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Burges Salmon has been appointed by the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to its panel of legal advisers The corporate, commercial and real estate teams from Burges Salmon will provide the SPFL with legal advice for a range of corporate and commercial projects.

A man seeking asylum in the UK from a country where homosexuality is illegal was rejected by an immigration judge because he did not have a gay "demeanour", a barrister has said. English barrister Rehana Popal said the judge had "taken a stereotype, used it as a benchmark and compared my client to i

Fines collection rates in the Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court have risen above 90 per cent. The 41st Quarterly Fines Report, published today by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, reveals that 91 per cent of the value of Sheriff Court fines imposed during the three-year

A free event looking at how the displaced Rohingya people might return to their ancestral homeland in the Arakan region in Myanmar will be held at Edinburgh Law School next month.

A woman in El Salvador who was jailed for 30 years following a court case that drew international attention to the country's strict anti-abortion laws has been acquitted following a re-trial. Evelyn Hernández, 21, was arrested in 2016 and charged with aggravated homicide after police recovere

Police have arrested a man who allegedly performed a botched castration on a willing subject whom he met on the internet. Officers were dispatched to 74-year-old Gary Van Ryswyk's home in Florida after someone at the property phoned 911 and hung up, BuzzFeed News reports.

A retired sheriff has criticised the judicial recruitment process as "superficial and inadequate" and said it fails to disclose the true qualities of applicants. In a letter to the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, written in response to an anonymous article expressing misgivings about the pro

A construction company which is being sued for £3.8 million by a hotelier following a contractual dispute has successfully challenged a court ruling preventing it from having the case resolved by adjudication. A judge in the Court of Session recalled the interim orders interdicting t

An expert group focused on improving the delivery of community justice interventions will meet today for the first time. Senior leaders from justice, health, local government and social work will identify and coordinate action to further strengthen community justice services and alternatives to cust

The Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors in Dundee has elected Vicki Bell as its new Dean. Ms Bell, a procurator fiscal, takes over from Amanda Wilson, who was part of the Dundee Faculty Committee for six years.

BTO Solicitors LLP has announced that two of its associates have become solicitor advocates. This development brings the total number of solicitor advocates in the firm’s ADVantage Advocacy Service team to 20, the highest headcount in any firm in Scotland. Alistair Barbour and Debbie Reekie we

UK officials will withdraw from most EU meetings, including important meetings on European law and policy, with effect from 1 September 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told MPs last month that “very many brilliant UK officials” are “trapped in meeting after meeting in Brussels a

A prison has installed a stairlift for elderly inmates amid an increase in requests for walking frames, thermal underwear and wedge pillows, The Times reports. Cells and showers have also been adapted to accommodate inmates with mobility problems.

Dentons has appointed one of its lawyers as chief mindfulness officer in Europe. Warsaw partner Karina Furga-Dabrowska's appointment comes after she launched the firm's NextMind program, which aims to help its lawyers reduce stress.

A Polish government minister has resigned following reports that he conspired to discredit judges critical of the country's controversial judicial reforms. Lukasz Piebiak, who has not commented on the allegations broken by Polish web portal Onet.pl on Monday night, said he was stepping down from his