Justice

Ex-SNP councillor sentenced for sexual assaults on women

Lewis Ritchie, 38, was previously planning convenor on City of Edinburgh Council

Seeking justice: Service cuts pose a threat to the success of community justice

Community justice is supposed to be at the heart of making Scotland a “modern and progressive nation”, but cuts across a range of services will make it a tall order to pull off

Not proven verdict set to be scrapped

Rebalancing the scales: Policing under pressure while criminal justice changes considered

Margaret Ferrier MP pleads guilty to Covid rule breach

Scotland set to be world first for biometric data Code of Practice

Lord Advocate: knowing whether indyref2 is reserved or devolved is of 'fundamental importance'

Supreme Court sets October date to consider Lord Advocate's referendum query

Asylum in Scotland: What more can the Scottish Government do?

Bang to rights: What are the implications for Scotland of watered-down human rights protections?

Scottish Government seeking answers over asylum seeker deaths, Nicola Sturgeon says

Rethink 'regressive' Bill of Rights, Joanna Cherry MP tells Dominic Raab

Robison: gender self-ID will not lead to increase in 'bad faith actors'

Scottish Government called on to do the "right thing" for wronged miners

Create prisons exemption in Gender Recognition Act says women's right campaigner

Rape victims get help to meet their attackers in restorative justice reform

Sue Gray report: Boris Johnson insists he had 'no knowledge' of the extent of partygate

Labour MSP bids to introduce safer drug consumption rooms

Sue Gray report imminent as deadline to register objections passes

Partygate: More fines as Met Police closes Operation Hillman

Newly published papers reveal reason Natalie McGarry's original conviction was quashed

Scottish Government has not addressed concerns about women's rights in GRA reform, policy analysts say

Partygate: More than 100 fines for Downing Street Covid rule breaches

Comment: The erosion of US abortion rights should concern all of us

Nationality and Borders Act: Flag-waving can't cover the cracks

Boris Johnson will face Commons investigation over partygate comments after Tory support crumbles