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Secondary school students learnt about the law at the latest event in the Faculty of Advocates’ MiniTrials scheme at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Scott Whyte Scott Whyte, managing director of Watermans Accident Claims and Care, has been accredited as a personal injury specialist by the Law Society of Scotland.

Lord Matthews At the High Court in Glasgow today Lord Matthews sentenced Ronnie Coulter to life imprisonment for the murder of Surjit Singh Chhokar with a punishment part of 19 years and eight months.

Dr Joe Morrow QC LLD

A would-be bike thief was stopped in his tracks after he was caught – by a cowboy. Robert Borba was in a Walmart car park in Eagle Point, Orgeon when he heard a woman shout that a thief had taken her bike.

A lawyer who was fired from a courthouse job after being accused of impersonating a judge has won a judicial election in Chicago. Rhonda Crawford, 45, was the only candidate named on the ballot for a Cook County judicial subcircuit, NBC Chicago reports.

Calum Steele Scottish courts are being weighed down with domestic abuse cases which are very unlikely to result in any convictions, according to a police body.

Professor Philippe Sands QC (pictured) has won the Baillie Gifford prize for his book East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity.He said he would share the £30,000 prize with his fellow shortlisted author Hisham Matar and that the pair would be donating the money to a

Andy Wightman Scottish Green Party MSP Andy Wightman has confirmed he is being sued in a defamation action for £750,000 over claims made on his blog.

Nick Freer Tonight around 300 CEOs from across Scotland’s business, university, government and not-for-profit sectors will sleep out rough overnight in Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to raise funds for Social Bite who are using the money to build a village for the homeless west of the city.

Thomas Ross The president of the Scottish Criminal Bar Association (SCBA) has announced his intention not to seek re-election at the group's AGM on 20th January 2017.

John Campbell

Plans to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights and replace it with a “British Bill of Rights” were rejected by the Scottish Parliament last night after MSPs voted 93-30 in favour of the Scottish government’s motion calling on the UK government not to withdraw from “internatio

Douglas Mill Was the clear winner in last month's challenge to find a title for the ongoing battle between LSS and SLCC. I actually laughed out loud when I read the e-mail. Brilliant-and written by a Paisley boy too. Gerry Rafferty if you are not the same vintage as me. So well done Fraser Oliver of

Scotland’s police force has been described as “an organisation in crisis” after the Auditor General’s told a Holyrood committee there is a £200 million deficit in the budget. Caroline Gardner, the Auditor General for Scotland, reported last month that the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), wa