vell “secrets”

Court lets boxer off after punch over racist taunts

3 members of the Sharkey family died in their home in Helensburgh. Picture: Robert Perry

Sharkey fire trial: Court hears drug dealer claims

placeholder image

Court acquits Mubarak ally

Cryptic Crossword - The Scotsman 26/03/13

Derby house fire: Court told of Philpott relationship

Court hears Cregan told police ‘I’ll be waiting’

Deep vein thrombosis victim family awarded damages

placeholder image

Legal review: The Art of Justice: The Judge’s Perspective by Ruth Herz

Qatari dissident poet faces life in jail

placeholder image

Court dismisses case against actor

placeholder image

Court takes grave view of cemetery tribute argument

placeholder image

Sharapova forced to dig deep to see off Zakopalova
MARIA Sharapova’s hopes of a first French Open title are still alive despite a three-hour tussle with Klara Zakopalova in the fourth round, but defending champi...

Court told accused watched as groom called for help to save his bride’s life

Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 16/05/2012

Anders Breivik tricked his way aboard ferry en route to Utoya, court hears

placeholder image

Dragons to return home

placeholder image

Riot death inquest now in doubt

placeholder image

Court wants more Hezbollah charges

placeholder image

Court calls for psychiatric report on man who tried to drown wife

placeholder image

Get in on the acts

Dragons leave their den for makeover: Historic Patrick Geddes brackets go for re...

placeholder image

Court rejects Hare Krishna ban

placeholder image

Swedes face jail for ‘terror trip’

placeholder image

Court dismisses Opus Dei charges

placeholder image

Court hears doctor’s care was ‘not up to standard’

Court will hear case to ban racist version of Tintin adventure

The Scotsman Top Stories

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

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

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

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries