Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including Scottish hospital deaths — Monday 2 February

This week's review of all the latest headlines from the world of Scots Law and beyond includes growing controversy around deaths at a leading Scottish hospital and the head of Rape Crisis Scotland stepping down.

Seven deaths now probed for potential links to Glasgow hospital infections

Scotland's independent prosecution and deaths investigation service is now investigating seven deaths for potential links to the hospital environment at Glasgow's largest hospital (BBC).

The case of Molly Cuddihy, who died last August, has been passed to a specialist hospitals teams in the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) which is also looking at the deaths of Andrew Slorance and Tony Dynes.

• Deaths of two more patients at Glasgow hospital under investigation (Guardian)
• 'Damning' evidence of political pressure to open scandal-hit hospital - Sarwar (BBC)
• Scottish Labour accuses Swinney of fabricating hospital inquiry evidence (STV)
• [£] Chair who oversaw scandal-hit Glasgow hospital breaks silence (Times)
• 'We knew the truth': How parents uncovered Scottish hospital's infected water scandal

Head of Rape Crisis Scotland steps down after 24 years

The chief executive of Rape Crisis Scotland, Sandy Brindley, is to step down after 24 years working for the charity (BBC).

Brindley began working as a volunteer support worker on a helpline in Glasgow when she was 21 before leaving to set up Rape Crisis Scotland in 2002.

• Rape Crisis Scotland chief executive steps down after 24 years (Rape Crisis Scotland)
• Rape Crisis Scotland head Sandy Brindley steps down after 24 years (Scotsman)
• Stepping back - Controversial Rape Crisis Scotland boss to stand down after 24 years (The Sun)
• Rape Crisis Scotland chief executive steps down after 24 years (STV)
• Rape Crisis Scotland chief executive Sandy Brindley steps down (Herald)

And in other news

Legal headlines from across the UK and beyond:

• Starmer indicates he will not U-turn on plan to scrap some jury trials (Guardian)
• [£] Labour lacks the data and modelling to justify its judicial reforms (Financial Times)
• [£] WFH juries ‘pay more attention’ — could they fix justice system? (Times)
• Trans prisoners to be banned from female jails if Scottish Labour wins election (Daily Record)
• A legal blunder allowed the man who abused us at school to escape justice – until now (BBC)
• International law meant to limit effects of war at breaking point, study finds (Guardian)
• Awaab’s Law to come into force in Scotland in October (Inside Housing)
• Lover, liar, predator: How we took back power from the man who controlled us (BBC)
• Judge blocks charity’s challenge over trans people’s use of Hampstead ponds single-sex facilities (Guardian)
• Bank of Scotland penalised for breaching Russian sanctions law (Banking Gateway)
• Embezzlement charges against former council leader dropped (BBC)
• [£] How blended families can avoid an inheritance argument (Financial Times)
• Lisa Bloom on the fight for Epstein’s victims: ‘So many powerful men were enablers’ (Guardian)
• Air traffic control concerns over plans for 200m tall wind turbines (BBC)
• [£] Islamophobia definition ‘could stifle free speech’ (Times)
• Death on the inside: as a prison officer, I saw how the system perpetuates violence – podcast (Guardian)
• [£] Judge appears reluctant to intervene in dispute over Charlie Javice legal fees (Financial Times)
• [£] Sir Stirling Moss’s son says mother squandered millions meant for him (Times)
• Rate-rigging convictions of five bankers referred to UK appeals court (Guardian)
• [£] Oxfam auditors raise concerns over executives’ pay and competence (Times)
• Assisted dying backers could use archaic procedure to bypass ‘undemocratic’ block by peers (Guardian)
• 'The council dug a crater on my land without telling me' (BBC)