Legal news from the Scottish press

£1.7bn Loans Joy For Home Buyers  - Daily Record
SCOTTISH homebuyers were thrown a £1.7billion mortgage lifeline yesterday. The Royal Bank of Scotland unveiled plans for £9billion of new mortgages across the UK in a bid to revive the market - £1.7billion of it in Scotland.

Scots housebuyers to benefit as RBS makes £1.7bn available for borrowing - The Scotsman
THE beleaguered Scottish housing market is expected to receive a major boost following the announcement today that the Royal Bank of Scotland is to make £1.7 billion available for new borrowing this year and next.

RBS pledges extra £500m for Scottish borrowers - The Herald
The Royal Bank of Scotland yesterday pledged an extra £500m of mortgage lending in Scotland through its participation in the government's asset protection scheme. The beleaguered bank said the sum was in addition to Scotland's share of the £9bn of new lending promised when the protection scheme deal was announced last month.

'Incurable' sex fiend to be released from jail - Daily Record
A DANGEROUS sexual predator will be back on the streets in less than four months. Social workers told a court yesterday there was nothing more they could do with burly 6ft 4in beast Martin Jones.

Call for smaller jails for young - BBC Online
The conditions in which young female inmates are held have been criticised by the chief inspector of prisons. Dr Andrew McLellan contrasted the conditions for young women at Cornton Vale with those of young male offenders held in units at Greenock and Perth.
Mum sues after girl hit by ball in touch rugby game - Daily Record
A MUM is to sue a council - after her daughter was hurt in a game of "non-contact" rugby. The girl was injured after being hit in the neck by a rugby ball at her school.