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Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC has resigned from the House of Lords ahead of a vote on whether he should be suspended for breaching the code of conduct. The 82-year-old peer and former barrister allegedly harassed women's rights campaigner Jasvinder Sanghera while they worked together on a parliamenta

Addleshaw Goddard has established a legal support hub in Edinburgh operated by five paralegals and a manager. Paralegals Kirsty Peters, Fraser Ramsay, Sarah Buzuk, Leo Kritikos and Megan Newrot have joined the firm's transaction services team (TST) and will be managed by West Middleto

Boris Johnson's attempt to give ministers control over which courts are no longer bound by European Court precedent will damage the legal system, Lord Pannick QC has warned. The crossbench peer said he would try to undo the change proposed by clause 26 of the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, which comes b

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's appointment of 16 new peers runs contrary to his predecessors' promises to limit numbers in the House of Lords, Conservative peer Lord Fowler has said. Membership in the house now stands at 830, a move that the Lord Speaker said runs "smack against" the recommendations

Liberal Democrat Peer Sir Ming Campbell QC has suggested that the Crown Office should be headed by someone similar to the director of public prosecutions in England and Wales, following a survey by Scottish Legal News on the dual role of the Lord Advocate. Sir Ming told The Herald on Sunday that it

Scottish lawyer and peer Baroness Helena Kennedy QC is among nine UK citizens who have been sanctioned by China in a row over alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang. The nine include Tory MPs Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Nusrat Ghani, Tim Loughton, Tom Tugendhat and Neil O'Brien, Lord Alton, lawyer Sir G

Lindsays has welcomed Aziz Yasin to its commercial property team in Edinburgh as a banking and finance solicitor. Mr Yasin advises banks, borrowers and peer-to-peer lenders in relation to general property finance matters, real estate acquisitions and development finance. He is involved in the prepar

A partner at a law firm breached the embargo on a draft judgment after he sent the result of the case to a social WhatsApp group. Fraud specialist Keith Oliver of Peters & Peters "expressed deep regret for his actions and provided a full apology to the court", Lady Justice Carr stated in a judgm

Up to £2.23 million in funding is being made available to third sector organisations providing counselling, peer support and practical support to adult victims of childhood abuse. Support groups can now apply for the latest round of grants from the Survivors of Childhood Abuse Support (SOCAS)

A draft bill drawn up by Conservative lawyers would see terrorist suspects, illegal immigrants and criminals barred from exercising some of their human rights The draft bill, which would replace the Human Rights Act 1998, provides that rights need to be placed in the historical context of the UK , w

A new campaign organisation backed by women's groups and the Scottish Trade Union Congress is calling for tougher laws that make it illegal to buy sex. End Prostitution Now is pressing the Scottish Parliament to introduce laws similar to those in Sweden, where it is criminal to buy sex but the selli

Prime Minister David Cameron The UK government could restrict the voting rights of Scottish MPs through a change to Parliament's standing orders, according to a senior government source.

Lord Morris of Aberavon Former attorney general to Tony Blair, Lord Morris of Aberavon, has called the delays in the Chilcot inquiry “disgraceful”, adding its chairman has “lost control”.

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney The minister of state for justice has apologised for claiming prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney gets high-profile cases by virtue of her marriage to a Hollywood actor.

For the last few years a group of advocates have organised conferences at various locations in Scotland on topical areas of banking law under the banner of “Trouble at Bank”. The latest, Trouble at Bank – the Sequel breaks new ground by focusing on the increasingly concerning legal problems cu