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A SERVING judge has angrily complained that his court is in “crisis” as a result of “gross overloading”. Sheriff Gordon Liddle launched an outspoken and unprecedented public attack from the bench after being told cases were being sent to his already...

Earlier this year, the Scottish Parliament's Justice Committee launched an inquiry into "the role and purpose of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service," to focus on: "... its core role and examine the effectiveness and efficiency of the COPFS...

In the United States, a presidential candidate who polled less than one per cent  of the vote in the recent election has called for a recount in at least three states;  the results were decisive,  there is no evidence of fraud and Jill Stein's efforts...

...especially the doghouses!" A dangerous dog which judges ordered must be destroyed has gone missing in the Kennoway area of Fife. Did it tunnel out? Dig through the wall, hiding the hole behind a poster of Rita Hayworth? The dog, which was in the...

Readers of this blog will be familiar with the controversial reforms to the judicial review procedure in England and Wales (discussed by Elliott and by Bondy & Sunkin), premised on the need to reduce the burden it imposes on public services by reducing...