Category: Justice & Policing

“When one sends the blunderbuss tweet to the world at large, one loses the defence” – Roddy Dunlop QC Three of Scotland’s most senior judges have heard arguments in a…

The Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service has announced that new systems have been set up to maintain civil justice during the lockdown. Operating as a virtual court under the CISCO WebEx video…

The digital revolution is profoundly changing our society, bringing challenges as well as opportunities for police forces, who need to reflect the attitudes of the communities they serve. Almost every…

Collaboration is key for Scotland’s legal tech community IT teams across the country are working overtime to help their organisations support colleagues who have moved to home working. The immediate focus for…

Live facial recognition technology is in ‘no fit state’ to be deployed by police in Scotland, politicians have concluded. A committee tasked with investigating the use of the emerging technology…

The government has acted to give police forces across the country new powers to tackle the misuse of unmanned aircraft, including drones, as the Air Traffic Management and Unmanned Aircraft Bill had…

Technology which allows police to bypass security measures on digital devices – including smartphones and tablets – is set to be rolled out in Scotland next Monday, January 20. Forty-one…

Plans to modernise Police Scotland’s ICT systems through a £298m capital investment over nine years have been held back by a “significantly lower” allocation of budgetary resources than originally planned,…